November 15, 1953 New one-way street regulations went into effect in Chicago's Loop, making Clark Street one-way south and Dearborn Street one-way north from Polk to Kinzie. PCC route 22 (Clark-Wentworth) used Dearborn Street north from Polk to Kinzie. Conventional trolley routes 42 and 45 used Clark Street south and Dearborn Street north from Archer Avenue to Kinzie. PCC route 20 (Madison Street) was cut back one block from Dearborn to Clark. Conventional trolley route 16 (Lake Street) was cut back to Clinton Station with no provision to get the route to the Loop; passengers had to transfer to Ogden Avenue buses or the Lake Street El to get to the Loop.? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? November 17, 1948 Peter Witt, to upgraded the electric streetcar to the front entrance, center exit design, died in Cleveland.? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Dennis M Linsky
On Fri, Nov 15, 2024, 5:53 AM Mark Tomlonson via <tomlonson=
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November 15, 1863 The first train leaves Escanaba MI, headed for the Marquette Range.
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November 15, 1926 Most of the Grand Rapids, Holland & Chicago Railway (MI interurban) is abandoned. The track east of Jenison (8 miles) becomes the United Suburban Railway.
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November 15, 1973 The Chesapeake & Ohio abandons its line between Hamilton and Allegan MI.
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November 16, 1957 New York Central Extra 4000 East (nee Train 90) out of Chicago derails at White Pigeon MI. The train has been diverted off the Toledo Division onto the "Old Road" at Elkhart due to an earlier derailment east of Elkhart. The engineer, who has not checked for slow orders nor run on the line for three years, runs though a 15 mph slow-order turnout at 55 mph. One Railway Mail Clerk is killed, 23 Railway Mail clerks, 8 passengers and one train service employee are injured.
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November 16, 1990 The "Badger" makes her last run as a railroad carferry due to an incident in Kewaunee when she was alleged to have touched bottom.
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November 16, 2020 Delray Tower in Michigan is taken out of service and replaced by remote CSX dispatching. It was the last manned interlocking tower in the CSX system and the last “Armstrong” interlocking tower in Michigan.
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November 17, 1898 The Escanaba & Lake Superior Railway is chartered.
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November 17, 2020 The Ford Motor Company reveals its site plan for the restored Michigan Central station in Detroit.
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Mark Tomlonson
