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This article lists anniversary events related to rail transport that occurred on June 8.

Events

19th century

• 1871 – Devon and Somerset Railway opens its line to Wiveliscombe.
• 1880 – The Miami Valley Railway, in Ohio, is reincorporated as the Cincinnati Northern Railway.

20th century

• 1975 – Two trains collide on a single-track stretch between Lenggries and Munich due to a dispatcher error. 41 die and 122 are injured.

21st century

• 2005 – Union Pacific Railroad (UP) begins a three-day celebration in Cheyenne, Wyoming, to commemorate the return to excursion service of Union Pacific 844 after a major overhaul. The locomotive was purchased by UP in 1944 and has never been retired from service.
• 2014 – Line 1 of the Mumbai Metro opens for regular service.

Births

• 1864 – Herbert William Garratt, English steam locomotive builder and inventor of the Garratt locomotive type, is born (d. 1913).