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October 21, 1869 First shipment of fresh oysters by rail. October 21, 1890 Streetcars run in Chicago IL for the first time. October 21, 1905 First railway on Cyprus, a 67-mile, 30-inch gauge

October 18, 1942 Philadelphia trolley route 50 (Rising Sun Avenue-4th and 5th Streets) became PTC/SEPTA's 6th all-PCC route using new 2600-series cars.

October 18, 1882 Horsecars come to Oshkosh WI. October 18, 1886 The St. Louis, Arkansas & Texas (later Cotton Belt) converts to standard gauge. The project starts at 5:00 am and is completed at 6:00

October 17, 1949 The Astoria elevated line became part of the BMT Broadway subway after a connection to the 60th Street tunnel opened.

October 17, 1839 The Central Railroad of Michigan reaches Ann Arbor from the east. October 17, 1859 A train of Pennsylvania Railroad Directors making a circle tour of Western Lines through Chicago

October 16, 1826 The Stockton & Darlington Railway becomes the first in the world to begin a regular, scheduled revenue passenger service, The passenger cars will remain horse-drawn until

October 15, 1950 Kansas City PCC route 58 (12th Street-Kansas Avenue) was abandoned without replacement. The 12th Street portion, entirely in Missouri, was duplicated by PCC route 59 (Jackson Avenue)

October 15, 1849 A National Pacific Railroad Convention is held in St. Louis with 1,000 delegates attending. They will consider building a railroad to California to tap the recently discovered gold

October 14, 1845 The Philadelphia, Wilmington & Baltimore rules that all "extras" are subordinate to all regular passenger trains, except for one carrying the text of the President's annual

October 12, 1952 Baltimore PCC routes 31 (Garrison Boulevard) and 19 (Harbord Street) were combined into route 19 (Garrison-Harbord).

October 11, 1869 "Vanderbilt Bronze", a large sculpted pediment celebrating Cornelius Vanderbilt's career and featuring the larger than life statue now at Grand Central Terminal, is unveiled in a

October 10, 1852 The "Rocket" travels from Chicago to Joliet, the first train on the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific. October 10, 1870 Trains begin running between Grand Rapids MI and Ft. Wayne IN on

October 9, 1877 President Hayes signs an Executive Order allowing the Southern Pacific to build across Arizona. It has already crossed the Colorado River at Yuma, making it the first railroad in

October 8, 1829 The Rainhill Trials begin on the Liverpool & Manchester Railway in England, ending on October 14. The "Rocket", designed by Robert Stephenson, wins the competition and demonstrates

October 7, 1826 The Granite Railway (later Old Colony, NYNH&H), the first operating railroad in the U.S. begins service. The five-foot gauge line runs between Quincy and Milton MA. The wood and iron

October 4, 1969 Concurrently with the retirement of the BMT Q-Type cars, the NYCTA closed the Myrtle Avenue El from Broadway in Brooklyn to Bridge-Jay Streets.

October 4, 1830 Robert Stephenson & Company its 2-2-0 "Planet" to the Liverpool & Manchester Railway. The "Planet" incorporates several improvements, including a firebox entirely within the boiler, a

October 3, 1954 Kansas City PCC route 53 (Swope Park) was cut back from the park to the car barn at 48th and Troost and redesignated as Rockhill and trolleybus route 45 (Northeast-Indiana) was cut

October 3, 1837 The "Sandusky", the first locomotive built by Rogers, Ketchum & Grosvenor of Paterson, NJ is tested on the Paterson & Hudson River and New Jersey Railroads before going to the Mad

October 2, 1955 Kansas City PCC route 55 (31st Street), which had a stretch of trackage renewed late in 1954, was converted to bus operation. with postwar Twins and renumbered route 12.