"Incline" portion of the Granite Railway, Pine Hill Quarry to Neponset River, Quincy, Norfolk County, Massachusetts.

What is believed to be the first recorded railroad accident in U.S.
history occurred when four people were thrown off a vacant car
on the Granite Railway near Quincy, Massachusetts.

The victims had been invited to view the process of transporting
large and weighty loads of stone when a cable on a vacant car
snapped on the return trip, throwing them off the train and over
a 34-foot cliff. One man was killed and the others were seriously
injured.

Granite Railway memorial in East Milton Square.

  
SANDY KOZEL

Irish singer Bono (Paul David Hewson) is 65 years old today.

SANDY KOZEL

Singer Bono (Paul David Hewson) is 64 years old today.

The Irish rock band U2 on stage.

Photo by A.J. Russell of the celebration following the driving
of the "Last Spike" at Promontory Summit, Utah.

On May 10, 1869, the presidents of the Union Pacific and Central
Pacific railroads met in Promontory, Utah, and drive a ceremonial
last spike into a rail line that connects their railroads. This made transcontinental railroad travel possible for the first time in U.S.
history. No longer would western-bound travelers need to take
the long and dangerous journey by wagon train.