1917 in rail transport
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This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 1917.
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Events
March events
- March 12 – The Pere Marquette Railroad is reincorporated as the Pere Marquette Railway.
December events
- December 28 – The United States federal government takes control of American railroads under the United States Railroad Administration for World War I.
Unknown date events
- The Tanana Valley Railroad in Fairbanks, Alaska (a predecessor of the Alaska Railroad) enters receivership.
- The Arcade and Attica Railroad is incorporated.
- Construction is completed on the Trans-Siberian Railway.
- The longest cantilever bridge in the world, Canadian National Railway's bridge across the St. Lawrence River at Quebec City, opens for rail traffic.
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