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This article lists anniversary events related to rail transport that occurred on November 12.
Events
19th century
- 1885 – The first train to travel the entire route of California Southern Railroad's track through Cajon Pass (pictured) carries a shipment of rails from Barstow to Riverside.[1]
20th century
- 1901 – The Pacific Electric Railway is incorporated in California.[2]
- 1904 – The 157th Street station on New York City Subway's IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line opens.
- 1931 – The Smithsonian Institution, in Washington, D.C., commemorates the 100th birthday of the John Bull, the world's oldest surviving operable steam locomotive, by operating its mechanism with compressed air.
21st century
Births
Deaths
- 1900 – Henry Villard, president of Northern Pacific Railway 1881-1884, dies (b. 1835).
References
- ^ Duke, Donald & Kistler, Stan (1963). Santa Fe ...Steel Rails Through California. San Marino, California: Golden West Books. p. 32. ISBN 0-87095-009-6.
- ^ Walker, Jim (2006). Images of Rail: Pacific Electric Red Cars. Arcadia Publishing. p. 7. ISBN 0-7385-4688-7.