Portal:Trains/Anniversaries/August 6

1816 – Thomas Crampton, English steam locomotive builder, is born (d. 1888).
1900 – An Act is passed to authorize the absorption of the Aberlady, Gullane and North Berwick Railway in Scotland by the North British Railway via a stock transfer.^[1]
1929 – The Ghan (pictured) begins operation in Australia under its current name.
1986 – A spectacular train accident at Paris' Gare de l'Est kills 1 and injures 56. This disaster happened only a few weeks after another Gare de Lyon train accident on June 27; SNCF's president Philippe Rouvillois was forced to resign.

References

^ Hajducki, Andrew M. (1992). The North Berwick and Gullane Branch Lines. Headington: The Oakwood Press. ISBN 0 85361 427 X.