Portal:Trains/Anniversaries/October 5

1851 – Frank W. Arnold, a Grand Master and Secretary-Treasurer of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen, is born (d. 1917).^[1]
1863 – The Brooklyn, Bath and Coney Island Rail Road begins operations in Brooklyn, New York; this is now the oldest right-of-way on the New York City Subway, the largest rapid transit system in the United States and one of the largest in the world.
1912 – Yobito Station on what is now the JR Hokkaido Sekihoku Main Line in Yobito, a suburb of Abashiri in Hokkaidō, Japan, is opened.
1999 – The Ladbroke Grove rail crash occurs at Ladbroke Grove Junction, a few miles west of London's Paddington station, when two passenger trains collided nearly head-on; the cause of the accident is attributed to the placement of a signal (which was showing a stop indication) that could not be seen far enough down the track for drivers to react in time.

References

^ McNamee, John F. (January 15, 1917). "Death of Frank W. Arnold, Past Grand Master and Former Secretary and Treasurer". Locomotive Firemen's and Enginemen's Magazine. Vol. 62, no. 2. pp. 5–6 – via Archive.org.