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Re: This Weekend in RR History


 

October 12, 1952 Baltimore PCC routes 31 (Garrison Boulevard) and 19 (Harbord Street) were combined into route 19 (Garrison-Harbord).? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? October 12, 1958 St. Louis PCC route 22 (Jefferson Avenue) was converted to bus operation due to a street widening project approved in a 1955 bond issue. Forty PCC cars were then declared surplus.? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? October 12, 1958 Philadelphia Transportation Company closed the Cumberland bus garage, a former streetcar barn. Bus route 54 was relocated to Allegheny Depot; bus route C was divided between Luzerne and Southern Depots; and bus routes H and XH were relocated from Allegheny to Germantown Depot. Yet Luzerne Depot was jammed with buses.? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Dennis M Linsky.? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ??


On Fri, Oct 11, 2024, 7:25 AM Mark Tomlonson via <tomlonson=[email protected]> wrote:

October 11, 1873 The Mineral Range Railroad completes its Hancock to Calumet MI line.

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October 11, 1996 Amtrak first demonstrates 100-mph operation on its Kalamazoo MI to Porter IN segment.

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October 13, 1869 The Allegan & Holland Railroad (later HNW) and the Muskegon & Ferrysburg Railroad are merged into the Michigan Lake Shore Railroad under an agreement signed September 29. The MLS will later be included in the Pere Marquette, Chesapeake & Ohio and CSX railroads.

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October 13, 1932 Streetcar motormen and conductors go on strike in Jackson, Kalamazoo, and Lansing MI. They are protesting a cut in wages since the first of the year from 51 cents per hour to 31 cents per hour. ($12.07 to $7.34 in 2024 dollars)

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Mark Tomlonson

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Kalamazoo Model Railroad Train Show & Sale October 27 10 am to 3 pm Kalamazoo County Expo Center 2900 Lake St.

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