This Weekend in CNR History
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August 31, 1968 The Tennessee Central shuts down, unable to come out of bankruptcy. The line is divided between the Illinois Central, the Louisville & Nashville and Southern Railway.
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September 1, 1856 The Detroit & Milwaukee (later GTW) is completed from Detroit to Millpoint (later Spring Lake). Lake steamers will dock at Spring Lake until track bridges and docks can be completed at Grand Haven. (Some sources say 1858)
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September 1, 1909 In preparation for a new facility, the Grand Trunk Railway of Canada begins tearing down the Ottawa Central Station. A temporary facility has been constructed.
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September 1, 1933 "AB" style air brakes are required on all newly built cars.
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September 1, 1970 The International Association of Railroad Employees, a union formed for African-Americans who have been denied membership in other railroad craft unions, joins the United Transportation Union.
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September 2, 1857 The Detroit & Milwaukee Railroad (later GTW) is completed from St. Johns to Ionia MI.
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September 2, 1903 The Illinois Central places the first steel-frame passenger cars in the U.S. into service near Chicago IL.
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Mark Tomlonson
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