Portal:Trains/Anniversaries/June 9

1781 – George Stephenson (pictured), English steam locomotive builder, is born (d. 1848).
1881 – The Canada Central Railway is merged into the Canadian Pacific Railway.
1959 – The Chicago, Aurora and Elgin Railroad, commuter railway serving Chicago's western suburbs, ceases operations.
2005 – Service is restored on the Alaska Railroad after the Moody Tunnel was closed for three days due to damage when a large forklift loaded on a southbound train struck one of the tunnel's timber supports, causing a partial collapse of the tunnel.