August 25 in rail transport
- August 25 in rail transport
Events
19th century
* 1829 – "Tom Thumb", the first American-built steam locomotive used on a common carrier railroad, is operated in a race against a horsecar.[cite web| url=http://avenue.org/nrhs/histaug.htm| author=Rivanna Chapter, National Railway Historical Society| title=This Month in Railroad History: August| date=2005| accessdate=2006-08-25| ] ]
* 1835 – Baltimore and Ohio Railroad opens the Washington Branch to connect the railroad to Washington, D.C..[cite web| url=http://www.dcnrhs.org/dc_rail_history.htm| title=Washington, D.C. Railroad History| author=Washington D.C. Chapter, National Railway Historical Society| accessdate=2006-08-25| ] ]
* 1860 – England's Prince of Wales, who later became King Edward VII, presides over the opening ceremonies for the Victoria Bridge in Montreal, Canada. 20th century
* 1904 – The New Long Railroad Bridge across the Potomac River in Washington, D.C., opens.
* 1927 – Detroit and Mackinac Railway officially abandons the section from Au Sable River Jct. to Comins and the Curran Branch between Hardy and Beavers.[cite web| url=http://www.michiganrailroads.com/RRHX/Timeline/1920s/TimeLine1920sBackUp.htm| title=RRHX - Railroad History Timeline: 1920s| accessdate=2006-08-25| ] ]
* 1943 – Denver, South Park and Pacific Railroad operates its last regular narrow gauge train on the section between Leadville and Climax.
* 1970 – Mobile and Gulf Railroad operates the last regularly-scheduled steam locomotive-powered train on a common carrier railroad in North America. 21st century
Births
* 1840 – George C. Magoun, Chairman of the Board of Directors for Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway in the late 1880s, is born (d. 1893).
Deaths
References
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