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March 8

• 1881 – The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad, building southwestward from Kansas, reaches Deming, New Mexico,^[1] making a connection with Southern Pacific Railroad tracks to complete a second transcontinental route across the United States.^[2]
• 1904 – The Southern Pacific Railroad opens the Lucin Cutoff across the Great Salt Lake, bypassing Promontory, Utah, for the railroad's mainline.
• 1920 – The board of directors for Canadian National Railway assumes management control of Grand Trunk Pacific Railway.^[3]
• 2006 – Jean-Paul Denanot, president of the Limousin region of France, announces a new TGV service to begin by the following winter between Brive-la-Gaillarde and Lille via Limoges and Orléans.^[4]

[edit] See also

• March 8 in rail transport

[edit] References

1. ^ Santa Fe Railroad (1945). Along Your Way. Chicago, Illinois: Rand McNally. 
2. ^ Transcontinental, Railroad, Golden Spike, Promontory Summit, Railway Act. American Western History Museums. Retrieved on 2007-03-08.
3. ^ Significant dates in Canadian railway history. Colin Churcher's Railway Pages (2007-02-09). Retrieved on 2007-03-08.
4. ^ 8 mars dans les chemins de fer (French). French language Wikipedia (2006-06-30). Retrieved on 2007-03-08.