July 25 in rail transport
- July 25 in rail transport
Events
19th century
* 1814 – George Stephenson puts his first steam locomotive in service, for a coal mine.
* 1832 – A cable snaps on an incline of the Granite Railway causing one of the first rail transport related fatalities in the United States.
20th century
* 1901 – The Hull Electric Railway officially begins regular service over the Interprovincial Bridge between Ottawa and Aylmer.
* 1911 – Canadian Northern Railway (CNOR) purchases the right-of-way and assets of the defunct Carillon and Grenville Railway, the last broad gauge railroad (at 5 ft 6 in) in North America, to become part of CNOR's Montreal-Ottawa mainline.
* 1953 – The New York City Subway begins using tokens for passenger fares.
* 1958 – Pacific Great Eastern Railway completes construction of the line to Fort St. John, British Columbia.
* 1967 – Construction begins in San Francisco, California, on the Market Street Subway.
* 1980 – Two trains collide on a single track between Groningen and Roodeschool, near Winsum, The Netherlands, resulting in 9 deaths and 21 injured.
* 1987 – Indian Railways installs its first solid state interlocking at Srirangam, India.
* 1995 – A bombing in Paris RER B station "Saint-Michel Notre-Dame" kills 8 and injures more than 200. The bombing was attributed to the Algerian Armed Islamic Group.
21st century
* 2004 – Thieves steal two brass handles and four copper pipes from the "Fairy Queen" steam locomotive in New Delhi, India.
Births
Deaths
References
* Indian Railways Fan Club, " [http://irfca.org/faq/faq-history5.html IR History: Part - V (1970-1995)] ". Retrieved July 22 2005.
* Indian Railways Fan Club, " [http://irfca.org/faq/faq-history6.html IR History: Part - VI (1995-present)] ". Retrieved July 22 2005.
* New York City Metropolitan Transit Authority, " [http://www.mta.nyc.ny.us/nyct/facts/ffhist.htm New York City Transit - History and Chronology] ". Retrieved July 22 2005.
* Rivanna Chapter, National Railway Historical Society (2005), " [http://avenue.org/nrhs/histjul.htm This Month in Railroad History: July] ". Retrieved July 22 2005.
* (April 3 2005), " [http://www.railways.incanada.net/candate/candate.htm Significant dates in Canadian railway history] ". Retrieved July 22 2005.
* (December 3 2004), " [http://www.railways.incanada.net/candate/street.htm Significant dates in Ottawa/Hull street and light railway history] ". Retrieved July 22 2005.
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