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May 22, 1955 Los Angeles trolley route 5 from Eagle Rock to Hawthorne was converted to bus operation. It was the world's second longest trolley route behind Chicago's Broadway-State PCC route 36.

May 22, 1851 The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania bans the use of four-wheel cars in passenger trains. One four-wheel baggage car per train is allowed. May 22, 1852 First through passenger train, Toledo

May 21, 1966 It was PCC car 1628 which made the last run on route 15 (Hodiamont), ending trolley service in St. Louis. Car 1664 was later sold to the Museum or Transport in suburban Kirkwood. May 21,

May 21, 1836 The Troy & Schenectady Railroad (later NYC) is incorporated. Construction will begin in 1841. (Some sources list this company as the Schenectady & Troy Railroad) May 21, 1852 The Michigan

May 20, 1970 Two persons were killed and 77 were injured when two GG trains collided in the ill-fated Roosevelt Avenue wreck on the IND Queens Boulevard line. R-16 subway car 6304 was cut up on the

May 20, 1830 The first railroad timetable published in a newspaper appears in the Baltimore American. May 20, 1852 The Michigan Central is completed to Calumet (Kensington) south of Chicago, forming

May 19, 1835 The York & Maryland Line Railroad (later Maryland & Pennsylvania) is organized at Baltimore. May 19, 1845 Sir John Franklin launches an expedition to find the North-West Passage. His two

May 16, 1831 The first shipment of 36-pound T-rail rolled by Dowlais Iron Works of Wales for the Camden & Amboy railroad arrives at Philadelphia on board the "Charlemagne". In addition, the railroad

May 15, 1942 Because of gas rationing, service on Philadelphia's Market-Frankford line increased with every third train from 69th Street terminating at Erie-Torresdale to alleviate overburdening at

May 15, 1851 The New York & Erie Railroad (later Erie) is completed and opened from New York City to Dunkirk, New York, on Lake Erie. This forms the first trunk line railroad linking an Atlantic port

May 14, 1953 Philadelphia relocated trackage on subway-surface trolley routes 10-11-34-37-38 at 30th Street Station through a new wiggle. This was due to the construction of the Market Street subway

May 14, 1845 The Troy & Greenbush Railroad (later HRRR, NYC) the last link in an all-rail route between Boston and Albany is incorporated. May 14, 1848 The Oswego & Syracuse Railroad (later DL&W)

May 13, 1959 The NYCTA's first R-11 subway car, 8010, which was retrofitted with SMEE-type brakes and modified to work with the newer R-16 cars, went into service on the BMT Broadway-Jamaica line. It

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