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November 4, 1874 The narrow gauge East Broad Top Railroad & Coal Company opens for revenue service to Robertsdale PA, a new town established by the Rockhill Iron & Coal Company. An excursion tour was held on October 16.

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November 4, 1925 Canadian National Railcar 15820 finishes a transcontinental trip it started three days earlier, averaging 44 mph and topping out at 60 mph

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November 4, 1936 After meeting with representatives of Baldwin Locomotive Works, officials of the Pennsylvania Railroad approve both passenger and freight versions of a 4-4-4-4 duplex locomotive.

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November 4, 1947 The citizens of San Francisco vote 3 to 1 to save the Powell Street cable car line.

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November 4, 1953 The Baltimore & Ohio announces it is all diesel between Jersey City NJ and Cumberland MD.

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November 4, 1963 Trolley service ends in Baltimore.

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November 4, 2021 CN announces it will be purchasing a Wabtec battery-electric locomotive. The unit, purchased with financial support from Pennsylvania’s Department of Environmental Protection, was used as a demonstrator on BNSF earlier in the year.

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Mark Tomlonson

November 1, 1953 Philadelphia shuttle bus routes XF and 83 were put out of misery. Route XF was a rush hour bus route from 30th Street Station to the Civic Center via 34th Street and Curie Avenue but the reroutings of trolley routes 11, 13, 34, and 37 via Spruce and Locust Streets sealed the bus route's fate. Route 83 was a Ferries shuttle bus route from Franklin Square Station of the Locust Street-Camden Line via Delaware Avenue. This bus route was still in operation on March 31, 1952, when the Market Street Ferry closed and the Franklin Square station was made full time. The station was made part time in September, 1952, and closed on this day in 1953.? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? November 1, 1956 Philadelphia's remaining old trolleys on routes 17, 20, 32, and 46 were given a reprieve. PTC still had 125 prewar Mack and ACF-Brill buses which became more expensive to operate than the old trolleys. As a result, PTC temporarily curtailed Phase III of its rail-to-rubber conversion program.? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? November 3,1957 Pittsburgh PCC routes 1 (Spring Garden), 4 (Troy Hill), and 5 (Spring View) were converted to bus operation.? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?Dennis M Linsky

November 1, 1842 The Schenectady & Troy Railroad (later NYC) opens.

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November 1, 1848 A cog rail is installed on the Madison (IN) incline and the use of horses is abandoned. The first rack locomotive, "M.G. Bright" (0-8-0) has one set of cylinders driving the regular wheels and a second set mounted vertically driving the cogwheel.

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November 1, 1855 More than 600 passengers board a special train in St. Louis for a ceremony commemorating the opening of the Pacific Railroad in Jefferson City. When the train crosses the Gasconade River at Gasconade MO (about halfway between the two cities), the bridge collapses after being weakened by high water. Twelve of the 13 cars fall into the river. Sixty persons die and hundreds are injured.

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November 1, 1857 Because of a financial panic, the Michigan Central and Michigan Southern railroads agree to divide their passenger business between Lake Erie and Chicago 50/50 and their freight business 58/42 in favor of the Michigan Central. Both roads agree to give up their steamboats on Lake Erie used for a connection to Buffalo.

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November 1, 1860 The Flint & Holly Railroad (later F&PM, PM, C&O, CSX) begins operations between its namesake Michigan towns.

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November 1, 1869 The New York Central Railroad (1853) and the Hudson River Railroad are consolidated to form the New York Central & Hudson River Railroad Company (NYC&HR) under the control of Cornelius Vanderbilt. The merger plan was kept secret from regular stockholders until the vote was taken.

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November 1, 1872 The New York Central & Hudson River, New York & Harlem and New Haven railroads sign an agreement for the joint use of the first Grand Central Station.

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November 1, 1873 The Canada Southern Railway opens for through traffic.

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November 1, 1875 The Terre Haute & Indianapolis Railroad (later PRR) and the Indianapolis & St. Louis Railroad (later CCC&StL, NYC) begin common operation under an agreement signed on October 4th.

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November 1, 1875 Wagner sleeping cars replace Pullmans on the Michigan Central Railroad. Wagner inaugurates through cars between Boston and Chicago via both the MC and the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern routes. Because of this, the Erie drops its routing over the MC as does the Toledo, Wabash & Western.

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November 1, 1877 The "Golden Spike" is driven on the narrow gauge Waynesburg & Washington Railroad in Pennsylvania.

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November 1, 1878 The Detroit, Grand Haven & Milwaukee comes under control of the Grand Trunk.

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November 1, 1888 The narrow-gauge Mexican National Railway [English translation] opens to Nuevo Laredo.

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November 1, 1890 The Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis (“Big 4”) buys the Cincinnati, Wabash & Michigan Railway, running between Anderson IN and Benton Harbor MI.

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November 1, 1895 The first segment of the Dayton Traction Company opens to Calvary Cemetery.

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November 1, 1903 The Dayton, Covington & Piqua Traction Company (OH) reaches its ultimate length as it enters Piqua, 34 miles from its terminus in Dayton.

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November 1, 1903 "Bucket" station on the Pennsylvania Railroad is re-named "South Altoona".

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November 1, 1905 The Ft. Wayne, Van Wert & Lima Traction Company opens 62 miles, Lima to Ft. Wayne.

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November 1, 1907 The Pennsylvania Railroad establishes its own Police Department.

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November 1, 1909 "Golden" spike ceremony on the Western Pacific. As no company officials are present, the local track foreman drives the last spike; the track crew shouts "Hooray!" and two women walking by with their children kiss each other.

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November 1, 1910 The Wisconsin Rapids Street Railroad begins streetcar service in Wisconsin Rapids WI.

