Portal:Trains/Anniversaries/November 15


 * November 15


 * 1899 – The New York Central railroad leases the Boston and Albany Railroad.
 * 1919 – The "golden spike" is driven (pictured) and construction of the San Diego and Arizona Railway is completed at a cost of $18 million.
 * 1982 – The Jōetsu Shinkansen opens for service between Tokyo and Niigata.
 * 2001 – Two Canadian National Railway trains collide head-on in Andersonville, Michigan (northwest of Detroit).