Portal:Trains/Anniversaries/December 25

Replica of Best Friend of Charleston

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 (replica pictured).
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]
2014 – Indian Railways inaugurates the Sushasan Express, connecting Gwalior and Gonda, Uttar Pradesh, in commemoration of former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee's 91st birthday.

References[edit]

^ Rivanna Chapter, National Railway Historical Society. "This month in railroad history: December". Retrieved December 21, 2006.
^ "Significant dates in Canadian railway history". Colin Churcher's Railway Pages. November 28, 2006. Retrieved December 21, 2006.