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March 12, 1845 The Cleveland, Columbus & Cincinnati Railway (later CCC&StL, NYC) is chartered. March 12, 1857 The locomotive, mail car and two first class coaches of a Great Western Railway train from

March 11, 1951 Chicago trolley route (Lincoln-Indiana) was broken into 2 routes and the Lincoln portion, from Peterson Avenue to Adams Street, was converted to bus operation and the old car barn at

March 11, 1836 The Little Miami Railroad (later PC&St.L. PRR), Ohio’s second, receives its charter to connect the Mad River & Lake Erie Railroad to the Ohio River at Cincinnati. Construction will

March 10, 1858 The Pittsburgh Ft. Wayne & Chicago (later PRR) connects to the Pennsylvania Railroad in Pittsburgh, despite opposition and interference from local citizens. March 10, 1862 The St. Paul

March 9, 1875 The North Brookfield Railroad (later B&A, NYC, PC, CR) is incorporated. March 9, 1910 The Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Executive Committee authorizes the purchase of the Toledo & Ohio

March 8, 1953 Cleveland's East 55th Street trolley route was converted to bus operation. March 8, 1959 Philadelphia trolley route 62, the Darby-Yeadon Shuttle, was cut off after 9:00 PM at all times.

March 8, 1855 The first train crosses the suspension bridge over Niagara Falls. Before this time, goods and passengers were ferried across the river. The bridge does not end the transfer, as the

March 5, 1832 The New Castle & Frenchtown Railroad begins regular daily revenue service. Passenger boats transfer their passengers to the railroad from stagecoaches, forming a through stage-boat-rail

March 4, 1951 Brooklyn's Flatbush Avenue trolley route was converted to bus operation. A surprise feature was that one of the last trolleys and one of the first buses were involved in automobile

March 4, 1826 Granite Railway, the first incorporated company to build and operate a rail road in the United States, is chartered in Massachusetts. March 4, 1839 The first "express" traffic carried by

March 3, 1831 George M. Pullman is born in New York. March 3, 1842 The Pittsfield & North Adams Railroad (Later WRR, B&A, NYC) is chartered in Massachusetts to build between its namesake cities. March

March 2, 1831 An Act of Congress authorizes the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad to extend a branch into the District of Columbia. March 2, 1836 In the earliest "cornfield meet" for a which a full date was

March 1, 1955 National City Lines took over Philadelphia Transportation Company and installed Douglas Pratt as President. Dennis M Linsky [email protected]> wrote:

March 1, 1833 A meeting of cab owners and drivers is held at Tammany Hall to protest the occupation of streets by the New York & Harlem Railroad. At the end of the meeting the crowd spills out of the

February 26, 1950 It was the Richmond Hill trolley route that was converted to bus operation, ending trolley service in Queens. February 26, 1953 Philadelphia's famed PRR Chinese Wall on Market Street

February 26, 1851 The first Milwaukee Road predecessor, the Milwaukee & Mississippi Railroad runs its first train: from Milwaukee to Waukesha, WI. (some sources say February 25). February 26, 1870 The

February 25, 1834 Formation date of the Richmond, Fredericksburg & Potomac. February 25, 1848 Future railroad magnate E.H. Harriman is born. February 25, 1848 Incorporation papers are filed for the

February 24, 1846 Congress is asked to fund a land grant to build a rail road from Lake Michigan to Oregon. February 24, 1865 The Jackson, Lansing & Saginaw Railroad (later MC, NYC, PC, CR, NS, A&B)

February 23, 1852 The Potsdam & Watertown Railroad (later RW&O, NYC) is chartered. February 23, 1855 The Hudson & Boston Railroad (later B&A) acquires the Hudson & Berkshire Railroad at foreclosure

February 22, 1850 The Columbus & Xenia Railroad is completed between its namesake Ohio cities. It is the first railroad in Ohio to be built with T-Rail (as opposed to strap rail) in its original