June 7, 1950 A coroner's jury in Chicago declared the city's PCC car fleet unsafe after the gasoline truck incident that killed 34 persons and ordered the PCCs refined with emergency kick-out windows to prevent future mishaps. The city ordered gasoline deliveries to be stopped during rush hours and ordered the sewage system to be upgraded. A flooded railroad underpass on State Street south of 63rd was blamed for the PCC car/gasoline truck collision.? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? June 7, 1950 A crane lifting an air conditioned onto the Keswick thatre in suburban Glenside, Pennsylvania, knocked out Philadelphia PCC route 6 service from Willow Grove to Cheltenham and Ogontz Avenues and the Reading Railroads main line service north of Jenkintown.? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?Dennis M Linsky
On Mon, Jun 7, 2021, 6:06 AM Mark Tomlonson via <tomlonson=[email protected]> wrote:
June 7, 1864 Congress extends its land grant to Michigan for the Grand Rapids & Indiana Railroad to cover the section between Grand Rapids and Fort Wayne.
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June 7, 1902 First interurban to Marshall MI.
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June 7, 1921 Pere Marquette incorporates the Flint Belt Railroad Company.
