Portal:Trains/Anniversaries/November 15
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- 1899 – The New York Central railroad leases the Boston and Albany Railroad.
- 1919 – The "golden spike" is driven and construction of the San Diego and Arizona Railway is completed at a cost of $18 million.
- 1982 – The Joetsu Shinkansen (route map shown) opens for service between Tokyo and Niigata.
- 2001 – Two Canadian National Railway trains collide head-on in Andersonville, Michigan (northwest of Detroit).