July 25 in rail transport — Events 19th century * 1814 ndash; George Stephenson puts his first steam locomotive in service, for a coal mine. * 1832 ndash; A cable snaps on an incline of the Granite Railway causing one of the first rail transport related fatalities in the… … Wikipedia
July 2005 in rail transport — July events July 1 ndash; July 2 ; July 1:* flagicon|India Indian Railways is expected to inaugurate two new Shatabdi Express passenger trains, one between Chennai and Bangalore and a new Jan Shatabdi Express between Madgaon and Mangalore. July 3 … Wikipedia
July 2006 in rail transport — Events July 1 :* flagicon|China China s President Hu Jintao presides over a ribbon cutting ceremony in Golmud to officially open the Qingzang railway for service. The first train over the newly constructed line carried about 900 passengers to… … Wikipedia
July 2007 in rail transport — Events July 1 July 7 ;July 1:* flagicon|Ghana ndash; Kampac Oil of Dubai, as consortium leader, is awarded a construction and operation contract for a new railway line in Ghana connecting Takoradi km to mi|800 to Hamile. The contract, valued at… … Wikipedia
July 14 in rail transport — Events 19th century * 1831 ndash; The John Bull , the oldest surviving operable steam locomotive, departs Liverpool aboard the steamship Allegheny bound for Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. * 1877 ndash; Workers on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad walk … Wikipedia
July 13 in rail transport — Events 19th century * 1836 ndash; John Ruggles is awarded US patent|1 for his improvements to railroad steam locomotive tires. * 1887 ndash; The Chateaugay Railway, a predecessor of the Delaware and Hudson Railway, is incorporated. [cite web|… … Wikipedia
July 11 in rail transport — Events 19th century 20th century * 1905 ndash; The Scott Special arrives at Dearborn Station in Chicago, Illinois, 44 hours and 54 minutes after departing Los Angeles, California. [cite journal| journal=The Warbonnet| title=Death Valley Scotty s… … Wikipedia
July 2008 in rail transport — Events July 1 July 5 ; July 1:* flagicon|China ndash; Construction work for the Shanghai–Nanjing high speed railway officially begins in China. The convert|300|km|sing=on long railway will cost 39.45 billion yuan (about 5.7 billion US dollars)… … Wikipedia
July 21 in rail transport — Events 19th century * 1836 ndash; Canada s first railway, the Champlain and St. Lawrence Railroad, is opened. * 1877 ndash; Baltimore and Ohio Railroad workers in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, stage a sympathy strike for the workers killed in… … Wikipedia
July 4 in rail transport — Events 19th century * 1828 ndash; Construction begins on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad in Baltimore, Maryland. * 1851 ndash; Groundbreaking ceremonies are held for the Pacific Railroad Company, a railroad later to become the Missouri Pacific… … Wikipedia
July 16 in rail transport — Events 19th century * 1877 ndash; Railroad workers go on strike in Martinsburg, West Virginia, derail and loot a train; United States President Rutherford B. Hayes calls in Federal troops to break the strike. 20th century * 1916 ndash; Much of… … Wikipedia
