July 21, 1963 The last trolley ever built by J.G. Brill, Red Arrow Brilliner 10, was involved in a head-on collision with St. Louis car 12 on single track PRW at Smedley Park on the Media line. Car 10 was later scrapped but car 12 was repaired and returned to service.? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?Dennis M Linsky? ?
On Wed, Jul 21, 2021, 7:15 AM Mark Tomlonson via <tomlonson=
[email protected]> wrote:
July 21, 1857 The Grand Rapids & Fort Wayne Railroad and the Grand Rapids & Mackinaw Railroads are merged into the Grand Rapids & Indiana Railroad under an agreement signed June 26, 1857. (Some sources say July 30)
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July 21, 1873 The Muskegon & Big Rapids Railroad completes its line between its namesake cities. The M&BR is owned by the Chicago & Michigan Lake Shore Railroad (later C&WM, PM, C&O, CSX)
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July 21, 1928 In wild-west, stagecoach-holdup style, two masked bandits jump on to a Flint-Saginaw (MI) interurban and at pistol-point, rob nineteen travelers of $300. ($4,767 in 2021)
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July 21, 1958 The New York Central begins carrying mail between Chicago and Detroit in special "Flexi-Van" containers. The vans designated for mail are equipped with side doors. "Flexi-Van" service is expanded to Boston and St. Louis.
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July 21, 2020 CN announces plans to sell 850 miles of low-density trackage in Michigan, Ontario, and Wisconsin. While the exact lines are not specified, most of the routes are from the former Wisconsin Central.
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Mark Tomlonson
