December 2, 1954 Philadelphia Transportation Company purchased 90 used PCC cars from 2 midwestern cities to re-equip the 5 subway-surface car lines. Of these used PCC cars purchased, 50 were 1500-series prewar all-electrics from St. Louis and the other 40 were 725-series postwar all-electrics with full height windows from Kansas City. Declining patronage and wholesale conversions to bus operations created a surplus of PCC cars in both Missouri cities.? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Dennis M Linsky
December 2, 1894 The Wisconsin & Michigan Railway begins passenger service between Peshtigo WI and Faithorn Jct. MI. Freight service will begin in two days.
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December 2, 1928 The last interurban leaves Marshall MI at 12:15 a.m.
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December 2, 1939 A Grand Trunk Western crewman riding on the footboards of a tender is killed as his engine backs across US-12 in Kalamazoo, striking a semi-truck that had tried to beat the train to the crossing.
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December 2, 2021 One of the last remaining Baldwin “Sharknose” diesels, No. 1216, is moved out of the Escanaba & Lake Superior shops in Escanaba MI where it has been stored since 1982 with a broken crankshaft. It is moved to a heated shop in Wells, MI, about a mile away.
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Mark Tomlonson
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FREE! Kalamazoo Model Railroad Historical Society Open House/Santa in the Caboose December 14 Noon to 4:00 pm Parchment
