Portal:Trains/Anniversaries/August 25

1829 – Tom Thumb, the first American-built steam locomotive used on a common carrier railroad, is operated in a race against a horsecar.^[1]
1840 – George C. Magoun (pictured), Chairman of the Board of Directors for Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway in the late 1880s, is born (d. 1893).
1860 – England's Prince of Wales, who later became King Edward VII, presides over the opening ceremonies for the Victoria Bridge in Montreal, Canada.
1970 – Mobile and Gulf Railroad operates the last regularly-scheduled steam locomotive-powered train on a common carrier railroad in North America.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b Rivanna Chapter, National Railway Historical Society (2005). "This Month in Railroad History: August". Retrieved August 25, 2006.