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February 18, 1947 Philadelphia Transportation Company raised its trolley, trolleybus, and rapid transit fares to 10 cents cash; bus fares remained at 10 cents.

February 18, 1848 The Cleveland, Painesville & Ashtabula Railroad (later LS, LS&MS) is chartered. It will not begin operations until 1852. February 18, 1857 The Galena & Illinois River Railroad

February 17, 1848 The Indianapolis & Bellefontaine Railroad (later NYC) is chartered. February 17, 1870 The Pullman Palace Car Company leases Central Transportation Company, retroactive to January 1,

February 14, 1963 Philadelphia Transportation Company raised its cash fares to 25 cents; transfers were free. February 14, 1964 A huge dynamite explosion wrecked a 96-car freight

February 14, 1834 King Ludwig I of Bavaria approves the first railroad in Germany. February 14, 1842 Author Charles Dickens arrives in New York, after traveling from Boston via railroad and

February 13, 1973 After a freight train derailment at Ludlow blocked all 4 tracks on the Penn Central Railroad's Hudson Division, all trains were terminated at Yonkers with shuttle buses running from

February 13, 1849 The Vermont Central Railway opens from White River Junction south to Windsor VT. February 13, 1855 The Detroit & Milwaukee Railroad (later GTW) is formed by the merger of the

February 12, 1827 Two dozen Baltimore merchants, concerned over loss of trade to New York and Philadelphia, hold their first meeting to discuss a rail road to the West, to be built along the line of

February 11, 1848 Ohio passes a General Railroad Law. It requires all new railroads in the state to be built with a 4'-10" gauge and complete construction within seven years of being granted a

February 10, 1851 The Illinois Central Railroad receives its charter. It is the first land-grant railroad in the United States. February 10, 1879 The Pittsburgh & Lake Erie begins freight

February 7, 1954 Detroit's last 12 Peter Witt cars were retired with the conversion of the Jefferson Avenue trolley line. PCC cars provided all service on the 3 remaining lines.

February 7, 1841 The Chicago & Rock Island Railroad, earliest predecessor of the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific is incorporated. February 7, 1849 Senator Thomas Hart Benton of Missouri proposes a

February 6, 1815 John Stevens of Hoboken NJ is granted the first charter to build a railroad in the United States, the New Jersey Railroad Company. The line is never built. (Some sources say

February 5, 1956 Philadelphia trolley route 3 (Columbia Avenue, now Cecil B. Moore Boulevard), was converted to bus operation with new GMC TDH-5106 diesel buses, leaving PCC route 56 (Torresdale and

February 5, 1834 As railroads debate the use of steam over horse power, a satiric column appears in the West Chester Village Record urging the use of horse-drawn vehicles on the Columbia Railroad. The

February 4, 1830 The Camden & Amboy Rail Road, the first to be built in New Jersey, is chartered. February 4, 1832 The first street railroad opens in the United States in the Bowery in New York City.

February 3, 1858 A Michigan act extends the time to complete the first 20 miles of the Grand Rapids & Indiana Railroad from December 1, 1857 to December 1, 1858, and to complete the whole line to

January 31, 1966 The NYCTA's last 4 R-32 subway card, 3946-49, were delivered to Coney Island Shops despite a heavy snowstorm. These 4 cars had special Budd Pioneer III trucks.

January 31, 1853 The Black River & Utica Railroad (later RW&O, NYC&HR, NYC) is incorporated. January 31, 1862 The Railways & Telegraph Act authorizes President Lincoln to seize and operate any

January 30, 1953 TWU President Michael J. Quill ended a 30-day strike against 5th Avenue Motor Coach Company in Manhattan. January 30, 1956 To speed up rush hour service on