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July 10, 1949 Brooklyn's 8100-series Speed cars, which were mainstays of the Ocean Avenue route, were withdrawn from service and replaced by the slower 8300-series cars. July 10, 1973 The Staten

July 9, 1899 The Waupaca Electric Light & Railway Company begins streetcar service in Waupaca WI. July 9, 1905 Walter "Death Valley Scotty" Scott hires the Santa Fe to take him from Los Angeles to

July 8, 1955 Philadelphia all-electric PCC car 2276 (-Kansas City 788) was observed on route 5 (Frankford-2nd and 3rd Streets). July 8, 1956 Kansas City trolley route 59 (12th and Jackson) a PCC route

July 8, 1853 The Northern Indiana Railroad (later LS&NI, LS&MS, NYC, PC, CR, NS) is formed by the merger of several smaller roads in Indiana and Ohio. July 8, 1854 In part to avoid the gauge war in

July 7, 1946 The Lee bus route replaced St. Louis trolley routes 41 (Lee Avenue) and 72 (18th Street). July 7, 1958 The PRR's new Silverliner MU cars began service on Philadelphia commuter lines.

July 7, 1838 By Act of Congress, all railroads in the United States are designated as "Post Roads" per Article I Section 8 of the Constitution, allowing all railroads to carry mail. July 7, 1853 The

July 6, 1947 Cincinnati trolley route 69 (Madisonville), the city's first PCC route, was converted to trolleybus operation and the PCC cars used there were transferred to route 4 (Norwood-Kennedy

July 6, 1881 Seventeen year-old Kate Shelley ventures out during a torrential gale-force thunderstorm near Moingona IA to alert officials of the washed-out Honey Creek Bridge. This prevents the "The

July 5, 1956 In a midweek rarity, Philadelphia trolley route 43 (Spring Garden Street), a PCC route since 1948, was converted to bus operation and the trolley tunnel under the Art Museum was later

July 5, 1904 The Winona Interurban Railway (IN) is incorporated by the Winona Assembly. It will receive a railroad charter next June. July 5, 1910 The St, Joseph Railway, Light & Power Company (MO)

July 2, 1831 First test of the "Dewitt Clinton" on the Mohawk & Hudson Railroad. July 2, 1860 The Grand Trunk completes its line between levis and Riviere-du-Loup. It will later be extended to

July 1, 1838 Cleveland sees its first railroad: the Cleveland & Newburg Railroad opens to serve quarries. It is horse operated with wooden track without iron strapping. July 1, 1851 The first known

June 30, 1952 Philadelphia trolley routes 3, 9, 48, and 54 were converted to one-man operation and the unremodeled Peter Witt 8000s released from route 55 plus others made surplus by reduced summer

June 30, 1841 The Central Railroad of Michigan reaches Dexter from the east. June 30, 1841 First passenger train on what will be the Erie Railroad, Piermont Ferry to Ramapo. June 30, 1876 The first

June 29, 1864 A Grand Trunk immigrant train in Beloeil, PQ (near St-Hilaire) fails to stop for an open swing bridge. Ninety-nine people are killed in Canada’s worst train wreck. June 29, 1867 Grand

June 28, 1949 Red Arrow Jewett car 41 was scrapped in Llanerch Shops. Car 40 went on July 26. June 28, 1953 West Philadelphia trolley routes 11, 13, 34, and 37 were rerouted off Woodland Avenue from

June 28, 1832 The Detroit & St. Joseph Railroad (MI) is chartered. Although little is actually constructed, the proposed route will form the basis of the Central Railroad of Michigan [later

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June 25, 1950, On the same day that the Korean War began, Philadelphia trelley route 59 (Castor Avenue), the only route owned by the city, was converted to trolleybus operation from the Arrott

June 25, 1825 The first passenger carrying monorail opens: The Cheshunt Railway. Built to carry bricks, the line creates a sensation when spectators at the opening ceremonies hop in the cars for a