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This article lists anniversary events related to rail transport that occurred on December 9.

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Events

1922 – Le Train Bleu resumes service over the entire Calais-Nice route.
1941 – Chesapeake and Ohio Railway officials accept the first 2-6-6-6 Allegheny steam locomotive from the Lima Locomotive Works. Despite many claims made by Alco, Union Pacific Railroad and others for the 4-8-8-4 Big Boy, the Alleghenies are the largest steam locomotives ever built for service in the United States.
1965 – Căile Ferate Române, the national railway system of Romania, opens its first electrified segment using the existing Braşov-Predeal line.

2003 – The European Commission approves the franchise of the Trans-Pennine Express JV between Liverpool, Manchester, Newcastle and other northern England locations as a joint operation of FirstGroup plc and Keolis.[1]
2006 – London Overground closes a section of the North London Line between Stratford and North Woolwich to make a way for a Docklands Light Railway extension from Canning Town to Stratford International
2009 – The pre-production E5 Series Shinkansen set makes its first appearance at Tokyo Station.[2]

1884 – Ernest Lemon, Chief Mechanical Engineer (1931–1932) and later Vice President for the London, Midland and Scottish Railway, is born (d. 1954).

"Commission clears northern England train JV between FirstGroup and Keolis" (Press release). European Commission. 2003-12-09. Retrieved December 9, 2006.
"E5系が東京へ初入線" [E5 series reaches Tokyo for first time]. Japan Railfan Magazine Online (in Japanese). Koyusha Co., Ltd. December 10, 2009. Retrieved December 11, 2009.

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