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- December 18
Preserved EMD E5 at Illinois Railway Museum
- 1893 – The Ottawa, Arnprior and Parry Sound Railway opens an extension of the railway from Arnprior to Eganville, Ontario.[1]
- 1908 – Great Northern Railway completes construction of the line between Great Falls and Billings, Montana.[2]
- 1936 – The Twin Cities Zephyr, an articulated trainset pulled by an EMD E5 (pictured), is placed into service between Chicago, Illinois, and Minneapolis-St. Paul.
- 1983 – Canadian National Railway abandons track between Renfrew Junction and Whitney, Ontario on the company's Renfrew Subdivision.[1]
References
- "Significant dates in Ottawa railway history". Colin Churcher's Railway Pages. December 12, 2005. Retrieved December 18, 2005.
- "Railroads of Montana - Lewiston newspaper index - Great Northern Railway". Retrieved December 18, 2005.
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