Portal:Trains/Anniversaries/July 14
Appearance
- July 14
- 1831 – The John Bull, the oldest surviving operable steam locomotive, departs Liverpool aboard the steamship Allegheny bound for Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
- Tay Rail Bridge across the Firth of Tay in Scotlandopens.
- GG1(pictured), dies (b. 1893).
- 1987 – Grand Trunk Western 4-6-2 "Pacific" No. 5629 is cut up for scrap by court order as a result of Richard "Dick" Jensen refusing to follow Metra's order of removing the locomotive from the Blue Island, Illinois freight yard.
- BC Rail.
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