April 25 in rail transport

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This article lists anniversary events related to rail transport that occurred on April 25.

Contents 1 Events 1.1 19th century 1.2 20th century 1.3 21st century 2 Births 3 Deaths 4 References

[edit] Events

[edit] 19th century

• 1831 – Matthias W. Baldwin displays a model steam locomotive at the Philadelphia City Museum a year before building his first full-size locomotive for a working railroad.
• 1831 – The New York and Harlem Railroad is incorporated.
• 1832 – The Brooklyn and Jamaica Railroad, the first railroad on Long Island, New York, is incorporated to build from the East River in Brooklyn to Jamaica.^[1]

[edit] 20th century

• 1937 – Baltimore and Ohio Railroad's Royal Blue passenger train is re-equipped with cars rebuilt in the B&O's company shops.
• 1946 – The Exposition Flyer, travelling at 80 mph (130 km/h), runs into a stationary train in Naperville, Illinois, killing 45 and injuring 36.
• 1983 – Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad discontinues independent intercity passenger train service with the final run of the Rio Grande Zephyr.
• 1997 – Construction begins on Phase II of Manchester Metrolink in Manchester, England.

[edit] 21st century

• 2004 – Amtrak discontinues the Chicago-Toronto International.
• 2005 – A JR West commuter train derails and strikes an apartment building in Amagasaki, Hyogo, Japan, killing 106 and injuring more than 460 others; see Amagasaki rail crash.

[edit] Births

• 1853 – John Frank Stevens, chief engineer and general manager of Great Northern Railway, vice president Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad (d. 1943).

[edit] Deaths

• 1970 – Oliver Bulleid, chief mechanical engineer of Southern Railway in Great Britain 1937-1948 (b. 1882).

[edit] References