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Eurostar on the Channel Tunnel Rail Link

1873 – The New York, Boston and Montreal Railway is organized as a renaming of the New York, Boston and Northern Railway.
1910 – Canadian Pacific Railway's westbound Soo Express passenger train derails as it crosses the bridge over the Spanish River in Northern Ontario, Canada, killing 44 people. See: Spanish River derailment.
1946 – The Hull Electric Railway in Ottawa is fined C$50 for violating a local law against moving freight on the city streets between midnight and 5:00 AM when it was delivering loads to oil companies along Laurier Avenue.[1]
2003 – The first segment of High Speed 1 (pictured) is completed.

References

"Significant dates in Ottawa/Hull street and light railway history". Colin Churcher's Railway Pages. December 3, 2004. Retrieved January 20, 2006.

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