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March 26, 1950 Baltimore PCC route 30 (Fremont Street) was converted to trolleybus operation with surplus ACF-Brill TC-44 trolleybuses. The PCCs were then transferred to routes 4 and 14.

March 26, 1860 The first freight car (loaded with lard) leaves St. Louis for New York via Buffalo and the New York Central. The trip will take five days. This is the first car to run through without

March 25, 1951 Cincinnati trolley routes 32 (Elberon-Price Hill), 35 (Warsaw-Price Hill), and 36 (Warsaw-Carson Street) were converted to bus operation with the latter 2 getting trolleybuses. All 3

March 25, 1807 The Swansea & Mumbles Railway begins the first railway passenger service in the world, using horse-drawn cars. The line had been built three years earlier to haul granite. It will

March 24, 1828 The Philadelphia & Columbia Railway (later PRR), the first to be owned by a state, is authorized. March 24, 1849 The Pittsburg & Steubenville Railroad (later PCC&StL) is chartered in

March 21, 1948 Baltimore PCC route 6 (Curtis Bay) was converted to bus operation. March 22, 1953 Cleveland's Superior Avenue trolley route, one of the first two to

March 21, 1837 Today and tomorrow, the Michigan Legislature will pass the Internal Improvements Act, authorizing the Central Railroad of Michigan (later MC) to build across the state. It will follow

March 20, 1955 Metropolitan Philadelphia Railway Association ran a PCC car fantrip using cars 2201 (ex-SLPS 1578) and 2251 (ex-KCPS 787), both refurbished and repainted by PTC but prior to their use

March 20, 1880 The Southern Pacific reaches Tucson AZ, the first train arriving on this date. March 20, 1896 The Grand Trunk Railway purchases the Central Vermont Railway and begins operating it as a

March 19, 1958 A late snowstorm which affected PCC car services in Baltimore and Washington also hit Philadelphia very hard. PCC routes 6 and 53 and bus routes 22, 74, 84, 86, 87, and Wa--all the bus

March 19, 1836 The Lexington & Ohio Railroad (later L&N, CSX) relegates its single steam engine to freight service and returns to using horses for passenger trains. March 19, 1851 The Illinois

March 18, 1951 Brooklyn's Utica Avenue trolley route was converted to bus operation. Dennis M Linsky [email protected]> wrote:

March 18, 1834 One track of the Allegheny Portage Railroad opens for revenue service. The railroad will not operate between December and March when canals are closed by ice. Included in the

March 17, 1856 The Toledo, Wabash & Western (later WAB, N&W, NS) begins service to Logansport IN. March 17, 1863 Engineer William Pittenger and 5 others who took part in the Andrews raid are pardoned

March 14, 1954 Chicago trolley routes 9 (Ashland Avenue) and 45 (Ashland-Archer-Clark) were converted to bus operation. Dennis M Linsky [email protected]> wrote:

March 14, 1836 The Cleveland, Columbus & Cincinnati Railroad (later NYC) is incorporated in Ohio. March 14, 1836 The Ohio Legislature authorizes a loan of $200,000 (2024: $6.6 million) to the Mad

March 13, 1833 The Western Railroad is chartered in Massachusetts to connect the Boston & Worcester to the Hudson & Berkshire Railroad. (all later B&A) March 13, 1836 The Richmond & Petersburg

March 12, 1961 Philadelphia trolleybus route 61 on Ridge Avenue, which once connected with trolley routes at 36 locations in North Philadelphia and Center City, was converted to bus operation and

March 12, 1839 The Maine, New Hampshire & Massachusetts Railroad (later B&M) is incorporated in Maine. March 12, 1845 The Cleveland, Columbus & Cincinnati Railroad (later CCC&StL, NYC) is reorganized

March 11, 1951 Chicago trolley route 3 (Lincoln-Indiana) was broken into 2 routes and the Lincoln portion, from Peterson to Adams, was converted to bus operation. This completed the conversion of