Portal:Trains/Anniversaries/August 5

1871 – The New Haven and Derby Railroad, a predecessor of the New Haven Railroad in Connecticut (pictured), opens between New Haven and Derby Junction (present day Ansonia).
1872 – The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway, building westward from Newton, Kansas, reaches Great Bend.
1890 – The first section of Salzkammergut-Lokalbahn, connecting Ischl and Strobl, Germany, opens.
1901 – Queenscliff Junction, in Victoria, Australia, is closed.

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