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This article lists anniversary events related to rail transport that occurred on December 23.

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Events

19th century

1873 – The first section of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway is opened between Topeka, Kansas, and the Colorado/Kansas border.
1893 – The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway enters receivership three days after the railroad's chairman, George C. Magoun, died.

20th century

1992 – Nuevo Central Argentino is granted a concession to operate freight trains over former Ferrocarriles Argentinos tracks in and around Buenos Aires.

21st century

2001 – An incorrect brake application on a CSX local train that had stopped to perform switching at Kodak Park (Charlotte, New York) causes the train to run away and derail 5 miles (8.0 km) later, destroying homes and businesses in the area.
2007 – The Madrid–Valladolid high-speed rail line opens in Spain.

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