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October 14, 1958 Gulf, Mobile & Ohio passenger service south of St. Louis ends with the withdrawal of its "Gulf Coast Rebel". Mark Tomlonson Happy Thanksgiving!

October 13, 1902 Professor Ernest Rutherford of McGill University, who would earn the Nobel Prize for chemistry in 1908, is the first to demonstrate wireless communication between a station and a

October 9, 2001 The Canadian National absorbs the Wisconsin Central. Purchase price: $2.1 billion. [2024: $3.78 billion] Mark Tomlonson

October 8, 1908 The Grand Trunk buys carferry “Manistique, Marquette & Northern 1” and rechristens it “Milwaukee”. Mark Tomlonson

October 4, 1922 Canadian National Railways becomes a corporate entity. October 4, 1978 The diamond at Vicksburg MI, crossing the Grand Trunk with the former Grand Rapids & Indiana, is taken out of

October 3, 1873 Grand Trunk railway begins converting its 421-mile (678 km) Montreal-Stratford main line from broad (5 foot 6 inches) to standard gauge. The job is finished in less than 24

October 2, 1855 The Detroit & Milwaukee (later GTW) is completed from Detroit to Fentonville, a distance of 50 miles. Mark Tomlonson

October 1, 1860 The bankrupt Detroit & Milwaukee Railroad is reorganized as the Detroit & Milwaukee Railway (later GT). October 1, 1903 Durand Union Depot is dedicated. October 1, 1905 The Grand

September 27, 1856 The Illinois Central Railroad is completed between Galena and Cairo with a "branch" from Centralia to Chicago at a cost of over $25 million [2024: $926 million]. At 705 miles it is

September 26, 1942 Due to the war, U.S. passenger service levels are frozen in place as of October 4. No new trains or sections are allowed. Seasonal and excursion trains are forbidden. September 26,

September 25, 1905 The Durand (MI) Union Depot is re-opened after a disastrous fire the previous April. September 25, 1937 Canadian National begins work on a new line between Rouvyn and Senneterre

September 24, 1897 A new double-track steel arch bridge, Grand Trunk’s "Whirlpool Rapids" is opened at Niagara Falls. The new bridge carries a road on its lower deck. The former bridge is closed and

September 23, 1975 A CN Turbo catches fire at Coteau, QC. As a result, all the Turbos are pulled from service to correct the problem. The event will end Turbo service between Ottawa and

September 20, 1850 The first Federal Land Grant is approved, for the Illinois Central. September 21, 1856 The Illinois Central connects Chicago with Cairo IL, making it the longest railway line in

September 18, 1888 First revenue train on the Canada Atlantic Railway’s (later GT) Chaudiere Extension. September 18, 1893 The Ottawa, Amprior & Parry Sound Railway (later GT) opens between Ottawa

Railroad & Shortlines Club of Chicago 7:30 pm Central Daylight Time Friday, September 20, 2024 Please do not arrive before 7:15 pm. Also, if you are participating on Zoom, please do not join before

September 17, 1933 Grand Trunk Western carferries move their home port from Grand Haven to Muskegon. September 17, 1958 The “Schoolroom Progress U.S.A.” train begins its 5-day stop in Grand

September 13, 1893 The Ottawa, Amprior & Perry Sound Railway (later GT, CN) opens between Ottawa and Amprior ON. It will become at one point in its history the busiest rail line in Canada. September

September 11, 1916 During its second construction attempt, the center section of the 987 metre (3,239 ft.) Quebec Bridge collapses. It falls into the river as it is being raised into position, killing

September 6, 1918 The Canadian Northern Railway is nationalized. Later it will become part of Canadian National. Mark Tomlonson