Portal:Trains/Anniversaries/March 17
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- 1884 – The Southern Pacific Railroad is incorporated in Kentucky.
- 1914 – A celebration is held in honor of the first train to arrive on the newly constructed Kansas City Southern Railway line in Hot Springs, Arkansas.[1]
- 1974 – A freight train on Canadian Pacific Railway is derailed when it hits a rock slide near Spences Bridge, British Columbia; the accident leads to the installation of ditch lights on all Canadian diesel locomotives.[2]
[edit] See also
- March 17 in rail transport
[edit] References
- ^ Kansas City Southern Historical Society, The Kansas City Southern Lines. Retrieved March 17, 2006.
- ^ Colin Churcher's Railway Pages (March 4, 2006), Significant dates in Canadian railway history. Retrieved March 17, 2006.
