Portal:Trains/Anniversaries/December 27
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- 1859 – Grand Trunk Railway completes construction of the rail line from Toronto to Sarnia, Ontario, and begins a train ferry connection across the St. Clair River at Fort Gratiot.[1]
- 1877 – The Quebec, Montreal, Ottawa and Occidental Railway opens, traversing a route from Montreal through Lachute to Hull.[2]
- 1883 – Cyrus S. Eaton, president of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway in the 1950s, is born (d. 1979).
- 2002 – The first X'Trapolis (pictured) train enters service with Connex in Melbourne, Australia.
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- ^ Significant dates in Canadian railway history. Colin Churcher's Railway Pages (August 16, 2005). Retrieved on 2005-12-27.
- ^ Significant dates in Ottawa railway history. Colin Churcher's Railway Pages (December 12, 2005). Retrieved on 2005-12-27.
