May 7, 1863 The Philadelphia, Wilmington & Baltimore carries over 3,000 Confederate prisoners from the Battle of Chancellorsville to prisons in Philadelphia.
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May 7, 1868 The Kalamazoo & Allegan Railroad (later KA&GR, LS&MS, NYC, PC) is organized.
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May 7, 1896 The Central Vermont's lease of the Rutland Railroad is cancelled.
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May 7, 1896 The Pennsylvania Railroad buys the Cincinnati, Lebanon & Northern. Built to narrow gauge, it was converted to standard gauge 2 years earlier.
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May 7, 1903 The New York State Legislature votes to prohibit steam locomotives on New York City's Park Avenue south of the Harlem River by July 1, 1908.
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May 7, 1919 The Manager of the Women's Service Section of the USRA files a complaint that women are being laid off while men with less seniority are being retained.
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May 7, 1921 The New York Central makes the first test of run of mail containers, from New York and Chicago.
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May 7, 1938 Lorain OH streetcars run for the last time.
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May 7, 1957 Boston & Maine 6000, known during its life as the "Flying Yankee", the "Mountaineer", the "Cheshire", the "Minuteman" and the "Businessman" (or "Business Man") is retired and sold to the Edaville Museum.
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May 7, 1959 The Chesapeake & Ohio launches mail and express service between Grand Rapids and Petosky MI using "Railvans", short vans that can be used on rails as well as the highways. The vans carry side ladders and marker light brackets, and are the forerunners of the modern Roadrailers used by Norfolk Southern Corporation and others.
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May 7, 1977 Chessie starts the first of its 46 steam excursions behind the former Reading 4-8-4 #2101.
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May 7, 2011 The last train runs on the former Canada Southern spur between Pelton and Fargo ON.
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May 7, 2014 For the first time Amtrak begins using Union Depot as its St. Paul MN station. This follows a refurbishment program of the station that was completed last year.
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Mark Tomlonson
