Portal:Trains/Anniversaries/May 6

The southern entrance to the Channel Tunnel near Coquelles, France, in 2008

1856 – The newly constructed sidewheeler Effie Afton runs into one of the supports for the first railroad bridge across the Mississippi River, causing a fire that destroys the bridge just two weeks after it had opened.[1]
1862 – The bill that would become the Pacific Railroad Act authorizing construction of the First Transcontinental Railroad is passed by the United States House of Representatives.
1983 – The last Georgia Railroad mixed train is operated by the Seaboard System Railroad.
1994 – The Channel Tunnel (pictured) linking England and France officially opens after a ribbon cutting ceremony attended by both French and British heads of state.

References

Willard, John (January 31, 2006). "Dinner marks 150th birthday of the first railroad crossing on the Mississippi". Quad City Times. Retrieved January 31, 2006.

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