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There are more than the 5 I mentioned yesterday. Saw a video of 8307 west of Edmonton but caption has the unit as SD75AAC. I am sure the next issue of Branchline will enlighten us with more info on

CN has received 5 (8300-8304) rebuilt from Progress Rail. Branchline Sept./Oct. doesn't mention what the rebuilts were. Anyone have the answer? Saw 8302 thru Burlington yesterday, Oct. 24th on

October 25, 1854 The broad gauge (5'6") Carillon & Greenville Railway opens near Hawkesbury ON as a portage railway around Hawkesbury Rapids. On this date in 1910 it will close, having become the last

October 23, 1959 Grand Trunk Western 4-8-4 6325 is donated to the City of Battle Creek and placed on display in a city park. Mark Tomlonson

October 22, 1906 William Mackenzie and Donald Mann file plans with the Government of Canada to build their Canadian Northern Railway's mainline from Edmonton through the Yellowhead Pass to the Pacific

October 21, 1918 First train on the Montreal - Deux-Montagnes line. Mark Tomlonson

I tried to send an updated program announcement the other day. Let's see if it goes through this time. Railroad & Shortlines Club of Chicago 7:30 pm Central Standard Time Friday, October 18,

October 19, 1878 The Detroit & Milwaukee is reorganized as the Detroit, Grand Haven & Milwaukee. [later GTW] October 19, 1893 A Grand Trunk passenger train wrecks at Battle Creek MI, killing

October 17, 1960 In the United States, five operating unions and the railroads agree to the creation of a Federal Commission to study work rules and "featherbedding". The railroads have agreed,

October 15, 1870 Service on the Chicago & Lake Huron, Western Division (later GT, GTW, CN) between Climax Prairie (now Climax) and Battle Creek MI begins. October 15, 1949 The Gulf, Mobile & Ohio

You are very welcome! Mark Tomlonson "Unlimited power in the hands of limited people always leads to cruelty"?????????????? ? ? ? ? ? ?? - - - Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

Happy Thanksgiving Mark, Thank you for all you do for us. Fred Eldridge To: "C-N-R" <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, October 14, 2024 6:54:36 AM Subject: [C-N-R] October 14 in CNR History

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