Portal:Trains/Anniversaries/June 25

1825 – The first passenger carrying monorail opens: The Cheshunt Railway. Built to carry bricks, the line creates a sensation when spectators at the opening ceremonies hop in the cars for a ride.
1933 – Canadian Pacific Railway discontinues the use of the Imperial Limited name, although the trains continue to run designated now by train numbers only.
1994 – Vandals place concrete blocks on a railway line at Greenock, Scotland, causing the Greenock rail crash. The train driver is killed along with one passenger.

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