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Re: This Weekend in RR History


 

December 13, 1953 Chicago's first PCC car line, route 20 (Madison Street) was converted to bus operation and extended from Clark Street to Michigan Avenue. The 5th Avenue branch became a one-man car shuttle from Pulaski to California.? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? December 14,1947 Newark trolley route 23 (Central Avenue) was converted to bus operation.? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? December 14, 1947 South Philadelphia trolley route 29 (Morris and Tasker Streets) temporarily converted to bus operation on August 10, was reconverted to trolleybus operation with the first 40 ACF-Brill TC-44 trolleybuses.? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? December 14, 1947 Kansas City trolley routes 51(Brooklyn) and 52 (Woodland) were converted to trolleybus operation and combined to form route 44 (Brooklyn-Woodland).? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Dennis M Linsky


On Fri, Dec 13, 2024, 7:49 AM Mark Tomlonson via <tomlonson=[email protected]> wrote:

December 13, 1877 The Allegan & South Eastern Railroad is organized in Michigan to take over the part of the Mansfield, Coldwater & Lake Michigan Railroad between Allegan and Monteith. The papers will be filed in January.

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December 13, 2005 Conrail closes Schaefer Tower in the Detroit area. It will be demolished three days later.

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December 13, 2016 Detroit’s “Q-Line” light rail makes its first test run along its 3.3 mile Woodward Ave. right of way.

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December 15, 1872 The Grand Rapids & Indiana Railroad opens between Clam Lake (Cadillac) and Walton Jct. MI. (Some sources say September 1872).

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December 15, 1988 Chief Wawatam, the former ferry between Mackinaw City and St. Ignace MI, is towed to Sault Saint Marie, Ontario for conversion to a barge.

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