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Re: March 11 in RR History
March 11, 1951 Chicago trolley route 3 (Lincoln-Indiana) was broken into 2 routes and the Lincoln portion, from Peterson to Adams, was converted to bus operation. This completed the conversion of Lincoln Avenue to bus operation which began on February 18 when route 40 (Lincoln-Wells) went bus. Concurrently with this conversion, the old car barn at Wrightwood and Lincoln was closed and operators were assigned to other stations. This was one of Chicago's oldest car barns. The Indiana portion remained rail as route 38? and operated from the Navy Pier to 51st Street.? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? March 11, 1956 Philadelphia bus route E from 69th Street terminal to Germantown and Chelten via City Line Avenue was re-equipped with new GMC TDH-5106 diesel buses which replaced postwar Twins which were transferred to Airport bus routes M and U.? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? March 11, 1980 A transfer train of IRT R-12/14 subway cars to be inspects by the Secretary of Transportation at Corona Yard in Queens was stopped between Rawson and Lowery Streets on the Flushing line when it was discovered that 4 R-10s were put in the middle for tripper protection on the IND and BMT lines. Earlier, R-16 subway car 6382 was on a transfer train of IRT cars going from Concourse Yard to Moshulo Yard in the Bronx. That car became a locker room car in 1978 but was later unused.? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Dennis M Linsky On Tue, Mar 11, 2025, 6:20 AM Mark Tomlonson via <tomlonson=[email protected]> wrote:
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