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This article lists anniversary events related to rail transport that occurred on December 5.

Category:Rail transport timelines

Events

1937 – The last run on the Mount Lowe Railway in Southern California carries a group known as "The Railroad Boosters" who sought to preserve the railway for future riders as a heritage railway.[1]
1996 – Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway reopens Stampede Pass in Washington and resumes operating freight trains over the line.[2]
1996 – Canadian National Railway (CN) operates its last train of grain to be hauled in 40 ft (12 m) boxcars; CN SD40s numbered 5256 and 5051 depart Canora, Saskatchewan, with a train of 114 such boxcars bound for Winnipeg, Manitoba, and Thunder Bay, Ontario.[3]
1998 – Trinity Railway Express in Texas adds Saturday train schedules to its timetables and begins operating the first regular Saturday trains.[4]

1923 – Sir William Mackenzie, part owner of Toronto Street Railway and builder of Canadian Northern Railway predecessors, dies (b. 1849).

"A Brief History of the Famous Mount Lowe Railway". Retrieved December 5, 2005.
"Burlington Northern Sante Fe Railroad reopens Stampede Pass line on December 5, 1996". Retrieved December 5, 2005.
McDonnell, Greg (April 1997). "In Canada, finis for 40-footers". Trains Magazine. 57 (4): 17–18.
Trinity Railway Express. "Trinity Railway Express Facts". Retrieved December 5, 2005.

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