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November 1, 1918 New York City's worst train accident, the Malbone Street Wreck: A five-car subway train, being operated by a supervisor during a strike, enters a curve at five times the safe speed. The train leaves the track and strikes a concrete abutment. Ninety-seven are killed and 100 injured (Some sources say 225).

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November 1, 1926 The Pennsylvania Railroad begins operating a "livestock and meats demonstration train" for Ohio State University. It will tour on PRR tracks in Ohio for two weeks.

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November 1, 1927 Great Northern, Northern Pacific and the Soo Line pool their passenger services between Minneapolis/St. Paul and Duluth/Superior.

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November 1, 1928 The Grand Trunk Western consolidates 10 subsidiary lines operating in Michigan, Illinois and Indiana to form a single system.

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November 1, 1928 The electrification of Pennsylvania Railroad's main lines between New York/Wilmington and Philadelphia/Columbia is announced. It is hoped that electric freight will handle perishable traffic quicker than steam. Electrification south of Washington DC will need to wait on abeyance of certain ordinances in Baltimore.

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November 1, 1932 A bitter and contentious strike ends streetcar service in Kalamazoo MI at 4:00 pm.

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November 1, 1936 This month’s issue of “Railroad Stories” magazine reports that the Chicago South Shore & South Bend has donated a car to the Michiana Model Engineers Guild. The car has been placed at the corner of Sycamore St. and LaSalle Avenue in South Bend for use as a clubhouse.

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November 1, 1937 An agreement between the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen and the Association of American Railroads takes effect today mandating spring cushion seats with armrests for head-end brakemen. The seats may be in the cab or on the tender deck, the location being optional with the railroad. The rule applies to all new locomotives, and within five years the seats must be in all locomotives.

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November 1, 1952 The Pacific Great Eastern Railway extends its main line from Quesnel BC to a connection with the Canadian National in Prince George.

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November 1, 1952 The Pennsylvania Railroad terminates its design contract with Raymond Loewy.

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November 1, 1956 The first transcontinental Trailer-On-Flat-Car rates go into effect.

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November 1, 1957 U.S. Class I Railroads report they roster 27,108 diesel and 2,697 steam locomotives. An additional 721 steam locomotives are in storage.

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November 1, 1957 New York Central President Alfred E. Perlman and Pennsylvania Railroad President J.M. Symes announce they are discussing a merger of their two railroads.

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November 1, 1960 The Chicago & North Western acquires the Minneapolis & St. Louis.

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November 1, 1967 Canadian National receives five sets of Turbotrains for testing.

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November 1, 1978 The Grand Trunk ends carferry service on the great lakes.

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November 1, 1980 CSX Corporation is created from the Chessie System and Seaboard Coast Line Industries, Inc. (Family Lines).

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November 1, 2004 Streetcars begin official operations between Little Rock and North Little Rock AR.

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November 1, 2010 Train robbers in Victorville CA break into a refrigerated railroad car and steal as much of the contents they can carry. The cargo: frozen pig's feet. Value of the stolen goods: roughly $200.

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November 2, 1836 Horse-drawn trains begin operating on the Erie & Kalamazoo (later MS, LS&MS, NYC, PC, CR).

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November 2, 1863 Theodore Judah, Chief Engineer of the Central Pacific Railroad, dies in New York.

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November 2, 1870 The Boston & Albany merges with the Albany & West Stockbridge Railroad.

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November 2, 1873 The Pennsylvania Railroad begins through sleeping car service between Washington and Chicago as well as Washington and St. Louis via Baltimore. It also inaugurates through summer-only sleepers between Washington and Buffalo via Canandaigua and the New York Central.

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November 2, 1902 The "Golden State Limited", a joint venture by Rock Island and Southern Pacific, begins service between Chicago and Los Angeles.

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November 2, 1930 Outbound steam trains begin using 30th Street Station in Philadelphia.

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November 2, 1931 The New York Central pays its last dividend until after the Depression.

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November 2, 1949 Washington DC's DuPont Subway opens to north-bound cars.

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November 2, 1966 The Interstate Commerce Commission nixes a container unit train proposed by the Pennsylvania Railroad. Other rails have protested the train, saying it is unfair to them because they aren't ready to provide similar service.

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November 2, 1969 Last run of the Kansas City Southern's Kansas City to New Orleans "Southern Belle".

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November 2, 2008 A Swedish Conductor closes the toilets on a train running between Borlange and Gavle. The toilets run on air taken from the brake system, and the conductor was afraid the large number of people riding would mean enough flushes to affect the braking system.

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November 2, 2009 Warren Buffet announces that his corporation, Berkshire Hathaway, will purchase a 100 per cent stake in BNSF Railway.

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November 3, 1842 First recorded instance of a meal being served on board a moving train. The Directors of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad are served a catered cold lunch on an inaugural inspection trip between Hancock and Cumberland MD.

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November 3, 1848 First railroad on the South American continent opens, in Guyana.

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November 3, 1873 Continental Improvement Company completes the Grand Rapids & Indiana Railroad from Fife Lake to Little Traverse Bay (Petoskey). The line north of Walton Junction will not be operated during winter.

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November 3, 1893 The Liberty Bell, loaded on a flatcar and on its way home to Philadelphia from the Chicago Columbian exhibition, stalls on a steep grade on streetcar tracks in Philadelphia. Bystanders fill the two streetcars being used to push the flat and enough ballast is obtained for the cars to make the grade.

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November 3, 1897 The Lake Shore & Michigan Southern outfits its premier passenger train, the “Lake Shore Limited” with new equipment. Included in the amenities: electric lighting, powered by a steam-driven generator in the buffet car.

