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A train of the Kalka-Shimla Railway

1803 – Henry Farnam, president of the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad 1854–1863, is born (d. 1883).
1885 – The last spike is driven on the California Southern Railroad between Barstow and San Bernardino, completing the connection to the Atlantic and Pacific Railroad.[1][2]
1903 – The 2 ft 6 in (762 mm) gauge Kalka-Shimla Railway (pictured) opens in India.[3]
1963 – Two passenger trains collide with a derailed freight train on the Tokaido Main Line in Yokohama, Japan; the Yokohama rail crash results in 161 deaths.

References

Waters, Leslie L. (1950). Steel Trails to Santa Fe. Lawrence, Kansas: University of Kansas Press. p. 74.
Dodge, Richard V. (March 5, 2000). "Perris and its Railroad". San Diego Railroad Museum. Retrieved November 8, 2005.
Northern Railways of India. "Kalka-Shimla Railway". Archived from the original on 2005-11-18. Retrieved November 8, 2005.

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