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December 4, 1949 To alleviate traffic congestion on the busy Broad-Erie-Germantown intersection in North Philadelphia and improve trolley service on route 23, a new southbound terminal loop was

December 4, 1820 John Stevens proposes to build a railroad from Philadelphia to Pittsburgh. He also offers to build a quarter-mile demonstration railroad on Market Street in Philadelphia. December 4,

December 3, 1961 Washington trolley routes 40 and 42 (Mt. Pleasant) and 60 (11th Street) were converted to bus operation. The Dupont Subway was abandoned and eventually rebuilt as a Metro station

December 3, 1844 Cobble Hill Tunnel in Brooklyn opens, however it will not be finished until late spring next year. Many regard the 2,517-foot tunnel as the first subway tunnel in the world. It has

December 2, 1954 Philadelphia purchased 90 used PCC cars of which 50 were 1500-series prewar all-electrics from St. Louis and the other 40 were 725-series all-electrics from Kansas City. Declining

December 2, 1855 The Rock Island reaches Iowa City only minutes before a midnight $50,000 bonus deadline. The locomotive is dragged the final 1,000 feet with ropes in minus 30-degree

December 1, 1946 The City of Philadelphia and the State of Pennsylvania signed a law eliminating the PRR's Broad Street Station and the Chinese Wall on Market Street west of City Hall.

December 1, 1845 The New York & Harlem (later NYC) reaches White Plains NY. December 1, 1852 The Auburn & Eel River Valley Railroad (later PRR) is incorporated in Indiana to run from the Auburn & Eel

November 30, 1955 Brooklyn's B-68 (Coney Island Avenue) trolley route, the only remaining portion of the world's first PCC route, was converted to bus operation with surplus equipment.

November 30, 1832 For the first time, the Post Office authorizes the carrying of mail via rail road. November 30, 1850 The Madison & Indianapolis Railroad (IN - later JM&I, PCC&St.L, PRR) ships 1,365

November 27, 1955 Philadelphia trolley route 60 (Allegheny Avenue) was relocated from Allegheny Depot to Luzerne. November 28, 1936 Philadelphia's last straight Nearside cars were last used on

November 27, 1873 The Hoosac Tunnel on the Boston & Maine, the oldest railroad tunnel in the United States, is holed through. November 27, 1877 A Pittsburgh-Chicago RPO is established on the

November 26, 1967 The NYCTA opened the new Chrystie Street subway on Manhattan's Lower East Side, connecting the 6th Avenue IND with the BMT. HAPPY

November 26, 1832 In New York City public service begins on the nation's first streetcar, a thirty-passenger horse-drawn car named the "John Mason", with iron wheels pulled over iron rails. The fare

November 25, 1882 Horse car service begins in Muskegon MI. November 25, 1889 The Toledo, Ann Arbor & North Michigan Railroad (later the Ann Arbor) begins service between Toledo and

November 24, 1862 The first locomotives built for the U.S. Military Railroad are delivered. November 24, 1892 First railroad in the Philippines. November 24, 1902 The Cleveland Short Line Railway, a

November 23, 1832 Baldwin Locomotive Works' first full-size locomotive, "Old Ironsides" is delivered to the Camden & Amboy Rail Road. November 23, 1840 The Southern Railroad of Michigan reaches

November 20, 1852 The Cleveland, Painesville & Ashtabula (later LS&MS) is opened, from Cleveland to Erie PA. November 20, 1855 The first railroad in Iowa, the Mississippi & Missouri Railroad (later

November 19, 1837 The first railroad opens in Cuba. November 19, 1847 The second rail line in Canada, the 12 km Montreal & Lachine Railway (later M&NY, M&C, GT), opens. November 19, 1850 Irate

November 18, 1838 The Northern Cross Railroad, the first railroad in Illinois, opens between Meredosia on the Illinois River and Morgan City. It will become the oldest part of the Wabash