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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 Montreal.

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Mark Tomlonson

September 20, 1850 The first Federal Land Grant is approved, for the Illinois Central.

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September 21, 1856 The Illinois Central connects Chicago with Cairo IL, making it the longest railway line in the United States.

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September 21 1906 A Grand Trunk Railway passenger train hits a freight at a crossing in Napanee ON. The engineer of the passenger train stayed at the controls of the locomotive trying to stop the train, becoming the only fatality. A monument is erected in his honor.

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September 22, 1883 The Grand Trunk Railway fully acquires the Midland Railway of Canada.

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September 22, 1928 Canadian Premier John Bracken drives the last spike on? the Canadian National’s line between Flin Flon and Cranberry Portage MB.

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Mark Tomlonson

September 18, 1888 First revenue train on the Canada Atlantic Railway’s (later GT) Chaudiere Extension.

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September 18, 1893 The Ottawa, Amprior & Parry Sound Railway (later GT) opens between Ottawa and Amprior ON.

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September 18, 1958 ICC examiner Howard Hosmer presents his findings on United States passenger service. His report states that if the current rate of decline continues, first-class passenger service will end by 1965 and coach service by 1970. The report makes no formal recommendations, but will have a great influence on transportation planners.

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September 18, 1991 The last train pulls out of Mahone Bay NS behind 6 CN locomotives.

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Mark Tomlonson

September 17, 1933 Grand Trunk Western carferries move their home port from Grand Haven to Muskegon.

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September 17, 1958 The “Schoolroom Progress U.S.A.” train begins its 5-day stop in Grand Rapids MI. Pulled by Grand Trunk Western 4-8-2 #6040, the train, consisting of two baggage cars, will make a nationwide tour showing the progress in classroom technology from frontier days to 1958. The display is presented by the Henry Ford Museum and Encyclopedia Britannica, and started in 1955.

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Mark Tomlonson

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.

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September 13, 1918 The USRA orders that skilled railroad workers will be given draft deferments.

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September 13, 1940 The merger of the Gulf, Mobile & Northern and Mobile & Ohio railroads forms the Gulf, Mobile & Ohio Railroad. (later ICG, IC, CN)

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September 13, 1961 Canadian National Railways opens Montreal Yard. It will later be named Taschereau Hump Marshaling Yard.

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September 13, 1974 Amtrak shows off its new Chicago-Port Huron route in a run for the press. Regular service, which will return inter-city passenger trains to the Grand Trunk Western, will begin on 9/15.

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September 15, 1885 A Grand Trunk freight train running through St. Thomas ON strikes and kills the circus star “Jumbo” the elephant. The elephants were being loaded onto the circus train on an adjacent track but fouling the main line. The elephants were on the main track ahead of the time the circus had been given clearance.

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Mark Tomlonson

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 13 workers (some sources say 11). At first, German sabotage is suspected but later investigation will show it was a construction-related accident.

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Mark Tomlonson

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

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Mark Tomlonson

September 5, 1960 Grand Trunk drops its year-round passenger service to Portland ME. Summer only service will continue through 1967.

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Mark Tomlonson

September 4, 1968 The Illinois Central stages a ceremonial run over its share of the former Tennessee Central Railway from Hopkinsville KY to Nashville TN.

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September 4, 1987 Grand Trunk Western sells its Durand to Muskegon MI line to the Central Michigan Railway.

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Mark Tomlonson

September 3, 1878 The Detroit, Mackinac & Marquette Railroad (later DSS&A, SOO, WC, CN, GDLK) is incorporated to construct a line between Marquette and St. Ignace in Michigan's Upper Peninsula.

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September 3, 1916 President Wilson signs the Adamson Act, which creates the 8-hour, 100-mile standard workday for railroad employees. Railroad labor unions do not like the Act because it includes no overtime provision. Railroad Managers refuse to accept the Act and file appeals with the courts.

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Mark Tomlonson

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

August 29, 1907 Due to faulty structural design, the cantilever railroad bridge over the St. Lawrence River at Quebec City collapses while being built. Seventy-eight workers are killed. It will take 10 years to restart and complete the project. Canadian National now owns the span.

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August 29, 1916 Unable to get the railroads to agree, President Wilson goes before Congress seeking passage of legislation that would create a standard 8-hour day for U.S. railroad employees.

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August 29, 1935 The Railroad Retirement Fund is created, allowing retirement at age 65 and pensions paid out of fund revenues.

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August 29, 1963 Control of the Ann Arbor Railroad is transferred from the Wabash to the Detroit, Toledo & Ironton. (some sources say August 31 or September 3)

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Mark Tomlonson

August 26, 1929 First use of a diesel on a Canadian National Passenger train: #9000, a two unit 2660 hp locomotive that is the first large diesel seen in North America. It draws the assignment of the second section of the International Limited between Montreal and Toronto.

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August 26, 1951 Canadian railroads adopt the Uniform Code of Operating Rules.

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Mark Tomlonson

August 25, 1860 Montreal’s Victoria bridge is opened in ceremonies presided over by the Prince of Wales (later King Edward VII).

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Mark Tomlonson

August 22, 1950 A nationwide rail strike hits Canada. Only U.S. - owned companies continue to operate during the strike. Canadian-owned subsidiaries continue to operate in the United States, owing to different unions representing workers. Canadian National trains continue to operate in Maine, but the loss of connecting traffic causes steep reductions in volume.

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August 22, 1951 The Detroit, Toledo & Ironton begins using diesels on road freights. Diesel yard switchers had been in use since just after World War II.

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Mark Tomlonson

August 20, 1857 The European & North American Railway (later GT, CN) opens between Shediac and Moncton NB.

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Mark Tomlonson

August 19, 1914 Trains of the Canadian Northern Ontario Railway begin using Grand Trunk Railway’s station in Toronto.

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Mark Tomlonson

August 16, 1851 First international U.S.-Canada train, Laprairie PQ to Rouses Point NY. The train set to a ?5 1/2 foot gauge, has traveled on the Champlain & St. Lawrence Railroad (later M&NY, GT) using a third rail as the C&StL is standard gauge.

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August 16, 1918 Grand Trunk Railway’s freight sheds in Ottawa ON are destroyed by fire. The loss is estimated at CA$85,000.

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Mark Tomlonson