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November 3, 1909 The Lethbridge Viaduct, one of the largest railway structures in Canada, opens on the Canadian Pacific near Lethbridge AB.

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November 3, 1963 The last streetcar operates on the streets of Baltimore.

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November 3, 1969 The Kansas City Southern’s “Southern Belle” makes its last run.

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November 3, 2003 The New York City subway retires the last of its 40-year-old "Redbird" cars.

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November 3, 2008 CN announces it is buying some of the rail and ferry operations of Quebec Railway Corporation. Included in the buy: Chemin de fer de la Matapedia et du Golfe, New Brunswick East Coast Railway, Ottawa Central Railway and the rail ferry firm Compagnie de gestiion de Matane Inc.

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November 3, 2011 The State of Florida buys a 61-mile line from CSX for its SunRail service. The line will connect DeLand, Orlando and Poinciana.

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Mark Tomlonson

October 31, 1955 Philadelphia's Market Street Subway was extended west from the 23rd Street portal to a new portal west of 44th Street to connect with the El between 45th and 46th Streets with the first El station stop at 46th. Because of an activity change in West Philadelphia, new subway stations at 30th and 34th Streets, the only ones with island platforms, replaced the 32nd and 36th Streets El stations. The 40th Street El station was relocated underground.? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? October 31, 1956 Brooklyn PCC cars 1045 and 1074 were the last on McDonald Avenue with car 1074 the last to return to the 9th Avenue depot. Car 1039 was the last on Church Avenue. Also, trolleybus route B-23 on Cortelyou Road was converted to bus operation.? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Dennis M Linsky

October 31, 1843 The Vermont Central is re-created to build a line across the center of Vermont.

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October 31, 1854 The first train arrives in Fort Wayne, IN from the east on the Ohio & Indiana Railroad (later PRR), completing the line from Crestline, OH.

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October 31, 1859 The Louisville & Nashville Railroad opens between Louisville and Nashville, completing a through line of uniform gauge between the Ohio River at Louisville and the Atlantic at Charleston, SC. It is the only rail line between the Southern seaboard and the Ohio River prior to the Civil War.

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October 31, 1864 A train carrying just over 500 passengers, most of them Union troops, runs head-on into a stock train near Indianapolis on the Lafayette & Indianapolis (later CCC&StL, NYC). Eighteen troops are killed (some sources say 22).

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October 31, 1880 The Grant Locomotive Works deliver a new locomotive to the Pittsburgh, Ft. Wayne & Chicago (later PRR). The locomotive, designed by Eugene Fontaine, has regular drivers atop four smaller wheels that transmit traction to the rails. The locomotive is supposedly capable of 90 mph.

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October 31, 1903 The New York Central & Hudson River Railroad votes to electrify between Croton-on-Hudson on the Hudson Division and North White Plains on the Harlem Division. The system used will be a 660-volt DC on an under-running third rail. Later this fall they will sign a contract with General Electric for the locomotives.

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October 31, 1903 On the Big Four in Indianapolis, a switcher moving coal cars is on the main line during time reserved for a passenger train. The two trains collide, killing16 Purdue University students.

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October 31, 1909 Pullman acquires the assets of its major competitors: Mann's Boudoir Car Co., the Union Palace Car Co. and the Woodruff Sleeping Car Co.

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October 31, 1913 The Lincoln Highway is dedicated, the first automobile highway across the United States.

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October 31, 1913 The unionized workers of the Indianapolis Traction & Terminal Company go on strike.

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October 31, 1920 The Pennsylvania Railroad turns over the sale of parlor and sleeping car tickets at Penn Station to the Pullman Company. This comes in reaction to the discovery and firing of 7 PRR agents for demanding bribes for tickets.

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October 31, 1922 Streetcars call it quits in Crawfordsville and New Castle IN.

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October 31, 1935 Washington IN loses streetcar service.

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October 31, 1939 The Public Service Company of Indiana abandons its interurban line between Seymour IN and Louisville KY.

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October 31, 1942 French engineer Leon Bronchart refuses to drive a train of prisoners. He is the only engineer in France known to have done so.

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October 31, 1955 In an episode of "I Love Lucy" airing tonight, much of the action takes place aboard a Union Pacific passenger train. Union Pacific supervised construction of a passenger car set, exact in every detail except for the brake handle which is altered for dramatic effect. Some establishing shots were taken with UP's cooperation at Los Angeles Union Passenger Terminal and at East Los Angeles aboard actual UP passenger cars.

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October 31, 1956 Brooklyn NY ends streetcar service.

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October 31, 1957 The Canadian National Railway receives permission to operate the former New York Central Lines in the vicinity of Ottawa ON. Some of the lines will be re-laid.

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October 31, 1965 “Rapido” passenger service begins on the Canadian National.

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October 31, 1976 Canadian National and Canadian Pacific issue the first joint VIA Rail timetable.

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October 31, 1978 The last train departs St. Louis Union Terminal.

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October 31, 1982 The United Aircraft Turbo Trains [Amtrak, CN, VIA] are removed from service by VIA. They will go next to Naporano Iron & Metal in New Jersey where they will be scrapped.

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October 31, 1983 Amtrak launches a Tri-weekly “Auto-Train” between Lorton VA and Sanford FL.

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October 31, 1987 Montana Rail Link begins operations on 907 miles of former Burlington Northern (nee Northern Pacific) trackage.

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October 31, 2011 CSX today announces the release of an iPhone application that will allow its customers to track shipments and select car types for future shipments.

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October 31, 2017 Amtrak begins daily service to Roanoke VA. Northeast Regional trains will serve a newly built station in the downtown area.

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October 31, 2021 The Long Island Railroad runs a test train to check its new access to Grand Central Terminal, part of its East Access project.

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Mark Tomlonson

October 30, 1837 Russia's first railway opens between St Petersburg and Tsarskoye Selo (27 km/17 miles).

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October 30, 1850 The Michigan Central Railroad opens from New Buffalo to Michigan City IN using the charter rights of the New Albany & Salem Railroad (later CIL, L&N, CSX) within Indiana.

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October 30, 1868 The ceremonial first shovel of dirt is turned for the Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe in Topeka KS.

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October 30, 1888 Electric streetcars begin service in Lafayette IN.

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October 30, 1902 The Winona & Warsaw Railway (IN) is incorporated.

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October 30, 1905 The Chicago-New York Electric Air Line is incorporated. Plans were to build an interurban line between the to cities with little or no curvature in the tracks. Only a short segment near LaPorte IN will be built.

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October 30, 1921 A mixed train between Muncie and Converse IN on the Pennsylvania Railroad replaces the previous passenger service.

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October 30, 1931 Secretarial service is dropped from Pennsylvania Railroad Blue-Ribbon passenger trains running between New York and Chicago and New York and St. Louis.

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October 30, 1937 The International Railway Company operates the last interurban to Lockport, ending interurban service on the Niagara Frontier.

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October 30, 1937 The last streetcar runs in Lancaster OH.

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October 30, 1939 The New York World's Fair closes for the year. The Pennsylvania and Long Island Railroad have hauled one out of every four visitors.

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October 30, 1955 The Milwaukee Road takes over operation of the Chicago & North Western’s share of the “Cities Streamliners.

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October 30, 1956 Baldwin-Lima-Hamilton ships its last common-carrier-sized locomotive from its Eddystone PA factory. The S12 switcher, used around the Eddystone Plant since it was built in 1955, will go to Erie Mining as their #403.

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October 30, 1960 The "Commodore Vanderbilt" name disappears from New York Central passenger timetables.

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October 30, 1960 Portland ME Union Station closes.

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October 30, 1963 The New York Times runs an editorial on the demolition of Penn Station, calling it "a monumental act of vandalism."

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October 30, 1967 The Mackinac Transportation Company lays up the "Chief Wawatam", substituting the barge "Manistee" and the tug "Muskegon”.

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October 30, 1970 President Richard Nixon signs the enabling legislation for Amtrak.

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October 30, 1972 In the worst railway accident in Chicago history, two commuter trains collide in early morning dense fog, killing 45 and injuring 332. The engineer of an Illinois Central Gulf train overshot the 27th Street Station. As he backed to the station, the rear of the train was not properly flagged. The train had cleared an automatic block signal, and was struck by an express commuter train. After this accident all Chicago commuter trains are painted with bright stripes at the ends of the trains.

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October 30, 1983 New Jersey Transit officially retires its remaining GG-1's, after a day of fantrips yesterday. No GG-1 has run under its own power since.

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October 30, 1983 Amtrak begins Auto-Train service using much of the same route and equipment as the now-defunct Auto-Train Corporation.

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October 30, 1990 The Lenawee County Railroad ceases operation on the former Lake Shore & Michigan Southern branch between Morenci and Grosvenor MI.

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October 30, 2004 Amtrak drops smoking cars on all trains except the Auto-Train. At the end, only the Crescent, Silver Star and Silver Meteor carry smoking cars.

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October 30, 2008 Regional railroads Dakota, Minnesota & Eastern (mostly ex-C&NW) and Iowa, Chicago & Eastern (mostly ex-MILW) are placed under the control of Canadian Pacific.

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October 30, 2013 The world’s deepest railway tunnel (190 feet/58 metres) opens, connecting the eastern and western parts of Istanbul.? Also the first tunnel to connect two continents (Asia and Europe), the project was first proposed in the 1860’s. “Marmaray” tunnel is 8.5 miles long.

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October 30, 2013 Police in San Diego shut down a tunnel to Tijuana used by drug smugglers. The tunnel used an electric railway to transport its illegal cargo.

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October 30, 2014 A contractor using a large drill to expand a well in Long Island City drills too far into the ground and scrapes the side and roof of an occupied “F” train. The contractor was working on the East Side Access Project, designed to bring Long Island trains into Grand Central Terminal.

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Mark Tomlonson

October 29, 1957 San Diego's last PCC car, air-electric 528, was purchased from the San Diego Mill Supply Company to the local Parks Department and placed on static display at Delmar Park next to a retired Southern Pacific steam locomotive. With another PCC car, 508, destined for the Orange Empire Traction Museum, the remaining 6 cars were still at San Diego Mill Supply Company before they were cut up in 1958.? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? October 29, 1961 Washington's remaining PCC cars were given a reprieve due to a strike against General Motors which delayed deliveries of new buses to replace the cars on the capital's last 4 routes.? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Dennis M Linsky

October 29, 1830 News of the opening of the Liverpool & Manchester Railway six weeks earlier reaches Philadelphia.

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October 29, 1889 Illinois Central completes the 4-mile river bridge at Cairo IL.

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October 29, 1938 The interurban Cincinnati & Lake Erie's Columbus Division, running from Dayton to Columbus via Springfield is abandoned.

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October 29, 1948 "Tales Of The Red Caboose" a 15-minute show sponsored by and featuring Lionel trains, premieres on ABC-TV.

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October 29, 1955 Union Pacific shifts its eastern connection from the Chicago & North Western to the Milwaukee Road.

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October 29, 1964 Candidate Barry Goldwater uses Pennsylvania Railroad business car #180 for a whistle stop trip between Harrisburg and Pittsburg.

