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May 8, 1842 A passenger train derails near Moudon, France. The official death toll in the accident and resulting fire is 55 people, however estimates of the total deaths run as high as 200. May 8,

May 7, 1863 The Philadelphia, Wilmington & Baltimore carries over 3,000 Confederate prisoners from the Battle of Chancellorsville to prisons in Philadelphia. May 7, 1868 The Kalamazoo & Allegan

May 6, 1979 A new pick went into effect on New York's IND and BMT subway lines. The only major change was that the first 2 QB (Broadway-Brighton) trains from Coney Island run to Astoria and return as

May 6, 1856 The Ohio & Pennsylvania Railroad, the Ohio & Indiana Railroad and the Fort Wayne & Chicago Railroad sign articles of merger to form the Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne & Chicago Railroad. The new

Omitted from May 2: May 2, 1959 Philadelphia's Market-Frankford line car 581 suffered a broken axle when it pulled into the 15th Street station eastbound, causing a 24-hour delay which would have been

May 5, 1827 The Lehigh Coal & Navigation Company opens a nine-mile railroad operated by horses and gravity between Summit Hill mines and Mauch Chunk PA. It is the first permanent railroad in

May 2, 1949 Brooklyn's McDonald-Vanderbilt PCC route was broken into 2 routes. The Vanderbilt Avenue portion, still the B-69, continued to use PCC cars and terminated at Prospect Park. The McDonald

May 2, 1845 A Baltimore ordinance allows the Baltimore & Susquehanna to operate steam locomotives in the central city only between 9:00 pm and 5:00 am. They are further prohibited from burning wood

May 1, 1949 Washington's old trolleys were retired with the conversion of the Benning routes to bus operation. They were routes 10 (Kenworthey Avenue) and 12 (Seat Pleasant). All trolley service was

May 1, 1834 The Auburn & Syracuse Railroad (later R&S, NYC) is incorporated to connect the Erie Canal to Syracuse NY. May 1, 1850 The stockholders of the Pennsylvania Railroad vote to allow operations

Omitted from April 29: April 29, 1973 The remaining portion of the 3rd Avenue El from Gun Hill Road to East 149th Street closed and was replaced by a new Bx-55 bus route. IRT R-12 subway cars

April 30, 1847 The Pennsylvania Railroad sells its first shares of stock. April 30, 1854 The first railway in Brazil opens. April 30, 1865 The Louisville, New Albany & Chicago Railroad (later CIL,

April 29, 1951 Brooklyn's Ocean Avenue and Rockaway Parkway trolley routes were converted to bus operation. April 29, 1956 The NYCTA extended IND subway service on the Fulton Street line after a

April 29, 1833 The Utica & Schenectady is incorporated. Later it will form part of the Mohawk Division of the New York Central. April 29, 1839 The Oswego & Syracuse (later DL&W) is formed. It will ne

April 28, 1950 The IRT Composites were replaced on the 3rd Avenue El by the BMT Q-Type El cars. April 28, 1952 All tenants who had stores and offices inside Philadelphia's Broad Street Station were

April 28, 1844 Thieves steal $3,000 in specie [2025: $127,920] being carried in a Philadelphia Wilmington & Baltimore baggage car by Sanford & Shoemaker's Express Company. April 28, 1869 Workers on

April 26, 1953 New York's Fifth Avenue Coach Lines retired all double decker buses for economic purposes. Bus 2124 was preserved. April 26, 1956 The NYCTA ended service on the BMT Fulton Street El

April 25, 1831 Matthias Baldwin builds his first locomotive, a small demonstration engine that pulls up to four people on a small circle of track laid out in his shop yard. April 25, 1831 The New York

April 24, 1832 The Tonawanda Railroad (later B&R, NYC) is chartered to run between Rochester and Attica NY. It will be the second railroad built in the state of New York. April 24, 1834 The Long

April 23, 1954 The City of Philadelphia financed the PTC in purchasing 43 new Marmon-Herrington TC-49 trolleybuses to re-equip route 66 on upper Frankford Avenue from Bridge Street to Knights Road.