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December 22, 1959 A light snowstorm in Delaware County, Pennsylvania, forced Red Arrow to return 5 center door cars and Queen Mary 26 (ex-PTC 4024) to service on all 3 branches. In Philadelphia, heavy

December 20, 1864 The Bellefontaine Railway (later CCC&I, CCC&StL, NYC) is created from the merger of the Indianapolis, Pittsburgh & Cleveland and the Bellefontaine & Indiana. The incorporation papers

December 19, 1881 The land grant railroad Detroit, Mackinac & Marquette (later DSS&A, SOO, WC, CN) reaches St. Ignace, spanning Michigan's Upper Peninsula. December 19, 1887 The Illinois Central

December 18, 1867 The Cleveland. Painesville & Ashtabula’s (later NYC) “New York Express” derails at Angola NY when a passenger car with “compromise” trucks (allowing it to run on both

December 17, 1830 Former President John Quincy Adams, following his re-election to Congress, travels over the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad between Baltimore and Relay MD en route to Washington DC.

December 16, 1951 Former Chicago trolley route 65 (Grand Avenue), converted to bus operation on April 1, was reconverted to trolleybus operation.

December 16, 1855 The Galena & Chicago Union (later C&NW) completes its line from Chicago to Fulton IL. December 16, 1910 In Kinmundy IL, a standing Illinois Central freight is struck by another

December 13, 1953 Chicago's first PCC car line, route 20 (Madison Street) was converted to bus operation and extended from Clark Street to Michigan Avenue. The 5th Avenue branch became a one-man car

December 13, 1836 The Republic of Texas charters its first railroad. December 13, 1877 The Allegan & South Eastern Railroad is organized in Michigan to take over the part of the Mansfield, Coldwater

December 12, 1957 The TWU and the NYCTA showed progress in ending the subway strike but a light snowstorm and freezing cold temperatures sent temporary motorists back to the subways and conditions

December 12, 1853 The Boston & New York Central Railroad (later B&A, NYC) is formed by the consolidation of the Norfolk County Railroad, the Southbridge & Blackstone and the Midland

December 11, 1957 On the third day of the New York subway strike, the NYCTA started a shuttle train service from Queens Plaza to 34th Street-6th Avenue. City officials met with officials of the 5

December 11, 1845 The Nashville & Chattanooga (later NC&StL, L&N, CSX) is chartered in Tennessee. It will be built to a 5-foot gauge and will be the first railroad to operate in the state of

Nowadays, of course, 12-car trains are routine on the Lon Island Rail Road and Metro-North’s New Haven Line.There is one 12-car rush hour round trip on Metro-North’’s Harlem Line. Milantram

December 10, 1957 During the second day of the New York subway strike, the New York Central Railroad ran a 12-car train from Mt. Vernon on the Harlem Division to Grand Central Station, making it the

December 10, 1795 Matthias Baldwin, developer and manufacturer of steam locomotives is born. December 10, 1850 The Michigan Southern Railroad reaches Coldwater from the east. December 10, 1870 The

December 9, 1956 Philadelphia trolley route 20 from Broad and Olney to the Naval Base via Old York Road and 12th and 13th Streets was re-equipped with 2500-series air-electric PCC cars as it remained

December 9, 1839 The Philadelphia & Reading Railroad (later RDG) begins revenue service between Reading PA and the foot of Belmont Plane. December 9, 1879 The Toledo, Peoria & Western is leased to

December 7, 1952 Chicago PCC routes 49 (Western Avenue) and 63 (63rd Street) were converted to bus operation on weekends and holidays. December 7, 1952 Philadelphia became the first city to ban

December 6, 1903 Indiana Union Traction Company opens its Indianapolis to Kokomo route. December 6, 1917 In the largest explosion to this date (comparable to the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima in