Portal:Trains/Anniversaries/November 17
- November 17
- 1857 – William Benson Storey, president of Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway 1920-1933, is born (d. 1940).
- San Diego.[1]
- Prospector multiple unit passenger trainset debuts on the Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad in operating between Denver, Colorado, and Salt Lake City, Utah.
- Premier Joh Bjelke-Petersen. It is the first section of electrification in Australia to use 25,000 volts 50 Hzoverhead power supply.
See also
References
- ISBN 0-87095-101-7.