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This article lists anniversary events related to rail transport that occurred on May 25.

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Events

19th century

1865 – The first steel rails are rolled at a foundry in Chicago from Bessemer steel made in blast furnaces in Wyandotte, Michigan.

20th century

1903 – The Lackawanna and Wyoming Valley Railroad opens, becoming the first railroad in the United States to use an electrified third rail to power its trains.
1904 – New Haven Railroad acquires control of Worcester and Southbridge Street Railway.[1]
1991 – A Class 43 high-speed train from Newquay to London Paddington on the Atlantic Coast Line derails in the Luxulyan Valley.[2][3]

21st century

2005 – The Martello, Shakespeare and Abbotscliffe railway tunnels in Kent, England, close after 160 years of continuous service for renovation work estimated at £10 million; the work is expected to take four months to complete.

References

Government Printing Office (1914). New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad Co.: Evidence Taken Before the Interstate Commerce Commission. Vol. II. pp. 2366–2374, 2394–2397 – via Google Books.
Surl, Malcolm (2007). "Solo HST power car". Modern Railways. Ian Allan Ltd. 64 (705): 32.
"Derailment of a High Speed Train in the Valley". LoxSoft. April 26, 2007. Retrieved August 27, 2013.

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