Portal:Trains/Anniversaries/January 27

1893 – Alfred Belpaire, inventor of the Belpaire firebox for steam locomotives, dies (b. 1820).
1940 – The Boston, Revere Beach and Lynn Railroad (pictured) ceases operations in Massachusetts in preparation for abandonment.
1973 – MBTA purchases several rail lines in New England from Penn Central to form the basis of the new commuter system's network.
2003 – A head-on collision between an Italian and a French train in the Tende line's Biogna tunnel leaves two dead and four seriously injured.