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October 26, 1874 The Grand Trunk Railway is converted to Standard Gauge east of Montreal. October 26, 1995 The Montreal / Deux-Montagnes Commuter Train Line is modernized and reopened after being

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

October 20, 1881 Construction of the Pontiac, Oxford & Port Austin Railroad (later GTW) begins in Caseville, bringing rail service to Michigan's "Thumb" area. October 20, 1920 The Association of

October 19, 1878 The Detroit & Milwaukee is organized into the Detroit, Grand Haven & Milwaukee. [later GTW] October 19, 1893 A Grand Trunk passenger train wrecks at Battle Creek, killing 26. Mark

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

October 14, 1958 Gulf, Mobile & Ohio passenger service south of St. Louis ends with the withdrawal of its "Gulf Coast Rebel". October 14, 1980 President Carter signs the Staggers Act, freeing

October 13, 1902 Professor Ernest Rutherford of McGill University, who would later earn the Nobel Prize for chemistry, is the first to demonstrate wireless communication between a station and a moving

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October 9, 2001 The Canadian National absorbs the Wisconsin Central. October 10, 1967 The Interstate Commerce Commission announces that U.S. Railroads lost $400 million [$3 billion 2019] on passenger

October 8, 1908 The Grand Trunk buys carferry “Manistique, Marquette & Northern 1” and rechristens it “Milwaukee”. Mark Tomlonson

October 2, 1855 The Detroit & Milwaukee (later GTW) is completed from Detroit to Fentonville, a distance of 50 miles. October 3, 1873 Grand Trunk railway begins converting its 421-mile

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

September 30, 1988 The last revenue train rolls on Newfoundland Island. Mark Tomlonson

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September 29, 1849 The Vermont Central Railway opens between Middlesex and Waterbury. September 29, 1946 The Illinois Central Railroad dieselizes all passenger trains running between Chicago and St.