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 15, 1904 The Grand Trunk Railway agrees to acquire the capital stock of the Canada Atlantic Railway.
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August 10, 1857 The Detroit & Milwaukee Railroad (later GT) is completed to Ionia MI.
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August 10, 1910 The Chicago & Kalamazoo Terminal Railroad (owned by the Grand Trunk) is completed.
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August 10, 1972 The Gulf, Mobile & Ohio merges with the Illinois Central to form Illinois Central Gulf.
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August 9, 1955 Canadian National opens its part of Walkley Yard in Ottawa.
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August 9, 1958 Last run of the Canadian National "Moccasin", running between Montreal and Brockville. It had served that route almost since the beginning of rail service.
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August 8, 1926 The Mobile & Ohio inaugurates the "Gulf Coast Special" between St. Louis and Mobile.
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August 8, 1950 Illinois Central retires its "Green Diamond" trainset, its first streamliner.
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To Greg:
Been away for a month and forgot all info I knew.
Of course 314 is cab car on a GO train.
Doug Renshaw
Burlington, ON.
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This Weekend in CNR History
August 6, 1903 The first 16-car section of a Wallace Brothers Circus train traveling from Charlotte to Lapeer (MI) stops at Durand at 4:00 am. When the air brakes of the closely following second section fail, it plows into the rear of the first section and kills 23 members of the circus and injures 40 others. (Some sources place this wreck at 8:40 am)
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August 6, 1974 Canadian National begins operating Turbotrains between Montreal and Ottawa.
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August 7, 1926 The Illinois Central Railroad inaugurates electric suburban service between Chicago and Matteson, IL.
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August 7, 1971 Canadian National ends electric freight service in Cornwall, and most street running is abandoned. Modified S-4 switchers handle the remaining business.
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Mark Tomlonson
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OS: CN 2770 ex-CitiRail on Freeport Sub
CN 2890, CN 2770 (ex-CitiRail, trailing unit, long hood forward) & CN 2205 in charge of a westbound manifest type train (M337) on Thursday August 4, through South Elgin, IL at 17:58. Detector report was too weak to read.
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Grateful Fred
Sugar Ridge Tower MP40 CC&P
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Doug - could it have been GO cab car 314 talking?
Greg
On Thursday, August 4, 2022, Doug Renshaw < trainguy999@...> wrote:
Out watching trains at mlge 32.3 on the Oakville Sub. this AM, Thurs. Aug.4,? and got to see the
regulars from Pt. Robinson, 570 and 422.
Heard on the scanner train 314 going thru Dundurn which is mlge 38.1 on the Oakville Sub.
Nothing in the CTG 2022 about this train number.
Don't know if it came out of MacMillan Yd, but doubt it with train number 314.
If it came off the Dundas Sub. at Bayview had to use the cowpath to access the Oakville Sub.
Was this a new train or a reroute?
Doug Renshaw
Burlington, ON.
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Out watching trains at mlge 32.3 on the Oakville Sub. this AM, Thurs. Aug.4,? and got to see the
regulars from Pt. Robinson, 570 and 422.
Heard on the scanner train 314 going thru Dundurn which is mlge 38.1 on the Oakville Sub.
Nothing in the CTG 2022 about this train number.
Don't know if it came out of MacMillan Yd, but doubt it with train number 314.
If it came off the Dundas Sub. at Bayview had to use the cowpath to access the Oakville Sub.
Was this a new train or a reroute?
Doug Renshaw
Burlington, ON.
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OS: CN 3923 Ex-CitiRail on Freeport Sub
CN 8836 & CN 3923 (ex-CitiRail) in charge of an eastbound U-train (all carded flammable tank cars, mainly CTCX, TILX) on Thursday August 4, through South Elgin, IL at 11:10. Detector reported 404 axles, 47 MPH.
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Grateful Fred
Sugar Ridge Tower MP40 CC&P
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August 4, 1962 The Central Vermont Railway is abandoned between Rouses Point and East Alburgh.
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Mark Tomlonson
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August 3, 2011 Canadian National announces plans to expand Kirk Yard in Gary IN. CN will make the former Elgin, Joliet & Eastern yard its primary Chicago terminal, with yards in Homewood, Schiller Park, Hawthorne, Glenn and Joliet serving as satellite facilities.
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One of CN's new batch of ex-CREX units (CN 2766) leads CN 120 in Montreal on Sunday morning.
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August 1, 1910 Grand Trunk leases the former Chicago, Kalamazoo & Saginaw Pavilion branch from the Michigan Central for 99 years. This allows GT to serve Kalamazoo directly.
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August 1, 1940 The Gulf, Mobile & Ohio is created by the merger of the Mobile & Ohio and the Gulf, Mobile & Northern.
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Mark Tomlonson
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CN 3069 leading CN 321 in Montreal yesterday evening.
Michael
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This Weekend in CNR History
July 29, 1914 The Grand Trunk Railway amalgamates the Canada Atlantic Railway.
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July 29, 1935 Two AC&F built, Otto Kuhler styled "Rebels" are put in service on the Gulf, Mobile & Northern, ending steam powered passenger service on that road.
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July 31, 1918 The United States Railway Administration takes over the U.S. registered Great Lakes carferry fleet.
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July 31, 1966 Canadian National Railways opens a new Union Station in Ottawa. The previous facility is closed.
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July 31, 2001 Grand Trunk Western 4-8-4 6325 returns to steam on the Ohio Central. The engine had been donated to the City of Battle Creek (MI) but when earlier attempts to restore it fell short, it had sat disassembled on the edge of GTW's Nichols Yard before it was purchased by OC.
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Mark Tomlonson
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July 27, 1957 The Musquodoboit Railway ends steam operations with a special trip behind Canadian National #3409.
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Mark Tomlonson
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Yesterday's eagerly anticipated CN 123 in Montreal with IC 1028 leading.
Michael Berry
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Re: July 21 in CNR History
Jim - Watco assumed operations in January of this year, via a couple of subsidiaries:
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Thanks.? What became of those low-density lines around the Northwestern Great Lakes that CN wanted to sell?
James
On Thu, Jul 21, 2022 at 6:03 AM Mark Tomlonson via <tomlonson= [email protected]> wrote: July 21, 1836 The first railroad in Canada, the Champlain & St. Lawrence Railroad opens from Laprairie to St. Johns, Quebec. The line will become part of the M&C, GTR, and Canadian National.
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July 21, 1856 Illinois Central runs its first Chicago suburban train, to Hyde Park.
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July 21, 1926 Ceremonial start of Illinois Central's electrified suburban service in Chicago. Regular service will begin August 7.
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July 21, 2020 CN announces plans to sell 850 miles of low-density trackage in Michigan, Ontario, and Wisconsin. While the exact lines are not specified in the announcement, most of the routes are from the former Wisconsin Central.
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Mark Tomlonson
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Fred Hilgenberg