January 13 in RR History
January 13, 1842 The Philadelphia & Reading (later Reading) opens for revenue freight and passenger service from Mount Carmel to Philadelphia. Its coal-hauling operations will prove that a rail road
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Mark Tomlonson
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Re: This Weekend in RR History
January 10, 1954 Baltimore PCC route 13 (North Avenue) was converted to bus
operation to save $250,000 in track repair costs.
January 12, 1966 The 12-day strike against the NYCTA ended when the
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Dennis Linsky
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This Weekend in RR History
January 10, 1863 London's first subway begins operation, powered by steam. Parts of the line have been built in cuts and many ventilators are installed in the covered portions, yet it will remain very
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Mark Tomlonson
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January 9 in RR Hisstory
January 9, 1830 Ground is broken in Charleston, South Carolina for the South Carolina Canal & Rail Road (later SRR, NS). It will be the first railroad in South Carolina to use steam locomotives. In
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Mark Tomlonson
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January 8 in RR History
January 8, 1855 The first through train runs from Chicago to Cairo, IL.
January 8, 1855 A mob in Erie, PA tears up the tracks of the Erie & North Eastern, the last battle in the "Gauge War".
January
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Mark Tomlonson
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Re: January 7 in RR History
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
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Dennis Linsky
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January 7 in RR History
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
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Mark Tomlonson
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January 6 in RR History
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
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Mark Tomlonson
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Re: This Weekend in RR History
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
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Dennis Linsky
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This Weekend in RR History
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
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Mark Tomlonson
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Re: January 2 in RR History
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
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Mark Tomlonson
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Re: January 2 in RR History
How is it possible for two trains running in the same direction to meet head-on? The mind boggles.
Milantram
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Peter Ehrlich
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Re: January 2 in RR History
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
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Dennis Linsky
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January 2 in RR History
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
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Mark Tomlonson
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Re: January 1 in RR History
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
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Dennis Linsky
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January 1 in RR History
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
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Mark Tomlonson
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Re: December 31 in RR History
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
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Dennis Linsky
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December 31 in RR History
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
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Mark Tomlonson
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December 30 in RR History
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
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Mark Tomlonson
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Re: This Weekend in RR History
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
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Dennis Linsky
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