November 9 in rail transport

This article lists anniversary events related to rail transport that occurred on November 9.

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1863 – Gov. Stanford, Central Pacific Railroad's first locomotive, enters service in California.^[1]
1885 – The last spike is driven on the California Southern Railroad between Barstow and San Bernardino through Cajon Pass, completing the connection to the Atlantic and Pacific Railroad.^[2]

1903 – The 2 ft 6 in (762 mm) gauge Kalka-Shimla Railway opens in India.
1933 – Canadian National Railway's line to Lynn Lake, Manitoba, opens.
1953 – Canadian National Railway extends the line from Lynn Lake to Sherridon, Manitoba.
1953 – Canadian Pacific Railway introduces Budd Rail Diesel Car service, "Dayliners", for lighter passenger train duties on some branch lines.
1963 – Two passenger trains collide with a derailed freight train on the Tōkaidō Main Line in Yokohama, Japan; the Yokohama rail crash results in 161 deaths.
1998 – The St. Thomas and Eastern Railway begins operations on a former Canadian National Railway branch line between St. Thomas and Delhi, Ontario.

1803 – Henry Farnam, president of the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad 1854–1863, is born (d. 1883).

Colin Churcher's Railway Pages (August 16, 2005), Significant dates in Canadian railway history. Retrieved November 8, 2005.
Dodge, Richard V.; San Diego Railroad Museum (March 5, 2000), Perris and its Railroad. Retrieved November 8, 2005.
Northern Railways of India, Kalka-Shimla Railway. Retrieved November 8, 2005.

^ Diebert, Timothy S. and Strapac, Joseph A. (1987). Southern Pacific Company Steam Locomotive Conpendium. Shade Tree Books. ISBN 0-930742-12-5.
^ Waters, Leslie L. (1950). Steel Trails to Santa Fe. Lawrence, Kansas: University of Kansas Press, p 74.