March 20 in RR History
March 20, 1880 The Southern Pacific reaches Tucson AZ, the first train arriving on this date.
March 20, 1896 The Grand Trunk Railway purchases the Central Vermont Railway and begins operating it as a
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Mark Tomlonson
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#1958
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Re: March 19 in RR History
March 19, 1958 A late snowstorm which affected PCC car services in
Baltimore and Washington also hit Philadelphia very hard. PCC routes 6 and
53 and bus routes 22, 74, 84, 86, 87, and Wa--all the bus
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Dennis Linsky
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#1957
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March 19 in RR History
March 19, 1836 The Lexington & Ohio Railroad (later L&N, CSX) relegates its single steam engine to freight service and returns to using horses for passenger trains.
March 19, 1851 The Illinois
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Mark Tomlonson
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#1956
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Re: March 18 in RR History
March 18, 1951 Brooklyn's Utica Avenue trolley route was converted to bus
operation.
Dennis M Linsky
[email protected]> wrote:
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Dennis Linsky
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#1955
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March 18 in RR History
March 18, 1834 One track of the Allegheny Portage Railroad opens for revenue service. The railroad will not operate between December and March when canals are closed by ice. Included in the
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Mark Tomlonson
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#1954
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March 17 in RR History
March 17, 1856 The Toledo, Wabash & Western (later WAB, N&W, NS) begins service to Logansport IN.
March 17, 1863 Engineer William Pittenger and 5 others who took part in the Andrews raid are pardoned
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Mark Tomlonson
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#1953
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Re: This Weekend in RR History
March 14, 1954 Chicago trolley routes 9 (Ashland Avenue) and 45
(Ashland-Archer-Clark) were converted to bus operation.
Dennis M Linsky
[email protected]> wrote:
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Dennis Linsky
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#1952
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This Weekend in RR History
March 14, 1836 The Cleveland, Columbus & Cincinnati Railroad (later NYC) is incorporated in Ohio.
March 14, 1836 The Ohio Legislature authorizes a loan of $200,000 (2024: $6.6 million) to the Mad
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Mark Tomlonson
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#1951
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March 13 in RR History
March 13, 1833 The Western Railroad is chartered in Massachusetts to connect the Boston & Worcester to the Hudson & Berkshire Railroad. (all later B&A)
March 13, 1836 The Richmond & Petersburg
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Mark Tomlonson
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#1950
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Re: March 12 in RR History
March 12, 1961 Philadelphia trolleybus route 61 on Ridge Avenue, which once
connected with trolley routes at 36 locations in North Philadelphia and
Center City, was converted to bus operation and
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Dennis Linsky
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#1949
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March 12 in RR History
March 12, 1839 The Maine, New Hampshire & Massachusetts Railroad (later B&M) is incorporated in Maine.
March 12, 1845 The Cleveland, Columbus & Cincinnati Railroad (later CCC&StL, NYC) is reorganized
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Mark Tomlonson
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#1948
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Re: March 11 in RR History
March 11, 1951 Chicago trolley route 3 (Lincoln-Indiana) was broken into 2
routes and the Lincoln portion, from Peterson to Adams, was converted to
bus operation. This completed the conversion of
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Dennis Linsky
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#1947
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March 11 in RR History
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
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Mark Tomlonson
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#1946
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March 10 in RR History
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
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Mark Tomlonson
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#1945
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This Weekend in RR History
March 7, 1832 The New Jersey Railroad & Transportation Company (later PRR) is chartered to build across the state.
March 7, 1834 The Detroit & Pontiac (later D&M, GT) receives its charter from
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Mark Tomlonson
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#1944
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March 6 in RR History
March 6, 1830 Colonel Stephen H. Long constructs a road bridge over the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad. It is the first known road bridge to cross a railroad.
March 6, 1834 The London & Gore Railroad in
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Mark Tomlonson
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#1943
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March 5 in RR History
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
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Mark Tomlonson
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#1942
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Re: March 4 in RR History
March 4, 1951 Brooklyn' s Flatbush Avenue trolley route was converted to
bus operation with Mack C-50 buses which could be converted into floating
ambulances. A unique feature was that one of the last
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Dennis Linsky
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#1941
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March 4 in RR History
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
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Mark Tomlonson
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#1940
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Re: March 3 in RR History
March 3, 1957 Philadelphia bus route B, the Roosevelt Boulevard route from
the Bridge-Pratt terminus of the Market-Frankford line to Somerton and
Langhorne, was re-equipped with new GMC TDH-5105
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Dennis Linsky
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#1939
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