Portal:Trains/Anniversaries/January 20


 * January 20


 * 1870 – The Elizabeth City and Norfolk Railroad, which later became the original Norfolk Southern Railroad, is chartered to build a railroad line between Norfolk, Virginia, and Elizabeth City, North Carolina.
 * 1951 – Canadian Pacific Railway's eastbound The Dominion passenger train hits a truck at a level crossing in Ottawa; most of the train remains on the rails, but the engineer is fatally burned in the derailment.
 * 1954 – The Tokyo Metro Marunouchi Line, the second line in the system and the first built after World War II, is opened (pictured) between Ikebukuro and Ochanomizu stations.
 * 1960 – The Cartier Railway opens Canada's northernmost railway to date between Port Cartier and Gagnon, Quebec.