Portal:Trains/Anniversaries/May 8

1821 – William Henry Vanderbilt, son of Cornelius Vanderbilt and president of the New York Central system, is born (d. 1885).
1842 – A passenger train traveling between Paris and Versailles derails near Moudon and catches fire, killing 55 people.
1915 – Schwyzer Strassenbahnen (SStB) opens connecting Ibach, Baden-Württemberg, and Brunnen Schifflände, Switzerland.
1926 – A. Philip Randolph (pictured) organizes the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters.

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