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This Weekend in CNR History
June 24, 1980 Grand Trunk Western gains control of the Detroit, Toledo & Ironton. ? June 24, 2008 Ionia MI loses rail service as the last cars are pulled off the former Grand Trunk Western line operated by Mid-Michigan Railroad. Abandonment of the 15.83 mile branch was approved last November. ? June 25, 1900 Grand Trunk's "International Limited" makes its first run from Montreal to Chicago. There will be no eastbound train with the same official name until World War I. ? June 26, 1848 The Vermont Central Railroad opens between White River Junction and Bethel. ? |
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European Contrasts - High-speed train across Spain and the world's slowest express train through the Swiss Alps at Railroad & Shortlines Club of Chicago
Railroad & Shortlines Club of Chicago
7:30 pm Friday, June 17, 2022 Please do not arrive before 7:15 pm. Chicago Union Station Room 107A 500 W Jackson Blvd (enter between Clinton and Canal) Chicago, Illinois European Contrasts - High-speed train across Spain and the world's slowest express train through the Swiss Alps by Bill Edwards. The Spanish high-speed rail network is the longest in Europe and the second longest in the world (after China's). We will ride from Barcelona to Madrid at 185 mph. In Madrid, we ride three Metro lines. At the other extreme, we will ride "The World's Slowest Express Train" - the Glacier Express through the center of the Swiss Alps, taking 8 hours to travel 181 miles.? The train crosses 291 bridges, passes through 91 tunnels, and uses a rack and pinion system for climbs and descents of 5,000 feet. Railroad & Shortlines Club of Chicago meets at Chicago Union Station on the third Friday of the month except in July and August. For program announcements, please subscribe to our groups.io mailing list. Send a blank email message To: [email protected] Web site: Email: shortlinechicagoHS@... Facebook: Phone number answered during the program: 312 725-0432. Leave message to receive a call back if you hear the program announcement. |
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CN 148
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Units 8802 and 8883, SD70M-2's, thru Burlington West (Oakville Sub.) at 11:16A this date with intermodals but with
16 autoracks on the rear.
Was it 148??
Doug Renshaw
Burlington, ON.
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June 15 in CNR History
June 15, 1924 Debut of the "Montrealer" and its twin, the "Washingtonian". Following a Canadian National/Central Vermont/Boston & Maine/New Haven/Pennsylvania routing, they will be favorites for diplomatic traffic between Ottawa and Washington. The "Washingtonian" will also be popular among rum-runners during Prohibition. ? |
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Toronto Railway Museum Online Lecture - Thursday June 16th 7:00 pm
Toronto Railway Museum Online Lecture - Thursday June 16th 7:00 pm Join us for our online lecture! ¡°Algonquin Park and the Railways¡± on Thursday, June 16th at 7 pm EST. This is brought to you by the Toronto Railway Museum! Roderick MacKay, a historian of Algonquin Provincial Park, will use mainly archival images to provide a overview of some aspects of Park history as influenced by proposed and constructed railways, including two cross Park railways and a number of smaller logging railways. He will briefly examine what became of the larger railways, and discuss some of their effects on the environment and vice versa. Click here to get your free ticket: If the link does not work, copy and paste it into your browser instead. Tickets for this event are free, although registration is required. Attendees will get access to our exclusive Zoom meeting room, where they can engage directly with the presenter and museum historians in a post-lecture Q&A. The event will begin at 7pm Eastern Standard Time, and will end at 8:30pm EST. ABOUT RODERICK MACKAY Roderick (Rory) MacKay of Harrowsmith was born in Toronto and raised in Toronto and at his family summer cottage in Algonquin Park. A childhood activity shared with his father and brother Niall was watching trains at Leaside Station. While taking a degree in Biology at Queen¡¯s University in Kingston he spent summers from 1972 to 1978 working as a seasonal interpretive naturalist at the Algonquin Park Museum. In 1989 he was hired to set up the Algonquin Park Archives, with which he is still associated as a volunteer. He worked as a Kingston area secondary school teacher of science and history from 1978 to 2008. He is a licensed research archaeologist particularly interested in logging camps. He is also co-author of ¡°Algonquin¡± (1993), and author of ¡°Spirits of the Little Bonnechere¡± (1996 revised 2017), ¡°More about J. R. Booth¡± (2015), ¡°More About the Camboose Shanty¡± (2015), ¡°A Chronology of Dates and Events of Algonquin Provincial Park¡± (2018), and ¡°Algonquin Park ¨C A Place Like No Other: A history of Algonquin Provincial Park¡± (2018) available from The Friends of Algonquin Park. He is a recipient of the Friends of Bonnechere Provincial Park Directors¡¯ Award (1998), The Friends of Algonquin Park Directors¡¯ Award (2008), and the Ontario Archaeological Society Peggi Armstrong Public Archaeology Award (2021). |
