Portal:Trains/Anniversaries/December 25


 * December 25


 * 1830 – The South Carolina Canal and Rail Road (now a part of Norfolk Southern Railway) begins operations of the first regularly scheduled train service in the United States with the steam locomotive Best Friend of Charleston (replica pictured).
 * 1848 – The New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad opens using trackage rights over the New York and Harlem Railroad from Woodlawn south to Grand Central Terminal, which served as the New Haven's New York City terminal.
 * 1854 – The Bytown and Prescott Railway in Canada opens, inaugurating the first rail service to the present day city of Ottawa.
 * 2014 – Indian Railways inaugurates the Sushasan Express, connecting Gwalior and Gonda, Uttar Pradesh, in commemoration of former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee's 91st birthday.