November 17 in rail transport

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This article lists anniversary events related to rail transport that occurred on November 17.

Contents 1 Events 1.1 19th century 1.2 20th century 1.3 21st century 2 Births 3 Deaths 4 References

[edit] Events

[edit] 19th century

• 1885 – The first through train from Chicago via Santa Fe lines arrives in San Diego.^[1]

[edit] 20th century

• 1941 – The Prospector multiple unit passenger trainset debuts on the Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad in operating between Denver, Colorado, and Salt Lake City, Utah.
• 1979 – The first stage of Brisbane Suburban Electrification between Ferny Grove and Darra is commissioned by the Queensland Premier Joh Bjelke-Petersen. It is the first section of electrification in Australia to use 25,000 volts 50 Hz overhead power supply.

[edit] 21st century

[edit] Births

• 1857 – William Benson Storey, president of Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway 1920-1933, is born (d. 1940).

[edit] Deaths

• 1920 – T. Jefferson Coolidge, president of Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway 1880-1881, dies (b. 1831).^[2]
• 1927 – Charles Sanger Mellen, president of Northern Pacific Railway 1897-1903 and New Haven Railroad beginning in 1903, dies (b. 1852).^[3]

[edit] References

1. ^ Signor, John R. (1988). The Los Angeles and Salt Lake Railroad Company; Union Pacific's Historic Salt Lake Route. San Marino, California: Golden West Books, p 18. ISBN 0-87095-101-7. 
2. ^ The Political Graveyard (March 10, 2005), Politicians in Railroading in Massachusetts. Retrieved December 29, 2005.
3. ^ "Obituary: Charles Sanger Mellen", New York Times, November 18, 1927, p. 23.