November 28 in CNR History
November 28, 1928 Canadian National diesel-electric #9000 makes its initial test runs on the railroad.
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November 28, 1995 Canadian National Railway is privatized, no longer a Crown Corporation.
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Mark Tomlonson
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Re: This Weekend in CNR History
Ah, thanks. From Wiki:
"...?there was a mainline railway that passed just south of the selected site."
EricF
Hello Eric I found this on Wikipedia.
Fred Eldridge
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Re: This Weekend in CNR History
Hello Eric I found this on Wikipedia.
Fred Eldridge
From: "Eric Floden" <eric.f99999@...> To: "C-N-R" < [email protected]> Sent: Friday, November 24, 2023 8:00:34 AM Subject: Re: [C-N-R] This Weekend in CNR History
In August 1967, my family, including a teenaged me, rode a passenger train from New Westminster, via Jasper, to our new home in Ottawa. I feel I have a memory of seeing a radio telescope in Algonquin Park from the train.. I was a junior astronomer?buff at the time, but did not know of a radio telescope in that area. My question, did I really see it, or was I just told there was one nearby? That is, do the tracks pass close enough to see the facility? (If I knew how to use Google maps properly, I might know -- but I do not know how to get railroads to appear on these maps...) EricF On Fri, 24 Nov 2023 at 05:14, Mark Tomlonson via <tomlonson= [email protected]> wrote: November 24, 1995 The last Canadian National transcontinental freight train runs through Algonquin Park.
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Re: This Weekend in CNR History
In August 1967, my family, including a teenaged me, rode a passenger train from New Westminster, via Jasper, to our new home in Ottawa. I feel I have a memory of seeing a radio telescope in Algonquin Park from the train.. I was a junior astronomer?buff at the time, but did not know of a radio telescope in that area.
My question, did I really see it, or was I just told there was one nearby? That is, do the tracks pass close enough to see the facility?
(If I knew how to use Google maps properly, I might know -- but I do not know how to get railroads to appear on these maps...)
EricF
On Fri, 24 Nov 2023 at 05:14, Mark Tomlonson via <tomlonson= [email protected]> wrote: November 24, 1995 The last Canadian National transcontinental freight train runs through Algonquin Park.
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This Weekend in CNR History
November 24, 1995 The last Canadian National transcontinental freight train runs through Algonquin Park.
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November 25, 1955 Segregation by race on U.S. interstate trains and buses is prohibited, although in many areas the prohibition will be ignored.
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November 25, 1963 All rail and transit services in the United States are halted for one minute to commemorate the National Day of Mourning for the assassinated President John F. Kennedy.
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Mark Tomlonson
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November 23 in CNR History
November 23, 1990 The last rail is removed from Newfoundland Island. Revenue service had quit about two years earlier.
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Mark Tomlonson
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Consecutively numbered GP9s on CN 500
Consecutively numbered GP9s on CN 500 in the Port of Montreal on Tuesday afternoon.
Michael Berry
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November 22 in CNR History
November 22, 1858 The Detroit & Milwaukee Railroad (later GT) opens a new depot across the river from Grand Haven MI. ¿ªÔÆÌåÓý only freight at first; passenger service to the new depot will begin on January 1.
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Mark Tomlonson
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Re: November 21 in CNR History
Thank you for the added information.
Mark Tomlonson
Do more things that make you forget to check your phone.
On Tuesday, November 21, 2023, 9:16:04 AM EST, Eric Floden <eric.f99999@...> wrote:
On the 1950 item, Wiki shows John Dieffenbaker playing a role in the court case
On Tue, 21 Nov 2023 at 04:37, Mark Tomlonson via <tomlonson= [email protected]> wrote: November 21, 1859 First Detroit-Fort Gratiot (Port Huron) train on the Chicago, Detroit & Canada Grand Trunk Junction Railroad (later GT, GTW). Thomas Edison will later work on this line as a candy butcher.
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November 21, 1950 A westbound troop train and Canadian National¡¯s ¡°Continental Limited¡± crash head-on near Valemount BC. Twenty-one passengers are killed, 17 of them troops on their way to Korea.
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November 21, 1959 Mrs. John Luther "Casey" Jones passes away at the age of 92.
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Mark Tomlonson
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Re: November 21 in CNR History
On the 1950 item, Wiki shows John Dieffenbaker playing a role in the court case
On Tue, 21 Nov 2023 at 04:37, Mark Tomlonson via <tomlonson= [email protected]> wrote: November 21, 1859 First Detroit-Fort Gratiot (Port Huron) train on the Chicago, Detroit & Canada Grand Trunk Junction Railroad (later GT, GTW). Thomas Edison will later work on this line as a candy butcher.
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November 21, 1950 A westbound troop train and Canadian National¡¯s ¡°Continental Limited¡± crash head-on near Valemount BC. Twenty-one passengers are killed, 17 of them troops on their way to Korea.
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November 21, 1959 Mrs. John Luther "Casey" Jones passes away at the age of 92.
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Mark Tomlonson
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November 21 in CNR History
November 21, 1859 First Detroit-Fort Gratiot (Port Huron) train on the Chicago, Detroit & Canada Grand Trunk Junction Railroad (later GT, GTW). Thomas Edison will later work on this line as a candy butcher.
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November 21, 1950 A westbound troop train and Canadian National¡¯s ¡°Continental Limited¡± crash head-on near Valemount BC. Twenty-one passengers are killed, 17 of them troops on their way to Korea.
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November 21, 1959 Mrs. John Luther "Casey" Jones passes away at the age of 92.
