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January 7, 1952 The closure of Reading's trolley system kept Pennsylvania as the top trolley state because of its remaining trolley systems: Altoona, Johnstown, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Scranton, and

January 7, 1830 The first railroad station in the U.S. opens in Baltimore for the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, which today is opening its first segment of track. The first revenue rail passengers in the

January 6, 1853 The New Jersey Railroad, Camden & Amboy, Philadelphia, Wilmington & Baltimore and the Baltimore & Ohio begin advertising that they will operate a continuous connecting railroad for

January 3, 1960 St. Louis PCC route 70 (Grand Avenue), which served that city's theatre district, was converted to bus operation to permit rebuilding of a viaduct. This conversion isolated the

January 3, 1868 The Kalamazoo & Grand Rapids Railroad (later KA&GR, LS&MS, NYC, PC) is incorporated. January 3, 1870 The Kalamazoo & South Haven (later MC, NYC, PC, CR) is completed from Kalamazoo to

1. It was the 70's 2. It was actually a rear-end crash caused by the trailing engineer running a red signal. Mark Tomlonson Life isn’t just about surviving the storm; it’s about learning to

How is it possible for two trains running in the same direction to meet head-on? The mind boggles. Milantram

January 2, 1975 Two Manhattan-bound Penn Central commuter trains were involved in a head-on collision at the Botanical Garden station in the Bronx, injuring 231 persons. Service on the Harlem and New

January 2, 1832 Daniel K. Minor, publisher of the "New York American", publishes the first issue of the "American Railroad Journal". It is the first U.S. periodical devoted entirely to the railroad

January 1, 1957 It was the last day when Philadelphia trolleys served the Mummers parade with only routes 17 and 20 still operating. Route 20 followed its regular routing but route 17 used Chestnut

January 1, 1838 The United States Government contracts with the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad to carry mail. The B&O is the first railroad in the U.S. to get a mail contract. January 1, 1850 The Vermont

December 31, 1954 Kansas City PCC car 787 and St. Louis PCC car 1578 were the first 2 used PCC cars that arrived at 2nd Street and Wyoming Avenue in Philadelphia. The other 88 were expected to arrive

December 31, 1849 The Hudson River Railroad opens to Poughkeepsie NY. December 31, 1852 The first Baltimore & Ohio train leaves Baltimore for Wheeling. December 31, 1853 First train to Clinton

December 30, 1829 As experiments in motive power continue, six persons travel over the Baltimore & Ohio in a sail car. December 30, 1853 The Gadsden Purchase is finalized. The land, bought from

December 28, 1947 Kansas City PCC route 60 (Parallel-Indiana) was broken into 2 routes and the Indiana portion was converted to trolleybus operation as route 45 and extended via Benton Boulevard to

December 27, 1853 A force of 300 New York railroad workers from Buffalo arrives at Harbor Creek (near Erie PA) and intimidates citizens of Harbor Creek tearing up the Erie & North East Railroad. When

December 26, 1870 The 12.8 kilometer (7.95 miles) Frejus (or Mt. Cenis) Rail Tunnel is holed through, connecting France and Italy. The project was expected to take 25 years, but pneumatic drilling has

December 25, 1955 Philadelphia Transportation Company played Santa Claus to riders of trolley routes 5 and 33 by giving them their new presents--new GMC TDH-5106 diesel buses. The route 5 conversion

December 25, 1830 First common carrier steam train in regular service in the U.S. on the South Carolina RR, later Southern Railroad. December 25, 1848 The New Haven Railroad begins

December 24, 1957 Fears of a Christmas Eve strike against the Long Island Railroad ended when the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen agreed on a new contract. All outbound trains from Penn Station, New