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EVENTS
19th century
1899
– The
New York Central
railroad leases the
Boston And Albany Railroad
.
20th century
1919
– The "golden spike" is driven and construction of the
San Diego And Arizona Railway
is completed at a cost of
$
18 million.
1982
– The
Joetsu Shinkansen
opens for service between
Tokyo
and
Niigata
.
21st century
2001
– Two
Canadian National Railway
trains collide head-on in
Andersonville, Michigan
(northwest of
Detroit
).
BIRTHS
DEATHS
1989
–
William N. Deramus III
, president of
Chicago Great Western Railway
1949-1957,
Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad
1957-1961,
Kansas City Southern Railway
1961-1973, dies (b. 1915).
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