The Melbourne cable tramway system opened the Victoria Bridge line in Melbourne, Australia.
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Werner von Siemens presents the world's first electric locomotive.
An attack on a train during the Angolan Civi War kills about 250 people.
Amtrak began operating as the United States' passenger railroad company.
The Talyllyn Railway in Wales became the first railway line in the world to be run solely by volunteers.
The world's fastest steam locomotive is built.