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Mark Tomlonson
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This Weekend in CNR History
November 17, 1855 The first section of the Grand Trunk Railway opens, 125.4 miles (201.8 km) between Montreal (Point St. Charles) and Brockville.
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November 17, 1856 The Grand Trunk Railroad is completed between Guelph and Stratford ON.
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November 17, 2020 Canadian National officially puts its five ¡°Heritage¡± diesels into service. Painted for Grand Trunk, Illinois Central, Wisconsin Central, Elgin, Joliet & Eastern and BC Rail, the units had been spotted in service for the past month.
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November 17, 2021 Canadian National and Canadian Pacific release a joint statement that the recent washouts of their joint line in British Columbia¡¯s Frasier and Thompson Canyons will require major repairs. The damage to their joint line was caused by several flooding incidents.
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November 18, 1883 The railroads in the United States and Canada agree to a system of standard time, replacing the confusing and unsafe practice of each locality setting its own "sun" time. The system will take effect the following spring. However, it will not be until 1918 that Standard, or "Railroad" time is made the official U.S. system.
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November 18, 1981 Conrail (ex-NYC) and Grand Trunk Western operations through downtown Battle Creek MI are consolidated onto the GTW tracks.
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November 19, 1847 The second rail line in Canada, the 12 km Montreal & Lachine Railway (later M&NY, M&C, GT), opens.
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November 19, 1906 Passenger service begins on the Canadian Northern between Toronto and Parry Sound. This is the first 140 miles of Canadian National's eventual main line to western Canada.
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November 19, 1990 The Grand Trunk car ferry "City of Milwaukee" makes its last trip. She has been preserved at Manistee MI.
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November 19, 1995 The railway portion of CN North America is renamed Canadian National Railway and becomes a publicly traded company. (Some sources say November 17)
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Mark Tomlonson
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November 16 in CNR History
November 16, 1898 The Vermont Central Railroad is purchased by the Grand Trunk Railway of Canada and renamed the Vermont Central Railway.
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Mark Tomlonson
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EJE heritage unit on CN 100
CN 3023 leading CN 100's light power move from the Port of Montreal to Taschereau Yard this afternoon.
Michael Berry
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November 15 in CNR History
November 15, 1866 The Blue Line, a second cooperative fast freight line, is organized at Albany. (The Red Line had been organized in the spring, running over the NYC and Wabash) The line will operate over the New York Central, the Great Western of Canada and the Michigan Central to Chicago as soon as Great Western lays a third rail for standard-gauge cars. It will run west of Chicago on the Illinois Central, Chicago, Burlington & Quincy, Chicago & North Western and the Chicago & Alton. The line will own 7,000 cars.
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November 15, 1916 For the first time the Dow Jones Industrial average exceeds the Dow Jones Railroad average.
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November 15, 1981 VIA loses the ¡°Super Continental¡±, originally a CN train of the same name.
Mark Tomlonson
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C&EI to Evansville, IN at Railroad & Shortlines Club of Chicago
Railroad & Shortlines Club of Chicago 7:30 pm Central Daylight Time Friday, November 17, 2023 Do not arrive before 7:15 pm. Chicago Union Station Room 107A 500 W Jackson Blvd (enter between Clinton and Canal) Chicago, Illinois The C&EI to Evansville, IN (and a quick look at St. Louis, too) by Bill Shapotkin Bill Shapotkin will take us on a tour of the Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad from Chicago to Evansville Indiana and will also spend a short time on the route to St. Louis. This will be an in-person slide presentation. There will not be a Zoom meeting. Upcoming programs: December 15, 2023: to be announced January 19, 2024: to be announced February 16, 2024: to be announced March 15, 2024: to be announced April 19, 2024: to be announced May 17, 2024: to be announced June 21, 2024: to be announced Railroad & Shortlines Club of Chicago meets on the third Friday of the month at Chicago Union Station except in July and August. For program announcements, please subscribe to our groups.io mailing list. Send a blank email message To: [email protected]To obtain Zoom meeting credentials for future programs given by Zoom, the best way is to subscribe to our groups.io mailing list. Web site: Email: shortlinechicagoHS@... Facebook: Phone number answered during the program: 312 725-0432. At other times, leave message with your name and telephone number to receive a call back.
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CN 4909 and CN 4727 leading CN 500 into the Port of Montreal on Wednesday afternoon.
Michael Berry
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This Weekend in CNR History
November 10, 1853 The Great Western Railway Line (later CN) opens, running 69 kilometers from the Niagara Suspension Bridge to Hamilton ON.
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November 10, 1905 The Grand Trunk Milwaukee Ferry Company is incorporated in Wisconsin to operate a car ferry between Grand Haven MI and Milwaukee.
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November 12, 1907 Formal dedication and opening ceremonies are held for the electrification of Grand Trunk's St. Clair Tunnel. The first tests were made the previous February, and full electric operation will begin in May.
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November 12, 2021 Trains magazine reports that CN has announced its goal to have net-zero carbon emissions by 2050. CN is the first railroad in North America to make that commitment.
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Mark Tomlonson
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November 9 in CNR History
November 9, 1878 The Detroit & Milwaukee Railway is reorganized as the Detroit, Grand Haven & Milwaukee (later GT).
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November 9, 1953 Canadian National opens its 144-mile branch to the mines at Lynn Lake, Manitoba.
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Mark Tomlonson
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November 6 in CNR History
November 6, 2017 Fort Erie ON council votes $100,000 per year out of the city budget to restore CNR 6218 and its accompanying caboose. The 4-8-4 was donated to the city by Canadian National in 1973.
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Mark Tomlonson
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Eric Floden