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January 3

• 1810 – Henry Keyes, president of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway 1869–1870, is born (d. 1870).
• 1912 – Canadian Pacific Railway leases the Dominion Atlantic Railway in Nova Scotia.^[1]
• 1986 – Vancouver's SkyTrain (pictured) begins operations between the waterfront and New Westminster.^[1]
• 2005 – Kansas City Southern names Arthur Shoener, formerly a vice president at Union Pacific Railroad, as the new CEO of the holding company's Kansas City Southern Railway and Texas Mexican Railway divisions.

[edit] See also

• January 3 in rail transport

[edit] References

1. ^ ^{a b} Significant dates in Canadian railway history. Colin Churcher's Railway Pages (April 3, 2005). Retrieved on 2005-08-06.