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October 29, 1966 Chesapeake & Ohio passenger service between Grand Rapids and Traverse City MI ends.

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October 29, 1967 As part of the Northeast Corridor Project, the Pennsylvania cards GG-1 powered trains between New York and Washington DC at 100 mph. The Metroliners remain sidelined with electrical and mechanical problems.

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October 29, 1972 With the arrival of the westbound "James Whitcomb Riley", Amtrak begins using Cincinnati's River Road station, it’s first newly-built station.

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October 29, 1978 VIA Rail takes over all passenger service on the Canadian Pacific.

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October 29, 1983 The iconic Pennsylvania Railroad electric locomotive, the GG-1, operates for what is almost certainly the last time. It is used to pull an excursion train.

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October 29, 2004 Last scheduled run of 1962-vintage former New York Central ACMU cars on Metro-North.

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October 29, 2005 The Saginaw Bay Southern of Tawas MI, affiliated with Lake State Railway, buys 8 miles of former CSX trackage in Michigan's "thumb".

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October 29, 2010 Central Railroad of New Jersey 0-6-0 No. 113 is returned to steam. The anthracite-burning locomotive is one of only two surviving CNJ steamers.

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October 29, 2019 The MTA station at New Rochelle NY is shut down while police investigate a suspicious package. The package contained equipment for the MTA’s new system for reporting suspicious packages.

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Mark Tomlonson

October 28, 1951 Chicago trolley route 56 (Milwaukee Avenue) was converted to bus operation on weekends and holidays.? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? October 28, 1956 Kansas City's first PCC line, route 50 (Troost Avenue), was converted to bus operation and extended from 63rd Street to 82nd.? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? October 28, 1956 Milwaukee's next to last trolley line, route 11 (Howell), was converted to bus operation.? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? October 28, 1956 Philadelphia's next to last double-end trolley line, route 79 (Snyder Avenue), was converted to bus operation, leaving route,46 (58th and 60th Streets) as the city's only remaining double-end trolley line. On June 18, 1961, route 79 was reconverted to trolleybus operation.? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Dennis M Linsky

October 28, 1848 The first railroad in Spain opens between Barcelona and Mataro.

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October 28, 1892 A disastrous fire destroys many Chicago & North Western facilities in Milwaukee. At least 180 freight cars are destroyed.

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October 28, 1906 A three-car West Jersey & Seashore electric train falls into a river just west of Atlantic City. Fifty-seven are killed. The coroner's jury finds that rails on a drawbridge were not properly locked resulting in a vertical misalignment of the rails. A public relations consultant, Mr. Ivy Lee, who had just been hired by WJ&S’s parent company, the Pennsylvania Railroad, suggests the railroad release its own version of the story. This release is the first press release ever written.

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October 28, 1909 The Chicago & West Pullman Railway and the Calumet & Southeastern Railroad merge to form the Chicago & West Pullman Railroad. The line is affiliated with the International Harvester company.

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October 28, 1912 In response to the disastrous wreck at Kingsland, IN in September 1910, the Indiana Railroad Commission issues an order for the installation of block signals on Indiana interurban lines. Ten lines and 276 miles of track are affected by the order, which is to be fulfilled by July 1, 1913.

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October 28, 1931 The Pennsylvania and Grand Trunk railroads agree to share their Milwaukee and Muskegon terminals. This is to serve the Great Lakes carferries run by the Grand Trunk-Pennsylvania Transportation Company formed today. Actual operation of the carferries is delayed due to the Depression.

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October 28, 1932 The Kalamazoo Transportation Company tells the Kalamazoo Gazette that rumors that streetcar service is about to end “are unfounded”. Service will end 4 days later.

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October 28, 1953 Train Telephone service begins on the “20th Century Limited" between Buffalo and Chicago.

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October 28, 1956 After a 2-year study, the New York Central introduces its "Travel Tailored Schedule Plan", an attempt to rationalize local and medium distance passenger service. The plan features short, fast trains with no head-end cars and few sleepers. Intermediate stops at smaller stations are curtailed.

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October 28, 1959 The Canadian National line between St. Felicien and Chibougamau QC opens.

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October 28, 1962 The Grand Trunk reduces the time for its Chicago-Montreal "International" by one hour and 45 minutes. Chicago-Detroit time is cut by 45 minutes.

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October 28, 1963 At 9:00 am demolition begins at Penn Station in New York.

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October 28, 1979 Amtrak adds Superliners to the “Empire Builder”.

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October 28, 1983 Last revenue run of a GG-1, pulling New Jersey Transit train 3323.

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October 28, 1994 Norfolk Southern announces it is ending its 28-year-old steam excursion program.

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October 28, 2008 Cliffs Erie Mining Company runs its A-B-B-B-A F9's for the last time. The units were delivered in 1956 and never left the property.

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October 28, 2010 Amtrak announces an order with Siemens for 70 electric passenger locomotives. The ACS-64 motors will have a top speed of 125 mph and will be built at three U.S. plants.

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October 28, 2011 For the first time in 25 years, trains carry personnel to and from Fort Lee VA.

