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Re: This Weekend in RR History


 

April 5, 1953 Philadelphia trolley route 65 on Old York Road and 6th and 7th Streets was abandoned without replacement in the first move to eliminate duplication of service by other routes. The route 65 abandonment permitted the city to clear 6th and 7th Streets to vehicular traffic to and from the Delaware River/Benjamin Franklin bridge. Trolley route 20 was extended north on Old York Road from 11th and Erie to Broad and Olney and trolley route 50 was extended south on 6th and 7th Streets from Snyder to Oregon.? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? April 5, 1968 Pittsburgh's remaining PCC car routes and Chicago's rapid transit routes survived the riots after the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? April 6, 1952 Detroit's Baker trolley route, the last to operate entirety with Peter Witt cars, was converted to bus operation.? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Dennis M Linsky?


On Fri, Apr 4, 2025, 7:10 AM Mark Tomlonson via <tomlonson=[email protected]> wrote:

April 4, 1902 The Grand Rapids & Indiana agrees to operate the Traverse City, Leelanau & Manistique Railroad.

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April 4, 1936 Electric streetcar service ends in Flint MI.

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April 5, 1920 A Pere Marquette ferry becomes stuck in the ice off Pt. Sauble after leaving Ludington and eleven passengers try to walk to shore. Suddenly the ice flow breaks up, and the winds carry the piece holding the group out into Lake Michigan. Hundreds of spectators line the shore and watch as the Coast Guard, with great difficulty, rescues the group.

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April 5, 1982 Michigan Interstate ends operation of the former Ann Arbor north of the city of Ann Arbor. Operation will briefly resume at a later date.

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April 5, 1995 CN North America opens the new St. Clair Tunnel. Improvements made in the design of the new tunnel allow double-stack trains to cross under the St. Clair river for the first time.

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April 6, 1869 The Lake Shore & Michigan Southern is formed by the combination of the Michigan Southern & Northern Indiana Railroad and the Lake Shore Railway.

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Mark Tomlonson

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