Portal:Trains/Anniversaries/December 4
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- 1978 – Union Pacific Railroad and Chicago and North Western Railway jointly announce an agreement to build into Wyoming's Powder River Basin to access the numerous coal mines in the area.[1]
- 1996 – Passenger service resumes through the Channel Tunnel, after a fire damaged the tunnel on November 18.
- 2004 – The second phase of the Hiawatha Line (pictured) opens, connecting Minneapolis, Minnesota, to MSP Airport and the Mall of America in Bloomington.
[edit] See also
- December 4 in rail transport
[edit] References
- ^ Feurer, Keith (Summer 2004). "Look who came out on top". North Western Lines (Chicago and North Western Railway Historical Society) 32 (1): 16-39. ISSN 0279-5000.
