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January 17, 1952 Mrs. Katherine Parks, a Philadelphia trolley operator then assigned to route 37, was robbed at Westinghouse Loop in suburban Lester by a 25-year old black man who had a jail record. Mrs. Parks and 2 passengers were unharmed and the robber was captured and arrested inside a vacant house on Bartram Avenue in Eastwick.? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? January 17, 1973 A 47-day strike against the Long Island Railroad ended when the United Transportation Union agreed to a 90-day cooling off period. Trains began running again on the 22nd. A new contract was signed on March 28.? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? January 18, 1948 The Shore Fast Line, and interurban line which last ran from Atlantic City to Somers Point, was converted to bus operation and extended to Ocean City. The interurban cars were retired to the Inlet Shops and scrapped the following winter. Only car 119, which became a tool shed in 1946, survived but was finally scrapped in 1953.? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? January 19, 1953 On the eve of the Eisenhower inauguration, PUC hearings began in Philadelphia for the abandonment of trolley route 18, one of the 5 Market Street routes. The route duplicated trolley routes 17, 32, and 36 for 75% of its routing, then it duplicated route 7 on 22nd and 23rd Streets for the final 25%. Route 18 was abandoned on August 1.? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? January 19, 1973 There was no service on the BMT Broadway-Jamaica line from Broadway Junction to Marcy Avenue in Brooklyn for 3 days due to a gun fight inside a sporting goods store on Myrtle Avenue at Broadway which held 9 people hostage for 47 hours before they were released and the suspects surrendered.? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? January 19, 1974 NYCTA R-32 subway cars 3464 (sideswiped in 1968) and 3549 (a fire at DeKalb Avenue on a B train in 1969) were back in service with their respective mates.? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Dennis M Linsky?