Portal:Trains/Anniversaries/January 17

Hiawatha Line car

1881 – Regular train service over the Prince of Wales Bridge across the Ottawa River joining Ottawa, Ontario, to Gatineau, Quebec, on the Québec, Montréal, Ottawa and Occidental Railway begins.[1]
1898 – Regular operations begins on the Randsburg Railway with two daily round trips between Kramer and Johannesburg, California.[2]
2001 – Groundbreaking ceremonies are held for the Hiawatha Line (pictured) in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
2005 – Two Bangkok Metro trains collide, injuring nearly 200 people.

References

"Significant dates in Ottawa railway history". Colin Churcher's Railway Pages. January 8, 2006. Retrieved January 17, 2006.
"Randsburg Railway history". Retrieved January 17, 2006.

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