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November 19

• 1850 – Jule Murat Hannaford, president of Northern Pacific Railway 1913-1920, is born (d. 1934)^[1][2][3]
• 1956 – Japan Railways completes electrification of the Tokaido Main Line (map pictured), connecting Tokyo Station and Kobe Station, for both freight and passenger service.
• 2001 – The Surface Transportation Board releases the final Environmental Impact Statement on Dakota, Minnesota and Eastern Railroad's plan to expand into Wyoming's Powder River Basin.

[edit] See also

• November 19 in rail transport

[edit] References

1. ^ Northern Pacific. Annual Report. St. Paul [Minn.]: Northern Pacific, 1934, p. 17.
2. ^ Railway Age, September 29, 1934, p. 390.
3. ^ Howson, Elmer T., D. A. Steel, and J. B. Tebo, editors (1922). The Biographical Directory of the Railway Officials of America, 1922 edition. New York: Simmons-Boardman, 267.