Portal:Trains/Anniversaries/November 8


 * November 8


 * 1869 – The Central Pacific Railroad completes the final leg of the First Transcontinental Railroad in North America, connecting Sacramento to San Francisco, California.
 * 1874 – Tracks of the Southern Pacific Railroad reach Bakersfield, California; work begins on the route that would eventually become the Tehachapi Loop (pictured).
 * 1936 – Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad inaugurates the Denver Zephyr passenger train.
 * 2004 – Canadian National Railway, Canadian Pacific Railway and Norfolk Southern Railway announce an operating agreement to speed shipments between eastern Canada and the eastern United States.