January 16, 1830 The Tuscumbia Railroad, the first in Alabama, is chartered.
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January 16, 1836 The first railroad out of Chicago, the Galena & Chicago Union, receives its charter. The railroad, later part of Chicago & North Western, is being built to reach the lead mines at Galena IL. (Some sources say January 10)
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January 16, 1837 Pennsylvania Governor Ritmer asks the Legislature to allow the use of locomotives between Philadelphia and Belmont Plane on the grounds that it will prevent cruelty to horses.
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January 16, 1857 The Detroit & Milwaukee Railroad (later DGH&M, GT) completes its line to St. Johns MI.
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January 16, 1868 William Davis, a Detroit fish dealer, patents a refrigerator car.
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January 16, 1873 Representatives of the Reading, Delaware & Hudson, Lehigh Valley, Central of New Jersey, and the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western set uniform prices for anthracite coal and fix the amounts to be shipped.
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January 16, 1892 The Chicago, St. Paul & Kansas City becomes the Chicago Great Western [later C&NW, UP].
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January 16, 1906 The Pennsylvania Railroad opens a new car shop at Hollidaysburg PA.
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January 16, 1932 The Fostoria & Fremont and Western Ohio (interurbans) quit.
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January 16, 1932 The last segment of the Chambersburg, Greencastle & Waynesboro Street Railway (PA) quits.
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January 16, 1939 The U.S. Circuit Court overturns a lower court ruling that would have allowed the New Haven Railroad to discontinue passenger service at 93 stations on its East End.
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January 16, 1944 A train crashes in Torro Tunnel in Leon Province, Spain. More than 500 are killed.
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January 16, 1969 Penn Central's "Metroliners" begin service between New York and Washington DC.
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January 16, 1990 The “Canadian Rail Operating Rules” are approved by Canada’s Minister of Transport.
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Mark Tomlonson
