Portal:Trains/Anniversaries/July 13


 * July 13


 * 1836 – John Ruggles (pictured) is awarded for his improvements to railroad steam locomotive tires.
 * 1887 – The second Tay Rail Bridge across the Firth of Tay in Scotland opens.
 * 1987 – Union Pacific Railroad files with the Interstate Commerce Commission to acquire the Missouri–Kansas–Texas Railroad.
 * 2005 – In the Ghotki rail crash, a passenger train stopped at the Ghotki, Pakistan, train station is hit from behind by a train that missed a signal; more than 100 fatalities are reported.