Portal:Trains/Anniversaries/August 25


 * August 25


 * 1829 – Tom Thumb, the first American-built steam locomotive used on a common carrier railroad, is operated in a race against a horsecar.
 * 1840 – George C. Magoun (pictured), Chairman of the Board of Directors for Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway in the late 1880s, is born (d. 1893).
 * 1860 – England's Prince of Wales, who later became King Edward VII, presides over the opening ceremonies for the Victoria Bridge in Montreal, Canada.
 * 1970 – Mobile and Gulf Railroad operates the last regularly-scheduled steam locomotive-powered train on a common carrier railroad in North America.