July 16 and 17, 1958 The NYCTA ran special services on the IRT Polo Grounds shuttle to connect that stadium with Yankee Stadium as Jehovah's Witnesses convention was being held at each. These services ran 6 weeks before the shuttle, the last remnant of the 9th Avenue El, closed on August 31, 1958.? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?Dennis M Linsky
On Fri, Jul 16, 2021, 6:08 AM Mark Tomlonson via <tomlonson=
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July 16, 1968 Michigan's Manistque & Lake Superior Railroad, nicknamed "The Haywire", is abandoned.
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July 17, 1898 The Port Huron & Northwestern (later F&PM) branch between Port Huron and Port Austin MI is converted from 3-foot gauge to standard gauge.
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July 17, 1909 The Manistique & Lake Superior Railroad (MI) is incorporated.
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July 17, 1954 Last commuter run between Detroit and Port Huron MI on the Grand Trunk Western Mt. Clemens Sub.
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July 18, 1868 The Allegan & Holland Rail Road Company (later C&WM, PM, C&O, CSX) is incorporated to build a 25 mile line between its 2 namesake Michigan towns.
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July 18, 1965 The Baltimore & Ohio/Chesapeake & Ohio begin carrying passengers' automobiles between Washington and Chicago.
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July 18, 1968 The Ann Arbor Railroad ends carferry service between Frankfort and Manistique.
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Mark Tomlonson
