April 7, 1870 The Kalamazoo & South Haven (later NYC, PC) reaches Bloomingdale from Kendall on its way west to South Haven MI.
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April 7, 1871 The Illinois Railroad Act establishes state regulation of railroads and intrastate rates. It is the first of the so-called "Granger Laws".
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April 7, 1872 The Spuyten Duyvil & Port Morris Railroad (later NYC) begins operations.
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April 7, 1874 The Pennsylvania Company signs memos of agreement with the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy, Michigan Central, Chicago & Alton, and Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul railroads covering the construction of a Union Passenger Depot between Van Buren and Madison Streets in Chicago. They also grant the Michigan Central trackage rights over the Pittsburg, Ft. Wayne & Chicago from the Calumet River.
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April 7, 1928 The Grand Rapids, Grand Haven & Muskegon (MI Interurban) ends operations.
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April 7, 1930 The New York Central opens a new, Art Deco-styled ticket office on Michigan Avenue in Chicago.
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April 7, 1934 The purchase of the first "American Flyer"-style passenger cars, the first streamliners to run in New England, is announced by the New Haven Railroad in Railway Age magazine.
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April 7, 1936 A mine placed on or near the tracks 50 miles from Vera Cruz Mexico is detonated as the "Vera Cruz Express" passes over. The explosion and the resulting fire in the wooden cars kills at least 90.
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April 7, 1957 New York City trolleys run for the last time, the last trolleys in New York State.
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April 7, 2008 Noted railroad photographer Richard H. "Dick" Kindig passes away at the age of 91. Mr. Kindig was best known for his pictures of the narrow gauge railroads in his native Colorado.
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April 7, 2008 Chris Guenzler becomes the first regular passenger documented to have ever traveled 1,000,000 miles over all the routes in the Amtrak system since the founding of Amtrak in 1971.
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