October 26, 1871 The first passenger train reaches Colorado City CO.
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October 26, 1874 The Grand Trunk Railway is converted to Standard Gauge east of Montreal.
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October 26, 1891 The New York Central inaugurates the westbound “Empire State Express”, carded at 504 minutes for the 440 miles between New York and Chicago.
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October 26, 1905 The New York Central & Hudson River Railroad places an order for 25,000 freight cars. This breaks the record set last week by the Pennsylvania Railroad's order of 21,000 cars.
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October 26, 1933 The Pullman Railplane, an experimental self-powered car, is tested on the Detroit, Toledo & Ironton. The straight track on the DT&I allow the Railplane to reach its top speed of 90 mph.
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October 26, 1959 With the exception of a single "Talgo" trainset, only Budd RDC's will run out of Boston's North Station for the next 20 years.
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October 26, 1968 Penn Central leaves LaSalle Street Station in Chicago. All of its trains move to Union Station with the exception of trains on the former "Big Four" line, which continue to use Central Station. Mail and Express remain at LaSalle Street.
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October 26, 1969 Great Northern issues its last Employee Timetable.
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October 26, 1986 President Reagan signs the bill authorizing the sale of Conrail stock to the public.
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October 26, 1992 California's Metrolink begins operations with 11 stations and 112 miles of track.
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October 26, 1995 The Montreal / Deux-Montagnes Commuter Train Line is modernized and reopened after being closed for three consecutive summers.
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