Portal:Trains/Anniversaries/December 25
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- 1830 – The South Carolina Canal and Rail Road (now a part of Norfolk Southern Railway) begins operations of the first regularly scheduled train service in the United States with the steam locomotive Best Friend of Charleston.
- 1848 – The New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad opens[1] using trackage rights over the New York and Harlem Railroad from Woodlawn south to Grand Central Terminal, which served as the New Haven's New York City terminal.
- 1854 – The Bytown and Prescott Railway in Canada opens, inaugurating the first rail service to the present day city of Ottawa.[2]
[edit] See also
- December 25 in rail transport
[edit] References
- ^ Rivanna Chapter, National Railway Historical Society. This month in railroad history: December. Retrieved on December 21, 2006.
- ^ Significant dates in Canadian railway history. Colin Churcher's Railway Pages (2006-11-28). Retrieved on December 21, 2006.
