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October 23

California Southern Railroad timetable, 1889

1874 – The first trains operate on the Monterey and Salinas Valley Railroad, making it the first narrow gauge railway to operate in California.[1]
1880 – The California Southern Railroad is chartered to connect San Diego to the Atlantic and Pacific Railroad in California (timetable shown).[2]
1917 – The Canadian Railway War Board (predecessor of the Railway Association of Canada) meets for the first time at Windsor Station, Montreal.[3][4]
2004 – The Chūetsu earthquake, 6.8 magnitude, in Japan causes the first derailment of a Shinkansen train; the Jōetsu Shinkansen train was traveling 200 km/h (120 mph) on the Tokyo-Niigata line, but no fatalities were reported.

References

Monterey County Historical Society (2006). "The Monterey & Salinas Valley Railroad". Retrieved October 23, 2006.
Serpico, Philip C. (1988). Santa Fé Route to the Pacific. Palmdale, California: Omni Publications. ISBN 0-88418-000-X.
"Significant dates in Canadian railway history". Colin Churcher's Railway Pages. September 15, 2006. Retrieved October 23, 2006.
"Historic Anniversary for the Railway Association of Canada" (Press release). Railway Association of Canada. October 23, 2007. Retrieved October 23, 2007.

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