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Mark Tomlonson

October 25, 1949 The new stainless steel R-11 subway cars, of which only 10 were purchased, went into service on the BMT Broadway-Brighton express and the Times Square 11:05 PM express received a wolf whistle. These cars were numbered 8010-19 and had a super braking system. They were transferred to the IND a month later but returned to the BMT in 1954. These cars were retired to dead storage at Coney Island in 1957 but car 8010 was rebuilt in 1958 to work with the R-16 cars. The other 9 cars were rebuilt in 1965 and were reclassified as R-34 cars. Only car 8013 survived.? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? October 26, 1958 The City of Philadelphia, the PTC, and the Pennsylvania and Reading Railroads started Operation Northwest on the Chestnut Hill branches with discount transfer tickets sold between the railroads and all bus routes in the Germantown-Mt.Airy-Chestnut Hill vicinity and also trolley route 53 for only limited distances. On route 53, train tickets were good only between the Tulpehocken station and the Carpenter Lane terminal, about one mile. The PTC also announced plans to sell off the ex-St. Louis PCC cars but the only likely buyer would be a junk dealer.? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Dennis M Linsky

October 25, 1848 The Galena & Chicago Union Railroad (later C&NW) runs the first steam locomotive out of Chicago. Named "Pioneer" it had worked for the Michigan Central as the "Alert", constructing the line west of Kalamazoo. The locomotive has been preserved.

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October 25, 1854 The broad gauge (5'6") Carillon & Greenville Railway opens near Hawkesbury ON as a portage railway around Hawkesbury Rapids. On this date in 1910 it will close, having become the last broad gauge railroad in North America. From 1914 to 1988 the route will be used by Canadian National.

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October 25, 1873 The first train operates from Auburn Jct. to Butler IN on the Detroit, Eel River & Illinois Railroad. (later ERRR, L&T, TH&I, Vandalia, PCC&StL, PRR, PC, CR)

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October 25, 1923 The Pennsylvania Railroad's first Class M1 4-8-2 locomotive is completed at Juniata. Designed for dual service, they will be used mostly for freights.

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October 25, 1882 The Seney Syndicate sells the Nickel Plate to William H. Vanderbilt for $7.2 million [2024: $223 million]. Vanderbilt also controls the New York Central System.

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October 25, 1926 The Detroit, Toledo & Ironton begins using Pullman-built gas-electric cars between Delray and Bainbrdge OH. The new equipment cuts travel time from 11 to 9 ? hours.

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October 25, 1958 New York Central passenger service between Bay City and Midland MI comes to an end.

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October 25, 1959 The New York Central adds Budd Slumbercoaches (which it names "Sleepercoaches") to the "20th Century Limited". Coaches are removed, returning the "Century" to all-sleeping car status.

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October 25, 1964 Observation lounge cars with a Master Room are restored to the "Broadway Limited".

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October 25, 1969 The last loads of livestock are unloaded at Durand MI.

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October 25, 1978 The ex-Delaware & Hudson PA's leave the U.S. for Mexico.

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October 26, 1868 The Flint & Pere Marquette Railroad (later PM,C&O, CSX) opens between Midland and Averill MI.

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October 26, 1871 The first passenger train reaches Colorado City CO.

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October 26, 1874 The Grand Trunk Railway is converted from 5’ 6” (1676 mm) gauge to Standard Gauge east of Montreal.

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October 26, 1890 The Malleco Viaduct in Chile is opened in ceremonies led by President Jose Balmaceda. With the rails 102 meters (335 feet) above the bottom of the gorge, it is the highest railway bridge in the world at the time of its opening.

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October 26, 1891 The New York Central inaugurates the westbound “Empire State Express”, carded at 504 minutes for the 440 miles between New York and Buffalo. Crowds gather at every town along the way to see the new train. Riding in the cab: Charles Hogan, engineer on 999’s record breaking 100+ mph run.

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October 26, 1905 The New York Central & Hudson River Railroad places an order for 25,000 freight cars. This breaks the record set last week by the Pennsylvania Railroad's order of 21,000 cars.

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October 26, 1933 The Pullman Railplane, an experimental self-powered car, is tested on the Detroit, Toledo & Ironton. The straight track on the DT&I allows the Railplane to reach its top speed of 90 mph. (145 km/h)

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October 26, 1951 Quebec Light & Power Company sells its 26 mile (42 km) Montmorency Division, running between Quebec City and Joachim to the Canadian National Railway.

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October 26, 1958 The Chicago & North Western places Pullman bi-level cars on the “Peninsula 400” and “Green Bay 400”.

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October 26, 1959 With the exception of a single "Talgo" trainset, only Budd RDC's will run out of Boston's North Station for the next 20 years.

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October 26, 1968 Penn Central leaves LaSalle Street Station in Chicago. All of its trains move to Union Station with the exception of trains on the former "Big Four" line, which continue to use Central Station. Mail and Express remain at LaSalle Street.

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October 26, 1969 Great Northern issues its last Employee Timetable.

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October 26, 1977 Steam operations end in Germany, as locomotive 043 903 pulls steam’s last regularly scheduled mainline train.

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October 26, 1986 President Reagan signs the bill authorizing the sale of Conrail stock to the public.

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October 26, 1992 California's Metrolink begins operations with 11 stations and 112 miles of track.

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October 26, 1995 The Montreal / Deux-Montagnes Commuter Train Line is modernized and reopened after being closed for three consecutive summers.

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October 27, 1854 Near present day Jeanette’s creek in Chatham-Kent ON on the Great Western Railway (later GT, CN), a gravel train that had falsely been given clearance collides head-on with a passenger train running at least 4 hours late.? The wreck kills 52 people and leaves as many as 60 injured. It is Canada’s first major train wreck and the worst train wreck in North America at that time.

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October 27, 1856 First train between Montreal and Toronto over what will become the Canadian National "Kingston" subdivision.

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October 27, 1859 The first train runs between Louisville and Nashville on the L&N.

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October 27, 1870 The Denver & Rio Grande Railway Company is incorporated.

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October 27, 1872 Combined boat-rail service ends on the Camden & Amboy between New York and Philadelphia.

