Portal:Trains/Anniversaries/October 3


 * October 3


 * 1839 – The first railway line in Italy, 7 km long between Naples and Portici, opens.
 * 1873 – Grand Trunk Railway begins converting its track between Stratford, Ontario, and Montreal from (broad gauge) to  (standard gauge); the conversion is completed within 24 hours.
 * 2001 – Canadian Pacific Corporation divests itself of its five major subsidiaries, spinning off Canadian Pacific Railway (pictured) as an independent company.
 * 2004 – The Southwestern Railroad in New Mexico leases the Carlsbad Subdivision, 183 mi of track between Clovis and Carlsbad, from the Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway.