June 29, 1864 A Grand Trunk immigrant train in Beloeil, PQ (near St-Hilaire) fails to stop for an open swing bridge. Ninety-nine people are killed in Canada’s worst train wreck.
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June 29, 1906 U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt signs the Hepburn Act, which increases Interstate Commerce Commission power over railroad rates.
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June 29, 1973 The last passenger train between Detroit to Pontiac, Grand Trunk Western 999, leaves Brush Street Depot. Because tracks have already removed to make room for the Renaissance Center, passengers walk a block and a half from the concourse to board the train.
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Mark Tomlonson
