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Portal:Trains/Anniversaries/March 17
- March 17
Southern Pacific 6051, an EMD E9 locomotive, enters the transfer table at the former SP shops in Sacramento, California in 2006.
- 1884 – The Southern Pacific Railroad (pictured) is incorporated in Kentucky.
- 1914 – A celebration is held in honor of the first train to arrive on the newly constructed Kansas City Southern Railway line in Hot Springs, Arkansas.[1]
- 1974 – A freight train on Canadian Pacific Railway is derailed when it hits a rock slide near Spences Bridge, British Columbia; the accident leads to the installation of ditch lights on all Canadian diesel locomotives.[2]
See also
- Portal:Trains/Anniversaries/March 17/More
References
- "The Kansas City Southern Lines". Kansas City Southern Historical Society. Retrieved March 17, 2006.
- "Significant dates in Canadian railway history". Colin Churcher's Railway Pages. March 4, 2006. Retrieved March 17, 2006.
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