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November 15

John D. Spreckels driving the golden spike on the San Diego and Arizona Railway

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).

See also

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References

Hanft, Robert M. (1984). San Diego & Arizona: The Impossible Railroad. Glendale, California: Trans-Anglo Books. ISBN 0-87046-071-4.
Dodge, Richard V. (1960). Rails of the Silver Gate. San Marino, California: Golden West Books. ISBN 0-87095-019-3.

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