On November 30.1934 ; The LNER Class A3 4472 Flying Scotsman becomes the first steam locomotive to be authenticated as reaching 100 mph. source
On November 30.1934 ; The LNER Class A3 4472 Flying Scotsman becomes the first steam locomotive to be authenticated as reaching 100 mph.
On December 14.1896 ; The Glasgow Underground Railway is opened by the Glasgow District Subway Company. source
On December 14.1896 ; The Glasgow Underground Railway is opened by the Glasgow District Subway Company.
On December 15.1906 ; The London Underground's Great Northern, Piccadilly and Brompton Railway opens. source
On December 15.1906 ; The London Underground's Great Northern, Piccadilly and Brompton Railway opens.
On December 18.1900 ; The Upper Ferntree Gully to Gembrook, Victoria Narrow-gauge (2 ft 6 in or 762 mm) Railway (now the Puffing Billy Railway) in Victoria, Australia is opened for traffic. source
On December 18.1900 ; The Upper Ferntree Gully to Gembrook, Victoria Narrow-gauge (2 ft 6 in or 762 mm) Railway (now the Puffing Billy Railway) in Victoria, Australia is opened for traffic.
On December 22.1851 ; India's first freight train is operated in Roorkee, India. source
On December 22.1851 ; India's first freight train is operated in Roorkee, India.
On December 22.1984 ; Bernhard Goetz shoots four would-be muggers on an express train in Manhattan section of New York, New York. source
On December 22.1984 ; Bernhard Goetz shoots four would-be muggers on an express train in Manhattan section of New York, New York.
On December 24.1911 ; Lackawanna Cut-Off railway line opens in New Jersey and Pennsylvania. source
On December 24.1911 ; Lackawanna Cut-Off railway line opens in New Jersey and Pennsylvania.
On December 28.1912 ; The first municipally owned streetcars take to the streets in San Francisco. source
On December 28.1912 ; The first municipally owned streetcars take to the streets in San Francisco.
On December 29.1876 ; The Ashtabula River railroad disaster occurs, leaving 64 injured and 92 dead at Ashtabula, Ohio. source
On December 29.1876 ; The Ashtabula River railroad disaster occurs, leaving 64 injured and 92 dead at Ashtabula, Ohio.
On December 30.1927 ; The Ginza Line, the first subway line in Asia, opens in Tokyo, Japan. source
On December 30.1927 ; The Ginza Line, the first subway line in Asia, opens in Tokyo, Japan.
The Gotthard Base Tunnel it is the world's longest and deepest traffic tunne, and the first flat, low-level route through the Alps.
The Gotthard Base Tunnel is a railway base tunnel through the Alps in Switzerland. It opened on 1 June 2016, and full service began on 11 December 2016.
Gotthard Base Tunnel is part of the AlpTransit project, also known as the New Railway Link through the Alps (NRLA).
The speed for Gotthard Base Tunnelup to 250 kilometers per hour.
The Gotthard Base Tunnel is also the first flat route through the Alps or any other major mountain range, with a maximum height of 549 metres (1,801 ft) above sea level, corresponding to that of Berne.
Nine workers lost their lives during Gotthard Base Tunnel construction; one in the Amsteg section, two in the Sedrun section, and three each in the southernmost Faido and Bodio sections.
The 2004 Sri Lanka tsunami-rail disaster is the largest single rail disaster in world history by death toll, with probably 1,700 fatalities or more. source
The 2004 Sri Lanka tsunami-rail disaster is the largest single rail disaster in world history by death toll, with probably 1,700 fatalities or more.