Portal:Trains/Anniversaries/June 28

1895 – The New Haven and Hartford Railroad begins the first regular passenger service in the United States powered by electricity.
1918 – The Soviet government publishes a decree nationalizing all major Russian railways.
1930 – The Schleizer Kleinbahn (pictured) opens for traffic using electric traction on its line between Schleiz and Saalburg in Thuringia.
1963 – The Philadelphia and Reading Railroad's King Coal passenger train makes its final run to Shamokin, Pennsylvania.

See also