Portal:Trains/Anniversaries/February 21


 * February 21


 * 1804 – Richard Trevithick's first railway steam locomotive (pictured) operates for the first time.
 * 1935 – Jean Pelletier, Chairman of VIA Rail 2001-2004, is born (d. 2009).
 * 1981 – MBTA discontinues passenger train service to Rhode Island.
 * 1985 – The Soo Line acquires the Milwaukee Road and attempts to operate it as a subsidiary railroad.