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May 7, 1863 The Philadelphia, Wilmington & Baltimore carries over 3,000 Confederate prisoners from the Battle of Chancellorsville to prisons in Philadelphia. May 7, 1868 The Kalamazoo & Allegan

May 6, 1979 The NYCTA's new pick went into effect on the IND and BMT subways. Under this new pick, the first 2 QB (Broadway-Brighton) trains ran from Coney Island to Astoria and returned as RR trains

May 6, 1856 The Ohio & Pennsylvania Railroad, the Ohio & Indiana Railroad and the Fort Wayne & Chicago Railroad sign articles of merger to form the Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne & Chicago Railroad. The new

May 5, 1827 The Lehigh Coal & Navigation Company opens a nine-mile railroad operated by horses and gravity between Summit Hill mines and Mauch Chunk PA. It is the first permanent railroad in

May 4, 1841 The Western Railroad (later B&A) is completed from the New York state line to Pittsfield MA. May 4, 1845 The first iron truss bridge (Howe type) in the U.S. is placed in service on the

May 3, 1825 Congress alters the route of the National Road, currently building to St. Louis, between Zanesville, OH and Jefferson City MO creating a route through Columbus, Richmond, Indianapolis,

May 1, 1949 Washington's conversion of trolley routes 10 (Kenilworth Avenue) and 12 (Seat Pleasant) to bus operation, ending the use of conventional trolleys with car 766 preserved. All remaining

April 30, 1847 The Pennsylvania Railroad sells its first shares of stock. April 30, 1854 The first railway in Brazil opens. April 30, 1859 The Postmaster General closes 13 of the distributing Post

April 29, 1951 Brooklyn's Ocean Avenue and Rockaway Parkway trolley routes were converted to bus operation. April 29, 1956 IND Fulton Street subway service was extended from Euclid Avenue to Lefferts

April 29, 1833 The Utica & Schenectady is incorporated. Later it will form part of the Mohawk Division of the New York Central. April 29, 1851 The first electric railroad car in history attempts a

April 28, 1950 The IRT Composite cars used on the 3rd Avenue El were replaced by the BMT Q-Type El cars. April 28, 1952 The City of Philadelphia and the Pennsylvania Railroad ordered all tenants at

April 28, 1844 Thieves steal $3,000 in specie being carried in a Philadelphia Wilmington & Baltimore baggage car by Sanford & Shoemaker's Express Company. April 28, 1869 Workers on the Central Pacific

April 27, 1952 Cleveland's 5000-series articulated cars were retired with the conversion of the Euclid Avenue route to bus operation. Dennis M Linsky [email protected]> wrote:

April 27, 1869 George M. Pullman is granted the first patent for a railroad car that includes a kitchen capable of making meals cooked to order. April 27, 1877 A Southern Pacific excursion train from

April 26, 1956 BMT service on the Fulton Street El from Atlantic Avenue to Lefferts Boulevard. All 14th Street trains ran to Canarsie. The C-Type El cars were retired to Coney Island and stored in the

April 26, 1866 The Wallkill Valley Railroad (later ERIE, NYC, PC, CR, NS, M&NJ) is incorporated. The line in New York state will be built with a 6-foot gauge. April 26, 1875 The Prince Edward Island

April 23, 1961 The 25 rapid transit cars that the NYCTA purchased from Staten Island in 1953 were relegated to work service on the IND and BMT. These cars were used on the Culver and Franklin Avenue

April 23, 1831 The Pontchaitrain Railroad (later L&N), the first in the Mississippi valley, begins horse car operation between New Orleans and Milneburg. April 23, 1835 The New Castle & Frenchtown

April 22, 1954 Atlantic City celebrated its 65th anniversary with much railfan sentiment. In addition to the 43 cars in service, the company now had 5 GMC TDH-5106 diesel buses which became popular

April 22, 1833 The Erie & Kalamazoo Railroad (MI) (later MS, LS&MS, NYC, PC, CR) is chartered. It will become the first railroad to operate in the former Northwest Territory. April 22, 1861 The Mobile