Portal:Trains/Anniversaries/December 27

X'Trapolis train at Mount Waverly station

1859 – Grand Trunk Railway completes construction of the rail line from Toronto to Sarnia, Ontario, and begins a train ferry connection across the St. Clair River at Fort Gratiot.[1]
1877 – The Quebec, Montreal, Ottawa and Occidental Railway opens, traversing a route from Montreal through Lachute to Hull.[2]
1883 – Cyrus S. Eaton, president of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway in the 1950s, is born (d. 1979).
2002 – The first X'Trapolis (pictured) train enters service with Connex in Melbourne, Australia.

References

"Significant dates in Canadian railway history". Colin Churcher's Railway Pages. August 16, 2005. Retrieved December 27, 2005.
"Significant dates in Ottawa railway history". Colin Churcher's Railway Pages. December 12, 2005. Retrieved December 27, 2005.

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