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This article lists anniversary events related to rail transport that occurred on December 4.
Events
edit19th century
edit- 1863 – Construction begins on the Randsfjorden Line in Norway.
20th century
edit- 1938 – The IRT Sixth Avenue Line in New York City, the second elevated railway in Manhattan, is permanently closed.
- 1978 – Union Pacific Railroad and Chicago and North Western Railway jointly announce an agreement to build into Wyoming's Powder River Basin to access the numerous coal mines in the area.[1]
- 1996 – Passenger service resumes through the Channel Tunnel, after a fire damaged the tunnel on November 18.
21st century
edit- 2004 – The second phase of the Hiawatha Line opens, connecting Minneapolis, Minnesota, to MSP Airport and the Mall of America in Bloomington.
Births
edit- 1859 – Percy R. Todd, vice president of New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad, president of Bangor and Aroostook Railroad.[2]
Deaths
editReferences
edit- ^ Feurer, Keith (Summer 2004). "Look who came out on top". North Western Lines (Chicago and North Western Railway Historical Society). 32 (1): 16–39. ISSN 0279-5000.
- ^ "The Career of Percy R. Todd". The Railroad Men. XVII (2): 56. November 1903.