Portal:Trains/Anniversaries/November 24


 * November 24


 * 1892 – The first train ferry service on the Great Lakes and the first in the world over open waters is inaugurated with Ann Arbor Number 1 of the Toledo, Ann Arbor and Northern Michigan Railway (reorganized in 1895 as the Ann Arbor Railroad) between Elberta, Michigan, and Kewaunee, Wisconsin.
 * 1905 – Canadian Northern Railway completes tracklaying to Edmonton, Alberta, with Alberta's Lieutenant Governor ceremonially driving the last spike.
 * 1916 – German sleeping and dining car operator Mitropa is founded.
 * 1961 – Ferrocarril Chihuahua al Pacífico (now known as Chepe; pictured) opens its line through the Copper Canyon in Mexico.