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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

April 21, 1964 The NYCTA's IRT automated shuttle train consisting of R-22 subway cars 7509, 7513, and 7516 was destroyed by fire on track 4 at Grand Central Subway Station. Car 7509 later became a

April 21, 1846 The Delaware, Lehigh, Schuylkill & Susquehanna Railroad (later Lehigh Valley) is incorporated. April 21, 1856 The first railroad bridge across the Mississippi opens between Rock Island

April 20, 1969 The NYCTA replaced the aging BMT AB cars with newer IND R-1/9 cars on the LL (14th Street-Canarsie) line. Dennis M Linsky [email protected]> wrote:

April 20, 1839 The State of Michigan reduces its Board of Internal Improvement, which is overseeing the construction of canals, railroads and plank roads to three members. April 20, 1860 The first

April 19, 1956 Philadelphia trolley route 20 was rerouted southbound via Oregon Avenue, Marvine, and Bugler Streets to 10th. On April 26, route 20 was rerouted northbound via 10th, Oregon, 11th, and

April 19, 1821 The Stockton & Darlington Railway is incorporated in Great Britain to build from coal mines to Stockton on the River Tees. April 19, 1825 The La Plaisance Bay Harbor Co. receives a

April 16, 1940 The new Philadelphia Transportation Company purchased 130 new PCC cars from St. Louis Car Company and 122 new gas buses from Mack Trucks. The PCCs were numbered 2031-80 for one-man

April 16, 1833 A New Castle & Frenchtown (later PRR, NS) train hits a cow. Nine of its 10 cars derail and overturn. Because of the train control problems following this incident, the NC&F introduces

April 15, 1953 Chicago Green Hornet PCC cars 4381 and 4394, which were sent to car builders for rebuilding into experimental rapid transit cars, were written off company books and scrapped. Car 4381

April 15, 1865 All Baltimore & Ohio trains are held at Relay, MD until noon by military order to help prevent the escape of the assassins of Abraham Lincoln. April 15, 1867 The Pittsburgh, Ft. Wayne &

April 14, 1907 The Lake Shore & Michigan Southern depot at Laporte IN is destroyed by fire. April 14, 1909 In its new contract with the Pullman Company, the Pennsylvania Railroad stipulates that only