November 25, 1882 Horse car service begins in Muskegon MI.
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November 25, 1889 The Toledo, Ann Arbor & North Michigan Railroad (later the Ann Arbor) begins service between Toledo and Frankfort.
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November 25, 1889 The Frankfort & Southeastern Railway (later AA) reaches Copemish MI.
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November 25, 1873 An isolated section of the Mansfield, Coldwater & Lake Michigan Railroad between Allegan and Monteith, MI opens, operated by the Grand Rapids & Indiana without a formal agreement. Track has been laid for eight miles east of Monteith. It will not be opened and subsequently it will be removed. Work on the balance of line between Monteith and Tiffin is halted by The Panic of 1873.
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November 25, 1901 The Traverse City, Leelanau & Manistique Railroad (later LTC, M&NE, PM, C&O) is incorporated in Michigan to build from Traverse City to Northport.
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November 25, 1905 The Boyne City & Southeastern becomes the Boyne City, Gaylord & Alpena.
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November 25, 1939 EMD's FT 103 demonstrator, "The Diesel That Did It" according to David P. Morgan, begins an 83,764 mile barnstorming tour.
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November 25, 1949 Richmond VA, home to the first successful trolley operation, ends trolley service.
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November 25, 1955 Segregation by race on interstate trains and buses is prohibited, although in many areas the prohibition will be ignored.
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November 25, 1963 All rail and transit services in the United States are halted for one minute to commemorate the National Day of Mourning for the assassinated President John F. Kennedy.
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November 25, 2019 The miniature train ride at the Sanford FL zoo derails, injuring one person. The ride, patterned after the Florida East Coast “Champion”, was the first to emulate a streamline train when it was built in 1951.
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Mark Tomlonson
