September 18, 1957 Philadelphia Mayor Richardson Dilworth announced a last stand for rail restoration on former PCC route 42 via Market and Spruce Streets but this would have to be put off for 18 months because the unused tracks on the Market Street bridge over the Schuylkill River were removed and Chestnut Street bridge traffic was using Market Street. Bus routes 42 and D, which now used the same transfer, were rerouted eastbound via Woodland Avenue, Market, and 23rd Streets to Chestnut until the new bridge in Chestnut Street was built. But then on October 3, the West Philadelphia portion of route 42 became impassable; the city repaved the intersection of 46th and Spruce Streets and the trolley tracks were buried, ending route 42 rail restoration.? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Dennis M Linsky?
On Wed, Sep 18, 2024, 6:32 AM Mark Tomlonson via <tomlonson=
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September 18, 1942 President Franklin Roosevelt, as part of his nationwide inspection trip, of military bases and defense production centers, travels on the Michigan Central from Detroit, making a stop at Willow Run, and then to Chicago. From Chicago he will travel to the Great Lakes Naval Training Center.? He will return to Washington DC on October 1.
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September 18, 1989 The Grand Canyon Railway begins operations using ex-Lake Superior & Ishpeming 2-8-0's.
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September 18, 2003 The Lake Superior & Ishpeming becomes a division of the Cleveland Cliffs Corporation.
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Mark Tomlonson
