May 15, 1915 The Interstate Commerce Commission orders the Pennsylvania, Northern Central, Lehigh Valley, New York Central, Rutland, Erie, Grand Trunk and Lackawanna railroads to divest themselves of their Great Lakes steamship lines by December 1. The Great Lakes car ferrries are not affected.
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May 15, 1923 Due to operational problems in the United States, the American lines of the former Grand Trunk Railway of Canada in New England are reorganized as the "Grand Trunk".
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May 15, 1942 Motorists in the eastern United States are hit with gas rationing. The normal limit is three gallons per week. Transit and rail systems will see a marked increase in passengers.
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May 16, 2005 The last Canadian National revenue train pulls off the Kinghorn Sub at Current River.
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May 17, 1908 The last steam engine passes through the St. Clair Tunnel as operations become fully electric.
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May 17, 1936 Illinois Central's streamliner "Green Diamond" makes its debut.
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May 17, 1945 The Federal Communications Commission allocates radio channels for exclusive railroad use.
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May 17, 1946 President Truman seizes control of U.S. railroads in the hopes of preventing a nationwide strike.? The action delays, but does not prevent the strike
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May 17, 1957 Canadian National Railways opens a 40-mile diversion of its Cornwall Subdivision due to the construction of the St. Lawrence Seaway. This subdivision will later be merged with the Gananoque and Oshawa Subdivisions to form the Kingston Subdivision.
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May 17, 1965 Canadian National Railways opens "Toronto Yard", later known as "MacMillan Yard".
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Mark Tomlonson
