Portal:Trains/Anniversaries/July 25/More

• 1814 – George Stephenson puts his first steam locomotive in service, for a coal mine.
• 1832 – A cable snaps on an incline of the Granite Railway causing one of the first rail transport related fatalities in the United States.{{cite web| author=Rivanna Chapter, National Railway Historical Society| year=2005| url=http://avenue.org/nrhs/histjul.htm| title=This Month in Railroad History: July| accessdate=July 22, 2005}}

• 1901 – The Hull Electric Railway officially begins regular service over the Interprovincial Bridge between Ottawa and Aylmer.{{cite web| date=December 3, 2004| url=http://www.railways.incanada.net/candate/street.htm| title=Significant dates in Ottawa/Hull street and light railway history| work=Colin Churcher's Railway Pages| accessdate=July 22, 2005}}
• 1911 – Canadian Northern Railway (CNOR) purchases the right-of-way and assets of the defunct Carillon and Grenville Railway, the last broad gauge railroad (at {{RailGauge|5ft6in|disp=s}}) in North America, to become part of CNOR's Montreal-Ottawa mainline.{{cite web| date=April 3, 2005| url=http://www.railways.incanada.net/candate/candate.htm| title=Significant dates in Canadian railway history| work=Colin Churcher's Railway Pages| accessdate=July 22, 2005}}
• 1953 – The New York City Subway begins using tokens for passenger fares.{{cite web| author=New York City Metropolitan Transit Authority| url=http://www.mta.nyc.ny.us/nyct/facts/ffhist.htm| title=New York City Transit - History and Chronology| accessdate=July 22, 2005}}
• 1958 – Pacific Great Eastern Railway completes construction of the line to Fort St. John, British Columbia.
• 1967 – Construction begins in San Francisco, California, on the Market Street Subway.
• 1980 – Two trains collide on a single track between Groningen and Roodeschool, near Winsum, Netherlands, resulting in 9 deaths and 21 injured.
• 1987 – Indian Railways installs its first solid state interlocking at Srirangam, India.{{cite web| author=Indian Railways Fan Club| url=http://irfca.org/faq/faq-history5.html| title=IR History: Part - V (1970-1995)| accessdate=July 22, 2005}}
• 1995 – A bombing in Paris RER B station Saint-Michel Notre-Dame kills 8 and injures more than 200. The bombing was attributed to the Algerian Armed Islamic Group.

• 2004 – Thieves steal two brass handles and four copper pipes from the Fairy Queen steam locomotive in New Delhi, India.{{cite web| author=Indian Railways Fan Club| url=http://irfca.org/faq/faq-history6.html| title=IR History: Part - VI (1995-present)| accessdate=July 22, 2005}}

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