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May 13, 1829 The "Stourbridge Lion", the second locomotive imported into the United States and the first in service, arrives in New York. May 13, 1830 The Baltimore & Ohio operates its first test trip

May 12, 1955 With the closure of the 3rd Avenue El in Manhattan, most of the MUDC cars used there were retired and scrapped with the remaining portion of the El provided by the BMT Q-Type cars. Dennis

May 12, 1846 The Hudson River Railroad is incorporated with the goal of building a line from New York City to Albany. May 12, 1847 The New York State Legislature passes a law giving railroads

May 11, 1975 The NYCTA closed the BMT Culver Shuttle from 9th Avenue on the West End line to Ditmas Avenue on the Culver line because of deteriorating rail condition's. It was the last elevated line

May 9, 1957 Los Angeles air-electric PCC car 3117, the highest numbered car in dead storage, was returned to regular service to replace car 3035 which was scrapped after being struck by a Santa Fe

May 9, 1846 The partially completed Southern Railroad of Michigan is sold by the state, and along with the former Palmyra & Jacksonburgh RR is reorganized into the Michigan Southern Railroad (later

May 8, 1939 Philadelphia's last Market Street Subway-Elevated train ran on the Delaware Avenue spur to the South Street Ferry terminus and all trains from 69th Street ran to Frankford. The Delaware

May 8, 1842 A passenger train derails near Moudon, France. The official death toll in the accident and resulting fire is 55 people, however estimates of the total deaths run as high as 200. May 8,

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 A new pick went into effect on New York's IND and BMT subway lines. The only major change was that the first 2 QB (Broadway-Brighton) trains from Coney Island run to Astoria and return as

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

Omitted from May 2: May 2, 1959 Philadelphia's Market-Frankford line car 581 suffered a broken axle when it pulled into the 15th Street station eastbound, causing a 24-hour delay which would have been

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 2, 1949 Brooklyn's McDonald-Vanderbilt PCC route was broken into 2 routes. The Vanderbilt Avenue portion, still the B-69, continued to use PCC cars and terminated at Prospect Park. The McDonald

May 2, 1845 A Baltimore ordinance allows the Baltimore & Susquehanna to operate steam locomotives in the central city only between 9:00 pm and 5:00 am. They are further prohibited from burning wood

May 1, 1949 Washington's old trolleys were retired with the conversion of the Benning routes to bus operation. They were routes 10 (Kenworthey Avenue) and 12 (Seat Pleasant). All trolley service was

May 1, 1834 The Auburn & Syracuse Railroad (later R&S, NYC) is incorporated to connect the Erie Canal to Syracuse NY. May 1, 1850 The stockholders of the Pennsylvania Railroad vote to allow operations

Omitted from April 29: April 29, 1973 The remaining portion of the 3rd Avenue El from Gun Hill Road to East 149th Street closed and was replaced by a new Bx-55 bus route. IRT R-12 subway cars

April 30, 1847 The Pennsylvania Railroad sells its first shares of stock. April 30, 1854 The first railway in Brazil opens. April 30, 1865 The Louisville, New Albany & Chicago Railroad (later CIL,

April 29, 1951 Brooklyn's Ocean Avenue and Rockaway Parkway trolley routes were converted to bus operation. April 29, 1956 The NYCTA extended IND subway service on the Fulton Street line after a