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October 27, 1904 The first New York subway system opens on the East Side on Park Avenue South from City Hall to Grand Central and on the West Side on Broadway from Grand Central to 137th Street. Three hundred fifty thousand people ride on the 9.5-mile route. It is the first subway to run both underground and underwater.

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October 27, 1904 Informal tests are held at Schenectady of the new General Electric Locomotives bound for Grand Central Terminal.

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October 27, 1907 The first revenue train enters the unfinished Washington DC Union Station.

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October 27, 1912 The lower level of Grand Central Terminal opens.

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October 27, 1930 Electro-Motive Corporation's demonstrator number 463 runs from Philadelphia to Steelton with 10 cars. This is the first EMC diesel to run on the Pennsylvania Railroad.

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October 27, 1932 Two weeks after going on strike, streetcar conductors and motormen in Jackson, Kalamazoo, and Lansing MI ask for their jobs back. They offer to return at their previous wage but the company turns them down.

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October 27, 1956 The New York Central removes its Aerotrain from service.

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October 27, 1957 The "Aerotrains" make their last runs in mainline service on the Union Pacific. UP felt the trains were too small and had inadequate food service.

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October 27, 1957 The New York Central places its "Train X" set in commuter service between Chicago and Elkhart.

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October 27, 1964 All Baltimore & Ohio passenger trains are now terminating at Fort Street Union Depot in Detroit, save for a single RDC still at Michigan Central Station for contract reasons.

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October 27, 2014 The first train (“Pere Marquette”) departs from Amtrak’s new Grand Rapids MI station, named after former Congressman Vern Ehlers.

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October 27, 2016 The former New York Central “Tower 2” in Kalamazoo MI (later designated “BO”), used subsequently by Penn Central, Amtrak, Conrail, and Norfolk Southern, closes.

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Mark Tomlonson

October 24, 1971 SEPTA's Red Arrow division closed the Llanerch car house, which was isolated from the system after the Ardmore trolley line was converted to bus operation. on December 29, 1966. All trolleys were relocated to,the 69th Street shops of the Market-Frankford line in Upper Darby, which were owned by the City division. Llanerch car house was demolished in 1973 and was replaced by a Target discount department store.? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Dennis M Linsky?

October 24, 1853 The Cleveland & Toledo RR (later LS&MS) is completed, Cleveland to Sandusky OH. Also today, the Junction Railroad (later LS&MS) opens between Ohio City and Toledo OH.

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October 24, 1859 The New Albany & Salem is reorganized as the Louisville, New Albany & Chicago Railroad (later CIL, L&N).

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October 24, 1871 Toledo, Peoria & Western Railroad opens a branch between La Harpe and Lomax on the Chicago Burlington & Quincy.

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October 24, 1877 The first trials of rioting strikers in Pittsburgh gets underway.

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October 24, 1910 The Pennsylvania Railroad takes delivery of its first P54 suburban coach. The all-steel cars are assigned to local service out of Penn Station.

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October 24, 1918 The secretary to the Mayor of Boston boards the 20^th Century Limited with enough flu vaccine to inoculate 17,000 San Franciscans. It is hoped that the vaccine will halt the spread of the “Spanish” flu pandemic. The vaccine will prove to be useless.

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October 24, 1956 The world's first PCC car, Brooklyn 1001, is given to the Shore Line Trolley Museum, its present home.

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October 24, 1959 Pullman service ends on the Bangor & Aroostook.

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October 24, 1959 Last run of the Canadian Pacific/Boston & Maine "Red Wing".

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October 24, 1959 Last in-service run of Norfolk & Western 611, class J 4-8-4 Northern. The last run is an excursion, a precursor to the locomotive’s extensive fan trip career.

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October 24, 1995 The sale of the former Kalamazoo, Lake Shore & Chicago trackage between Hartford and Paw Paw to Pioneer Railcorp is finalized. Pioneer will operate the line as "West Michigan Railroad Company".

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October 24, 1996 Wisconsin Central buys the ex-Chicago & North Western lines in the U.P. from UP.

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Mark Tomlonson

October 23, 1962 Los Angeles Metropolitan Transportation Authority announce plans to replace all PCC cars and trolleybuses with buses on March 31, 1963. There were 5 PCC car routes and 2 trolleybus routes still in service.? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Dennis?M Linsky

October 23, 1874 The Monterey & Salinas Valley Railroad, the first narrow-gauge line in California, begins operations.

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October 23, 1882 The New York, Chicago & St. Louis ("The Nickel Plate Road") officially begins operations.

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October 23, 1894 The “Big Four”? (CCC&StL) shops in Wabash IN are destroyed by fire. Six locomotives are destroyed when the roof of the 15-stall roundhouse collapses. Thanks to a $55,000 ($2.08 million in 2024) grant from the City of Wabash, the shops will be rebuilt.

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October 23, 1906 The Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen present a demand for an 8-hour day for switchmen working in the Chicago Switching District.

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October 23, 1928 The Pennsylvania Railroad forms the "Keystone Container Car Company" to operate its new LCL container service. The new company will compete with the New York Central's "L.C.L. Corporation". The first service by the Keystone Company will be one week from today between Philadelphia and New York.

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October 23, 1929 The Pennsylvania Railroad announces it has placed an order for 100 additional Class M1 4-8-2's for fast freight service. Fifty of the locomotives will come from Baldwin, 25 from Lima and 25 from Juniata.

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October 23, 1929 The first transcontinental air service, New York to Los Angles, begins.

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October 23, 1956 The New Haven begins testing its version of "Train X": a bi-directional set with Baldwin-Maybach diesel hydraulic locomotives at each end.

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October 23, 1959 Grand Trunk Western 4-8-4 6325 is donated to the City of Battle Creek and placed on display in a city park.

