Portal:Trains/Anniversaries/December 4

1938 – The IRT Sixth Avenue Line in New York City, the second elevated railway in Manhattan, is permanently closed.
1978 – Union Pacific Railroad and Chicago and North Western Railway jointly announce an agreement to build into Wyoming's Powder River Basin to access the numerous coal mines in the area.^[1]
1996 – Passenger service resumes through the Channel Tunnel, after a fire damaged the tunnel on November 18.
2004 – The second phase of the Hiawatha Line (pictured) opens, connecting Minneapolis, Minnesota, to MSP Airport and the Mall of America in Bloomington.

References

^ Feurer, Keith (Summer 2004). "Look who came out on top". North Western Lines (Chicago and North Western Railway Historical Society). 32 (1): 16–39. ISSN 0279-5000.