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Re: This Weekend in RR History


 

March 21, 1948 Baltimore PCC route 6 (Curtis Bay) was converted to bus operation.? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? March 22, 1953 Cleveland's Superior Avenue trolley route, one of the first two to get PCC cars, was converted to trolleybus operation with used Pullman-Standard equipment purchased from Providence. Two weeks earlier, on March 8, Cleveland's East 55th Street trolley route, the last to get PCCs, was converted to bus operation.? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? March 23, 1953 Philadelphia trolley route 36 (Elmwood Avenue) was rerouted east via 23rd, Chestnut, and 20th to Market and west via Market, 19th, and Walnut to 22nd. These changes became necessary due to construction of the Market Street subway extension at 23rd Street.? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? March 23, 1959 Brooklyn trolleybus route B-45 (Livingston Street and St. John's Place) was converted to bus operation.? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Dennis?M Linsky? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?


On Fri, Mar 21, 2025, 9:03 AM Mark Tomlonson via <tomlonson=[email protected]> wrote:

March 21, 1837 Today and tomorrow, the Michigan Legislature will pass the Internal Improvements Act, authorizing the Central Railroad of Michigan (later MC) to build across the state. It will follow the route charted by the largely unbuilt Detroit & St. Joseph Rail Road. Also authorized: The Southern Railroad of Michigan (later LS&MS), the Northern Railroad of Michigan (never built), canals and plank roads.

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March 21, 1953 The Chesapeake & Ohio carferry "Badger" makes her maiden voyage.

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March 22, 1916 The Great Lakes Transit Corporation is formed to take over the railroad-owned liners and packet steamers now prohibited by ICC order. Operations will begin April 1.

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March 23, 1988 CSX begins Detroit-Atlanta “Roadrailer” service using ex-Clinchfield "F" units as motive power.

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Mark Tomlonson

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