Portal:Trains/Anniversaries/October 31

1965 – Canadian National Railway inaugurates Rapido passenger train service between Montreal and Toronto.
1987 – Montana Rail Link (pictured) begins operations on 907 miles (1,460 km) of former Burlington Northern Railroad (originally Northern Pacific Railroad) tracks.
2001 – A broken rail on the SNCF in France derails a TGV train traveling at 130 km/h (80.8 mph), but only six minor injuries result.
2002 – BC Rail operates the last run of the Cariboo Prospector passenger train between Prince George and North Vancouver, British Columbia.

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