Portal:Trains/Anniversaries/August 26

1881 – The first train operates over the Red River Bridge into Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
1929 – For the first time, Canadian National Railway uses diesel locomotives to power a passenger train, with unit number 9000 on the second section of the International Limited between Montreal and Toronto.
1951 – Railroad operations across Canada are standardized with the introduction of the Uniform Code of Operating Rules.
1994 – The Dominion Atlantic Railway (pictured) operates its last train, just a month short of the railroad's 100th anniversary.

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