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3rd July 1938: World speed record for steam locomotives set by Number 4468 Mallard at just under 126mph

3rd July 2022
Tagged as: Britain, England, Grantham, Invention, Locomotive, Mallard, Railway, Railways, Speed, Steam, Technology, Train, Transport

Mallard set the record of 125.88mph on a stretch of slightly downhill railway track at Stoke Band, south of the town of Grantham.

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3rd May 1830: World’s first steam-powered passenger service begins operating on the Canterbury and Whitstable Railway

3rd May 2022
Tagged as: Britain, England, Railway, Science, Seaside, Steam, Technology, Train, Transport

Built by George and Robert Stevenson in Newcastle, and transported to Whitstable by sea, Invicta was the first steam locomotive to haul passengers on a public railway line.

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27th March 1963: Dr Richard Beeching, Chairman of the British Transport Commission, publishes his report to cut thousands of miles of railway lines

27th March 2022
Tagged as: Beeching Cuts, Britain, British Rail, Economics, Politics, Railway, Railways, Richard Beeching, Transport

Not all the recommendations were implemented, but the subsequent Beeching Cuts resulted in the closure of 2,128 stations, thousands of miles of track, and the loss of up to 70,000 jobs.

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28th April 1869: Ten miles of railway track are laid in a single day by the crews of the Central Pacific Railroad

28th April 2021
Tagged as: America, California, Central Pacific Railroad, Railway, Railways, Ten Mile Day, Transcontinental Railroad, Union Pacific Railroad, United States, USA, Utah

Eight Irish rail-layers of the Central Pacific Railroad were supported by hundreds of Chinese laborers to lay a record 10 miles 56 feet of track.

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5th June 1883: First Orient Express train departs Paris

5th June 2020
Tagged as: Belgium, Constantinople, Europe, France, Paris, Railway, Train, Transport, Transportation, Travel

The first Orient Express train, known at the time as Express d’Orient, departed Paris.

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3rd July 1938: World speed record for steam locomotives set by Number 4468 Mallard at just under 126mph

3rd May 1830: World’s first steam-powered passenger service begins operating on the Canterbury and Whitstable Railway

27th March 1963: Dr Richard Beeching, Chairman of the British Transport Commission, publishes his report to cut thousands of miles of railway lines

28th April 1869: Ten miles of railway track are laid in a single day by the crews of the Central Pacific Railroad

5th June 1883: First Orient Express train departs Paris

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21st June 1919: The German High Seas naval fleet is scuttled at Scapa Flow

HistoryPod Extra: The Myth of Gavrilo Princip’s Sandwich

11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed

2nd August 1934: Hitler becomes Führer after President Hindenburg dies

27th September 1908: First Model T Ford automobile rolls out of the Piquette Avenue factory in Detroit

26th September 1960: Kennedy and Nixon take part in their first televised debate

25th September 1513: Spanish explorer Vasco Núñez de Balboa becomes the first European to reach the Pacific Ocean from the New World

24th September 1789: The Judiciary Act becomes law in the United States of America

28th June 1914 & 1919: Trigger and end of the First World War

11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed

8th July 1932: Dow Jones falls to lowest point in the Great Depression

9th November 1989: East Germany opens the Berlin Wall

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