Portal:Trains/Anniversaries/June 3


 * June 3


 * 1864 – The first revenue trains operate over the Central Pacific Railroad between Sacramento and Newcastle, California.
 * 1908 – Robert Gillespie Reid, builder of many Canadian railway bridges as well as the Newfoundland Railway, dies (b. 1842).
 * 1984 – Electrification is commissioned between Wyee and Newcastle allowing the introduction of electric interurban trains between Sydney and Newcastle, Australia, and also the electric operation of freight services on this line.
 * 1998 – The Eschede train disaster (pictured), the worst railroad accident in German history since World War II, occurs when a wheel on the high speed InterCityExpress breaks; the derailed train's forward momentum caused it to slam into a bridge pier which increased the damage to the train and caused a higher injury toll than would otherwise have occurred.