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This article lists anniversary events related to rail transport that occurred on December 1.

Events

1892 – The first California Limited passenger train on the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway arrives in Chicago, Illinois, after a round trip to Los Angeles, California.
1895 – Hatori Station, in Japan, opens.

1909 – The London, Brighton and South Coast Railway inaugurates Britain's first suburban surface rail electrification scheme in South London.
1919 – The first passenger train of the San Diego & Arizona Railway "arrives" in San Diego from El Centro, California, for the official line opening ceremony.
1919 – The Canadian Railway War Board is reorganized as the Railway Association of Canada.^[1]
1939 – The Atlantic Coast Line Railroad inaugurates the Champion passenger train between New York, New York, and Miami, Florida.
1959 – The Virginian Railway is merged into the Norfolk and Western Railroad.
1962 – The remaining section of the Hanshin Amagasaki Kaigan Line between Takasu and Deyashiki is closed.^[2]
1989 – The Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad is merged into the Missouri Pacific Railroad.
1990 – Construction crews on the Channel Tunnel from both England and France break through the last amount of rock separating the two tunnels, forming the first land link between the two countries.
1996 – Norges Statsbaner, the national railway of Norway, is created by the Norwegian National Rail Administration.

1791 – Asa Whitney, developer of the process of annealing railroad car wheels that enabled trains to safely increase both loads and speed (d. 1874).
1826 – William Mahone, American civil engineer and Confederate Army Major General who built the Norfolk and Petersburg Railroad, a predecessor of the Norfolk and Western (d. 1895).

1938 – David Blyth Hanna, first president of Canadian National Railway (b. 1858).
2004 – Jack Anderson, Chief mechanical engineer for and co-owner of the Mount Rainier Scenic Railroad, and chief mechanical engineer for the Nevada Northern Railway Museum (b. 1953).

^ "Historic Anniversary for the Railway Association of Canada" (Press release). Railway Association of Canada. 2007-10-23. Retrieved October 23, 2007. {{cite press release}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |1= (help)
^ Hiroi, Jun'ichi; Inoue, Hirokazu (February 5, 1982). "阪神電鉄の沿革". 阪神. Nippon no Shitetsu (in Japanese). Vol. 12. Osaka: Hoikusha. p. 98. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |lastauthoramp= ignored (|name-list-style= suggested) (help); Unknown parameter |trans_chapter= ignored (|trans-chapter= suggested) (help); Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)