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- November 15
![John D. Spreckels driving the golden spike on the San Diego and Arizona Railway](../../../I/SDA_Golden_Spike_November_15_1919.jpg.webp)
John D. Spreckels driving the golden spike on the San Diego and Arizona Railway
- 1899 – The New York Central railroad leases the Boston and Albany Railroad.
- 1919 – The "golden spike" is driven (pictured) and construction of the San Diego and Arizona Railway is completed at a cost of $18 million.[1][2]
- 1982 – The Jōetsu Shinkansen opens for service between Tokyo and Niigata.
- 2001 – Two Canadian National Railway trains collide head-on in Andersonville, Michigan (northwest of Detroit).
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