Portal:Trains/Anniversaries/May 4


 * May 4


 * 1886 – Henry G. Ivatt, Chief Mechanical Engineer of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway 1946-1947, is born (d. 1976).
 * 1897 – The Rio Grande Junction Railway sells the Colorado Midland Railway out of bankruptcy to private investors.
 * 1958 – Nickel Plate 765 (pictured) is retired to Lawton Park in Fort Wayne, Indiana.
 * 1976 – An international train collides with a local train near Schiedam, the Netherlands, killing 24 and injuring 11.