Portal:Trains/Anniversaries/November 23
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- 1832 – After assembling the steam locomotive Delaware, Matthias W. Baldwin builds his first entirely new steam locomotive, named Old Ironsides.
- 1904 – New York City Subway's IRT Lenox Avenue Line opens south of the 145th Street station.
- 1937 – The Victorian Railways' Spirit of Progress (pictured), Australia's new luxury streamliner, commences regular service between Melbourne, Victoria and Albury, New South Wales.
- 2004 – The new Wisconsin Northern Railroad begins operations on leased Union Pacific Railroad (formerly Chicago and North Western Railway) and Canadian National (formerly Wisconsin Central) tracks.
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- November 23 in rail transport