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October 23, 1979 Amtrak opens a station in Dearborn MI.

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October 23, 1996 Norfolk Southern offers a counter to CSX's bid for Conrail of eight days previous, triggering a bidding war.

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October 23, 2004 A Japanese "Bullet" train derails for the first time since the service was inaugurated in 1964. The train was traveling at 135 mph when an earthquake caused the derailment. There were no injuries.

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October 23, 2021 Central States Steam Preservation 2-10-2 #6988 makes its last runs before being put in storage. The locomotive’s 15-year FRA inspection is due and its owner does not have the funds to make the inspection. Sister locomotive #7081 was placed in storage earlier. Both locomotives were built in China.

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Mark Tomlonson

October 22, 1866 The Baltimore & Ohio Railroad begins the "B&O Lightning Express", a fast freight line for westbound oysters and dry goods.

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October 22, 1872 The Great Epizootic strikes New York and Boston. In Boston, men will be hired to pull the horsecars to try keeping some semblance of urban transportation in place. This experiment to replace the ailing horses is not a success.

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October 22, 1895 An express train overruns the buffer at Gare Montparnasse, Paris. It crosses over 30 meters of concourse before smashing through the station wall and falling to the street below. A photograph of this accident will be a popular poster in the late Twentieth and early Twenty-first centuries.

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October 22, 1906 William Mackenzie and Donald Mann file plans with the Government of Canada to build their Canadian Northern Railway's mainline from Edmonton through the Yellowhead Pass to the Pacific coast. The greater portion of the line remains in service as Canadian National's mainline.

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October 22, 1919 The Pennsylvania Railroad agrees to present medals to all employees who have served in the armed forces during World War I.

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October 22, 1925 Central of New Jersey 1000 becomes the first commercially successful Diesel-Electric locomotive as it enters service at the Bronx Terminal Yard.

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October 22, 1926 The Great Northern takes delivery of its first diesel locomotive, an Alco B6-2 boxcab.

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October 22, 1929 The Grand Trunk carferry "Milwaukee" is lost in a violent storm in Lake Michigan. Waves smash the seagate, which allows water to enter the lower decks through grates covering the coal chutes on the car deck. None of the 42 people aboard survive. The hull will be located in 1972.

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October 22, 1930 The Pennsylvania Railroad abandons the Missaukee Branch between Merritt and Michelson MI (15 miles)

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October 22, 1934 Union Pacific's 900 hp M-10001 sets the current (2024) coast-to-coast speed record for an American passenger train: 57 hours from Oakland Pier to Grand Central Terminal.

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October 22, 1949 The Danzig-Warsaw express derails in Poland. More than 200 people are killed.

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October 22, 1962 Western Pacific opens its new alignment along the Feather River, necessitated by the damming of the river. Included in the new route is a spectacular concrete arch bridge over the river's North Fork.

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October 22, 1968 Candidate Richard Nixon leaves Cincinnati aboard his "Nixon Victory Special" bound for Columbus. Although the train is traveling over Penn Central, Nixon's staff have found PC's business cars too decrepit and are using cars owned by the Chesapeake & Ohio instead.

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October 22, 2004 Canadian National Railway announces it is opening shipping offices in Shanghai and Beijing.

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October 22, 2017 A man enters the cab of an Amtrak train rolling through Nebraska. No harm is done, but cell phone records and other evidence will lead to the FBI charging him as a domestic terrorist in January 2018.

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October 22, 2019 The city of Eau Claire WI sells Soo Line 4-6-2 2719 and its tender to Lake Superior Railroad Museum in Duluth MN for $8. The locomotive was displayed in an Eau Claire city park from 1959-1996. Eau Claire had hoped to display the engine again, but could not afford the $100,000 + it would take to move the locomotive back to Eau Claire from the museum.

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October 22, 2021 Amtrak breaks ground on a $150 million remodeling project at Baltimore’s Penn Station. The station, built in 1911 and last remodeled in 1984, sees over 3 million Amtrak and MARC passengers each day.

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Mark Tomlonson

October 21, 1869 First shipment of fresh oysters by rail.

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October 21, 1890 Streetcars run in Chicago IL for the first time.

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October 21, 1905 First railway on Cyprus, a 67-mile, 30-inch gauge line.

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October 21, 1906 Cable cars come to an end in Chicago IL.

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October 21, 1918 First train on the Montreal - Deux-Montagnes line.

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October 21, 1921 The Pennsylvania Railroad institutes $1 special combination plates [$18.23 in 2024] for lunch and dinner in its dining cars. This is a large savings over ordering a la carte.

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October 21, 1949 Detroit's Woodward Avenue PCC cars discontinue running to the boat piers at the foot of 3rd Street. They now loop at the Detroit River.

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October 21, 1950 The Monongahela Railroad ends passenger service.

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October 21, 1984 Railroad carferry service between Michigan's two peninsulas ends.

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October 21, 2010 The Adrian & Blissfield [MI] finalizes the lease of an ex-Michigan Central Branch between Lansing and Jackson. It will be operated by an A&B subsidiary "Jackson & Lansing Railroad Company", reporting marks JAIL.

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Mark Tomlonson

October 18, 1942 Philadelphia trolley route 50 (Rising Sun Avenue-4th and 5th Streets) became PTC/SEPTA's 6th all-PCC route using new 2600-series cars.? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? October 18, 1949 On the day I was born, PTC raised its fares to 13 cents cash and began transfer restrictions on bus route C which operated parallel to the Broad Street Subway. The route C bus transfers were good only from Cheltenham and Ogontz to Broad and Olney, Naval Base to Broad and Snyder, and 10th and Somerville to 9th and Erie.? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Dennis M Linsky