What is significant about September 27, 1825?
Some of you are saying, “Well, it was the twenty-seventh day in the month of September in the year 1825.”
You are absolutely right, but something happened on this very day.
Some of you are saying, “Trillions of things happened on September 27, 1825.”
Yes, but something in particular happened on this particular day. What happened? On this very day, the railroad began.
Some of you are saying, “Sorry, but you have your dates wrong. The first railroad began on February 27, 1827.”
On February 27, 1827, the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad began in the city of Baltimore in the U.S. state of Maryland. This was the first railroad in the Western Hemisphere.
On September 27, 1825, in the northeastern region of England in the nation of Great Britain, ‘Locomotion 1’, the world’s first steam locomotive, was operated by George Stephenson for the Stockton and Darlington Railway pulling the first ever passenger train going eight and a half miles across the region. The original ‘Locomotion 1’ is still intact and is on display at the Darlington Railway Centre and Museum located in an old train station in Darlington, England, Great Britain.
As we come upon the 200th anniversary of the railroad in the United States of America, let us remember that it all began in a town in England.
John Cowgill: Stories of the Railroad 
It’s incredible the importance it retains after 200 years. Great post!
–Scott
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I didn’t realize it was the 200th anniversary of the railroad. Thanks for pointing that out. How it has changed our country.
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You are very welcome. I was only told about this a few months ago.
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