Portal:Trains/Anniversaries/July 15


 * July 15


 * 1846 – The first railway line in Hungary opens between Pest and Vác.
 * 1894 – Central Pacific Railroad scraps El Gobernador (pictured), at the time the largest locomotive in the world.
 * 1923 – United States President Warren G. Harding drives the golden spike on the Alaska Railroad.
 * 2004 – Dennis H. Miller is promoted to president of the Iowa Interstate Railroad.