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- Some of the events listed here were translated from 2000 dans les chemins de fer, the equivalent French-language Wikipedia article.
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- ↑ General Motors Electro-Motive Division (May 23, 2000). "General Motors' Electro Motive ships first five locomotives for huge Union Pacific order". Archived from the original on March 14, 2006. Retrieved April 13, 2005.
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- ↑ Metrolink reaches Eccles Rail Business Intelligence issue 132 10 August 2000 page 2
- ↑ "Significant dates in Ottawa railway history". Colin Churcher's Railway Pages. September 7, 2005. Archived from the original on October 4, 2005. Retrieved September 30, 2005.
- ↑ Amtrak’s new Hit-Speed Service is Derailed by Mechanical Problem Los Angeles Times December 13, 2000
- ↑ Left, Sarah (January 15, 2002). "Key dates in Britain's railway history". The Guardian . Retrieved July 7, 2007.