May 21, 1967 The Pennsylvania Railroad tested a new high-speed passenger train from New Brunswick to Trenton. It ran 100 miles per hour.? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? May 22, 1955 Los Angeles trolley route 5 (Eagle Rock--Hawthorne), the world's second longest trolley route behind Chicago's Broadway-State, was converted to bus operation. Also, the northern portion of trolley route 9 and the southern portion of trolley route W remained rail as route W with route 9 converted to bus operation.? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?May 23, 1957 Philadelphia Mayor Richardson Dilworth decided for an all-bus operation on Market Street, claiming that the old trolleys still running on routes 17 and 32 cause delays at City Hall and don't blend in with Penn Center. Also, trolley route 62, the Darby-Yeadon shuttle using a single PCC car, remained rail as the PTC didn't want to hassle with Darby about any bus conversions.? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Dennis M Linsky On Fri, May 21, 2021, 7:41 AM Mark Tomlonson via <tomlonson=[email protected]> wrote:
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