Portal:Trains/Anniversaries/August 8

1829 – The Stourbridge Lion (pictured), the first steam locomotive delivered to the Delaware and Hudson Railway, operates for the first time in Honesdale, Pennsylvania.
1899 – Atlantic Coast Line Railroad (ACL) predecessor Atlantic Coast Line Railroad of South Carolina acquired from the Central of Georgia Railroad its half-interest in the lease of the Georgia Railroad; the ACL now had direct access to Atlanta, Georgia.
1942 – The Mumbai Rajdhani passenger train, one of many Rajdhani Express trains, is inaugurated by Mahatma Gandhi in Mumbai, India.
1950 – Illinois Central Railroad retires the Green Diamond passenger trainset from active service; the trainset will soon be scrapped.

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