Portal:Trains/Anniversaries/October 25

1848 – The first westbound train from Chicago, Illinois, pulled by the locomotive Pioneer, departs on the Galena and Chicago Union Railroad (the oldest predecessor of Chicago and North Western Railway).
1854 – The Carillon and Grenville Railway, in Canada, opens.
1882 – The Seney Syndicate sells the Nickel Plate Road to William H. Vanderbilt, who also controlled the New York Central system, for $7.2 million.
1904 – The first 200 km (124 mi) section of the Baghdad Railway opens.

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