December 3, 1853 Illinois Central and Michigan Central railroads begin using a temporary station built on fill on the lakefront of Chicago between Randolph and Water Streets. The track has been extended north from 12th Street.

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December 3, 1919 The Quebec Bridge opens to pedestrian, rail and automobile traffic. Planning for the bridge began in 1899, and it has collapsed twice during construction, killing 89 workers. It is currently owned by Canadian National.

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December 3, 1979 The ICC grants permission to Grand Trunk Western to buy the Detroit, Toledo & Ironton, confirming a court order handed down in July. The ICC gives GTW six months to compete the sale.

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December 3, 1980 The last continuous, daily, non-fireless steam operation in the United States comes to a close as Chicago's Northwestern Steel & Wire drops the fires of its ex-Grand Trunk Western 0-8-0 switchers for the last time.

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December 2, 1934 Illinois Central's premier "Panama Limited" is re-instated after a two and a half year suspension due to the Depression.

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December 2, 1939 A Grand Trunk Western crewman riding on the footboards of a tender is killed as his engine backs across US-12 in Kalamazoo, striking a semi-truck that has failed to stop for the crossing. The collision is caused by the truck trying to beat the train to the crossing.

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November 30, 1871 The Toronto, Simcoe & Muskoka Junction Railway opens from Barrie to Orillia. CNR will abandon the line in September 1996.

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November 30, 1965 United Aircraft Corporation unveils its plans for a 160 mph train powered by aircraft engines. The train is a direct descendant of the New York Central’s "Train X".

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December 1, 1901 The Chicago Kalamazoo & Saginaw completes its Pavilion Branch running southeast from Kalamazoo. The branch will be leased by Grand Trunk Western to gain access to Kalamazoo.

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December 1, 2007 Norfolk Southern terminates its Joint Section agreement with Canadian National, initiated between the Wabash and the Grand Trunk in 1898, ending 109 years of operation into Ontario. However, NS and CN can not come to agreement to handle Fort Erie interchange traffic, and service is allowed to continue under a new temporary agreement.

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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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November 23, 1990 The last rail is removed from Newfoundland Island. Revenue service had quit about two years earlier.

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November 24, 1995 The last Canadian National transcontinental train runs through Algonquin Park.

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November 21, 1859 First Detroit-Fort Gratiot (Port Huron) train. 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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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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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 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, 1962 The U.S. Congress repeals a 10% tax on railroad tickets created during World War II to discourage travel. Railroads are given permission to raise fares to match the previous prices.

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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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November 17, 1855 The first section of the Grand Trunk Railway opens, 125.4 miles 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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The no-cost migration doesn't allow the Yahoo message archive to be added to the Messages page here due to formatting issues. Instead I've uploaded HTML digest files of the complete Yahoo message archive from message #1 through yesterday in the Files section here:
/g/C-N-R/files/Yahoo%20messages%20archive

The PG Offline 4 software I'm using won’t let me put all the messages in one huge archive, but the file would be quite large and take ages to open anyway. I compromised at 4-year digests. You can open, view and search the digests in your browser. You can also downlaod the HTML files.

I hope this is of some use at least!

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Railroad & Shortlines Club of Chicago
7:30 pm
Friday, November 15, 2019

Chicago Union Station
500 W Jackson Blvd Rm 107A
Chicago, Illinois

Keystone. Pennsylvania railroading 1953-2019
by David Wilson

Noted story teller and photographer David Wilson has made numerous trips to Pennsylvania over the years. This program will include a selection of railroad photographs from his trips.

Please enter at 500 W Jackson Blvd between Clinton and Canal.
Call 312 725-0432 during meeting for assistance.

Railroad & Shortlines Club of Chicago meets at Chicago Union Station on the third Friday of the month at 7:30 pm, except in July and August.

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Phone number for program announcements: 312 725-0432; leave message to receive a call back

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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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OK I got the photos from Yahoo uploaded to Photos in the same album structure. Please let me now if you feel anything's missing or I labellled it wrong. Thanks!

Next will be the messages. These will have to go in the Files section as they're not in the 开云体育 format. They'll be in an HTML digest format that you can view and search in your browser, or download. The complete archive of about 40,000 messages will be quite a big HTML file so I will make a digest for each year as well that should open a lot quicker. These will take a while so bear with me.? ;)

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Thanks Paul!

I have added all the files from Yahoo Group in the Files section. I'm working on the photos now but this may take a while as I think I have to do them by folder, can't seem to bulk upload like the files.? :(

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I have updated some of the settings and you should find it easier to upload and download material from the new file now.

For those who have wondered why we required members to re-join instead of just copying the members list from yahoo - we had accumulated a huge number of bouncing email addresses, and I wanted to "clean the slate" by not carrying former members who are no longer monitoring this group into groups.io. The signup has been gratifying - there are still a lot of C-N-R enthusiasts out there! Thanks to all for doing this little bit of administrivia.

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C-N-R List Owner

I have downloaded the complete Files and Photos archives from Yahoo and we are ready to upload here for testing.

I'm not sure if I need to have my first post approved before I can access the Files and Photos menu links.

Paul: I'll email you directly if I can't get access.

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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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November 10, 1853 The Great Western Railway Line (later CN) opens, running 69 kilometers from the Niagara Suspension Bridge to Hamilton ONT.

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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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