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BMEX 523.

It does not tell you anything about it but this is a video of it going by on the B and P

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January 11, 1890 The Cincinnati, Saginaw & Mackinaw (later GTW) begins operation.

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The last active cowl unit on CN (BCOL 4609) is leading CN 527 in Montreal on Sunday afternoon.

Michael

January 9, 1969 The Canadian National pulls the Turbotrain from service due to problems operating in winter conditions.

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Mark Tomlonson

January 6, 1918 The USRA makes major cuts in U.S. passenger service, saving $60 million (2023: $1.3 billion) per year. A la carte meals are abolished in diners, menus are limited and the number of dining cars is reduced. All passenger train advertising is eliminated (including train names). Consolidated ticket offices are established. During the war, the USRA will move 6,496,000 soldiers in 9,000 troop trains.

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January 6, 1930 The Detroit, Toledo & Ironton drops passenger service between Napoleon OH & Tecumseh MI.

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January 7, 1883 The Chicago, Kalamazoo & Saginaw (later MC, NYC, PC, CR (one section); MC, GT, CN (other section)) is incorporated.

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January 4, 1875 The Prince Edward Island Railway (later CGR, CNoR, CN) opens between Summerside and Tignish.

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January 4, 1920 Ottawa Central Station (Ontario) is renamed Ottawa Union Station.

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December 30, 1960 The Soo Line is formed with the merger of the Duluth, South Shore & Atlantic, Minneapolis, St. Paul & Sault Ste. Marie and Wisconsin Central railroads.

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December 31, 1853 Canada's Great Western Railway opens between Hamilton and London Ontario.

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December 31, 1870 The Vermont Central Railroad leases The Rutland Railroad.

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December 31, 1887 Michigan's only international railroad bridge, the 1.2-mile series of spans across the rapids of the St. Mary's River at Sault Ste. Marie is opened. The double bascule spans are, at the time, the largest of this type of in the world.

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December 31, 1955 Grand Trunk Western drops passenger service between Pontiac and Caseville MI. The last run carried one passenger: a reporter covering the event.

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December 31, 1978 All high-carbon steel wheels are to be removed from all rail equipment.

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December 31, 1983 All running boards are to be removed from box cars and refrigerator cars.

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December 31, 2011 The Canadian National fully absorbs the Duluth, Missabe & Iron Range and the Duluth, Winnipeg & Pacific railroads. The two roads are placed in the CN-controlled Wisconsin Central Ltd. family.

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December 31, 2012 The Canadian National reorganizes its holdings in the former Elgin, Joliet & Eastern and places them in CN’s Wisconsin Central Ltd.

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January 1, 1850 The Vermont Central opens between Waterbury and Burlington.

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January 1, 1867 A third rail for standard gauge equipment is placed in service on the broad-gauge Great Western Railway of Canada, opening a continuous standard-gauge line from Chicago to New York with the new train ferry Great Western between Detroit and Windsor. The Great Western is the largest iron or steel vessel on the Great Lakes. Through sleeping car service is inaugurated between Suspension Bridge (Niagara Falls) and Chicago.

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January 1, 1888 Tracks of the Minneapolis, Sault Ste. Marie & Atlantic Railway (later Soo Line) reach Sault Ste. Marie.

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January 1, 1954 "K" style air brakes are banned

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January 1, 1961 The Duluth, South Shore & Atlantic, and Wisconsin Central merge with the Soo Line.

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January 1, 1967 In honor of the Canadian Centennial, singer/songwriter Gordon Lightfoot debuts his "Canadian Railroad Trilogy".

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January 1, 1984 The Grand Trunk Western fully absorbs the Detroit, Toledo & Ironton.

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January 1, 1996 Canadian National absorbs the operations of Grand Trunk and the Duluth, Winnipeg & Pacific. Both roads remain as "paper" companies.

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January 1, 1998 In the United States, ditch lights are required on all locomotives operating over public crossings at more than 20 mph.

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Mark Tomlonson

A pair of BC Rail units on CN 527 in Montreal yesterday afternoon.

Michael

December 28, 1917 The United States Railroad Administration takes over operation of all U.S. railroads at 12:00 noon.

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December 28, 1918 The USRA establishes eight hours as the basic workday, with time-and-a-half the standard for overtime.

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Mark Tomlonson

December 27, 1902 During a raging blizzard, the “Pacific Express” slams into a freight train near Wanstead ON. The two Grand Trunk trains collide as the freight was pulling into the siding for the meet. Thirty-one people are killed.

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December 27, 1906 Michigan Central buys the Chicago, Kalamazoo & Saginaw (later NYC, PC, CR; one branch GTW, CN) to thwart plans by the Pere Marquette to make it a link in a shorter Chicago-Detroit route. The MC has little interest in operating the line and the Sergeant family continues to run it much as they had before the purchase.

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December 27, 1941 The Office of Price Administration begins the rationing of rubber. The lack of rubber for automobile tires will lead many U.S. travelers to choose the train.

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December 27, 1943 The War Department takes possession of all U.S. railroads.

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December 26, 1896 The Lake Manitoba Railway and Canal Company operates its first train from Dauphin to Portage la Prairie. Within two years the company is renamed the Canadian Northern Railway Company.

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December 26, 1917 President Wilson announces that the federal government will be taking over operation of U.S. railroads under the authority of the Army Appropriations Act of 1916. The railroads will be administered by the United States Railway Administration (USRA).

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Mark Tomlonson

December 23, 1851 Ground is broken in both Chicago and Cairo IL for the Illinois Central.

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December 23, 1930 The Detroit-Toledo Railroad merges with the Detroit, Toledo & Ironton. Detroit-Toledo has been a DT&I subsidiary for the last 15 years.

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December 23, 1968 Canadian National Railways begin using Turbos in revenue service.

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December 24, 1873 The first through train between New Orleans and Chicago on the Illinois Central arrives in Cairo IL. The train has crossed the Ohio River by ferry.

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December 24, 1878 The Grand Trunk and the Chicago & Lake Huron Railroads reach an agreement shaping the consolidated railroad, which will eventually be known as the Grand Trunk Western.

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December 24, 1954 Last steam on the Detroit, Toledo & Ironton.

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December 24, 2008 The United States Surface Transportation Board approves the sale of the Elgin, Joliet & Eastern to Canadian National.

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Mark Tomlonson

Merry Christmas!