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 * October 17


 * 1817 – Alexander Mitchell, president of Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railroad 1864-1887, is born (d. 1887).
 * 1849 – Sir William Mackenzie, part-owner of the Toronto Street Railway and builder of Canadian Northern Railway predecessors, is born (d. 1923).
 * 1968 – Kintetsu in Japan activates the ATS system over its entire Suzuka Line.
 * 2000 – The Hatfield rail crash, south of Hatfield, Hertfordshire, UK, occurs when a train traveling at 115 mph derails due to a rail that breaks under it (memorial pictured).