- May 31
- 1767 – Edward Pease, first owner of the Stockton and Darlington Railway, is born (d. 1858).
- 1847 – The first railway connection between Rotterdam and The Hague opens.
- 1879 – The first electric railway opens at the Berlin Trades Exposition.
- 1887 – The first Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway (1891 system map shown) train over the newly constructed San Bernardino and Los Angeles Railroad line arrives in Los Angeles.[1]
See also edit
References edit
- ^ Serpico, Philip C. (1988). Santa Fé Route to the Pacific. Palmdale, California: Omni Publications. pp. 23–24. ISBN 0-88418-000-X.