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June 13 in CNR History
June 13, 1854 Ground is broken in Halifax NS for the Nova Scotia Railway (later Intercolonial, CN) ? June 13, 1920 The U.S. Postmaster General announces that children can no longer be shipped by Parcel Post. The practice, never widespread, was used because postage was less than a train ticket. Parcel Post children generally rode in the mail car under the care of the clerks. ? |
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This Weekend in CNR History
June 10, 1856 Grand Trunk ferryboat number 3 explodes, killing 35. The explosion occurs while crossing the St. Lawrence River between Montreal and Longueuil PQ. ? June 10, 1953 The Board of the Pennsylvania Railroad votes to drop its participation in the Muskegon-Milwaukee car ferry run with Grand Trunk. ? June 11, 1888 The Minneapolis, St. Paul and Sault Ste. Marie Railroad (The Soo Line ¨C later WC, CN, GDLK) is formed as four railroads merge. ? June 12, 1967 The first "Paducah Geep," IC 8109, comes out of the Paducah KY shop. The former IC 9109 is the first in a series of first-generation Geep rebuilds at the Paducah Shops that will serve the Illinois Central and Illinois Central Gulf before finding their way to many shortlines. ? |
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June 7 in CNR History
June 7, 1939 The Royal Train carrying King George VI and Queen Elizabeth enters the United States at Suspension Bridge NY. It is the first visit by a reigning British monarch to either the United States or Canada. The train is made up of Canadian National and Canadian Pacific cars and Government of Canada cars 1 and 2. ? |
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June 2 in CNR History
June 2, 1995 Last day of operation of Z-1-a, Z-4-a, and Z-5-a electric locomotives, EP-59a and EP-69a electric multiple units, and Canadian Flyer coaches on the Montreal -Deux-Montagnes line. Locomotives Z-1-a 6710 and 6711, built for Canadian Northern in 1914, powers the last train. Locomotive 6711 had also powered the very first revenue train on this line. The final train ended short of Deux-Montagnes due to work on the track. ? |
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June 1 in CNR History
June 1, 1867 The Great Western Railway of Canada begins direct interchange of cars with the Michigan Central Railroad at Detroit. ? June 1, 1905 The Detroit, Toledo & Ironton first gains control of the Ann Arbor Railroad. ? June 1, 1915 The National Transcontinental Railway (later CN) is completed between the Province of Quebec and Winnipeg, Manitoba. ? June 1, 1923 In part to keep passengers entertained on cross-country trips, Canadian National announces the formation of its Radio Department. The Radio Department will eventually become the CBC Radio and Television network. ? June 1, 1925 Henry Ford begins trial runs on the Detroit, Toledo & Ironton with two D-D+D-D electric locomotives. Ford has plans (never realized) to extend his electrification project to a connection with the Virginian Railway. ? June 1, 1985 CSX Transportation begins running rights over the Canada Southern Subdivision of CP Rail and CN Rail. ? |
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May 31 in CNR History
May 31, 1947 The Gulf, Mobile & Ohio acquires the Chicago & Alton and gains access to Chicago. ? May 31, 1972 At 12:28 pm Canadian National sends its last communication by Morse code, ending the use of Morse code for official railroad purposes in Canada. The message is sent from the Winnipeg Dispatcher to an agent in Morris, Manitoba. ? |
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May 30 in CNR History
May 30, 1908 The U.S. "Ash Pan Act" requires all steam locomotives to be equipped with an ash pan that can be opened without crawling under the engine. ? May 30, 1957 The last official steam-powered passenger train leaves Halifax NS. Steam will make at least one additional appearance before the end. ? May 30, 1960 Canadian National announces that its conversion from steam to diesel is complete. ? |