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April 12, 1953 Chicago's Roosevelt Road shuttle trolley route was discontinued. The route used one-man double-end cars and operated from the Cottage Grove car barn. Passengers going to Grant Park and

April 11, 1842 The French legislature passes the Railway Act of 1842, which among other provisions states that all rail lines in France are to be owned by the state with operations leased to private

April 10, 1949 North Philadelphia trolley route 25 (Cedar and Memphis Streets), which served Kensington and Fishtown, was converted to bus operation and was transferred from Richmond Depot to

April 10, 1846 The Chelsea Branch Railroad (later B&A, NYC) is chartered in Massachusetts April 10, 1866 James & Amos Densmore are granted a patent for the first successful tank car. April 10, 1868

April 9, 1827 The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania authorizes the construction of several canals as well as surveys for railroads from Harrisburg to Chambersburg and Columbia to York and Gettysburg. The

April 8, 1867 A special excursion train departs Chicago on the first through run to New York over the new Michigan Central-Great Western of Canada-New York Central route. The train is ferried across

April 7, 1957 It was the Queensboro Bridge trolley that was the last to run in New York State. Dennis M Linsky [email protected]> wrote:

April 7, 1832 The Liggitt’s Gap Railroad (later DL&W) is chartered in Pennsylvania. April 7, 1870 The Kalamazoo & South Haven (later NYC, PC) reaches Bloomingdale from Kendall on its way west to

April 5, 1953 Philadelphia trolley route 65 on Old York Road and 6th and 7th Streets was abandoned without replacement in the first move to eliminate duplication of service by other routes. The route

April 4, 1839 Alarmed by the fact that steamboats and railroads provide quick and superior escape routes for runaway slaves, the Maryland Legislature prohibits any slave from traveling on a steamboat

April 3, 1949 St. Louis converted its Manchester PCC routes to bus operation because of dangerous left hand operation on PRW. The routes were 53 (Maplewood), 54 (Webster), 55 (Clay and Adams), and 56

April 3, 1848 The Oakland & Ottawa (later D&M, GT) is chartered by the Michigan State Legislature to construct a railroad from Pontiac to Lake Michigan in Ottawa County. April 3, 1853 The

April 2, 1853 An Act of the New York State Legislature approves the merger creating the New York Central Railroad. The merger will be ratified by stockholders in June. April 2, 1869 Incorporation

April 1, 1951 Brooklyn's Nostrand Avenue trolley route was converted to bus operation and the Holy Cross Cemetery Shuttle was abandoned. April

April 1, 1832 The Baltimore & Ohio opens from Frederick Junction to Point of Rocks MD on the Potomac River, about 71 miles from Baltimore. April 1, 1836 The Erie Railroad is incorporated. April 1,

March 31, 1977 The last NYCTA subway train of R-1/9 cars ran on the J (Jamaica-Nassau Street) line from 168th Street to Broad Street, then ran light via the express tracks of the Sea Beach like to

March 31, 1862 The "Oregon Pony" arrives in Portland OR, the first locomotive in the Pacific Northwest. March 31, 1870 The southern branch of the Union Pacific becomes the Missouri, Kansas & Texas

March 29, 1959 Philadelphia bus routes O from Logan to Huntingdon Valley and Y on Cottman Avenue were combined to form the present Y/70 bus route from the Fern Rock terminus of the Broad Street Subway

March 28, 1836 Michigan Territory charters seven railroads in a single day. March 28, 1846 The Central Rail Road of Michigan is sold by the state to a group of New York investors for $2 million

March 27, 1835 A rotary steam locomotive built by Willam Avery of Syracuse NY is tested on the New Jersey Railroad & Transportation Company between Hackensack and Passaic Rivers. It is not powerful