Portal:Trains/Anniversaries/May 25

Third rail on Boston's Red Line

1865 – The first steel rails are rolled at a foundry in Chicago from Bessemer steel made in blast furnaces in Wyandotte, Michigan.
1903 – The Lackawanna and Wyoming Valley Railroad opens, becoming the first railroad in the United States to use an electrified third rail (pictured) to power its trains.
1991 – A Class 43 high-speed train from Newquay to London Paddington on the Atlantic Coast Line derails in the Luxulyan Valley.^[1]^[2]
2005 – The Martello, Shakespeare and Abbotscliffe railway tunnels in Kent, England, close after 160 years of continuous service for renovation work estimated at £10 million; the work is expected to take four months to complete.

References[edit]

^ Surl, Malcolm (2007). "Solo HST power car". Modern Railways. 64 (705). Ian Allan Ltd: 32.
^ "Derailment of a High Speed Train in the Valley". LoxSoft. 2007-04-26. Retrieved 2013-08-27.