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May 31

• 1767 – Edward Pease, first owner of the Stockton and Darlington Railway, is born (d. 1858).
• 1847 – The first railway connection between Rotterdam and The Hague opens.
• 1879 – The first electric railway opens at the Berlin Trades Exposition.
• 1887 – The first Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway train over the newly constructed San Bernardino and Los Angeles Railroad line arrives in Los Angeles.^[1]

[edit] See also

• May 31 in rail transport

[edit] References

1. ^ Serpico, Philip C. (1988). Santa Fé Route to the Pacific. Omni Publications, p 23-24. ISBN 0-88418-000-X.