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June 2, 1861 Confederate troops destroy the Baltimore & Ohio's Opequon Bridge by setting fire to over 50 loaded coal cars standing on it. The wreckage will burn for two months. June 2, 1873

June 1, 1839 The Baltimore & Ohio opens a new main line alignment, eliminating the inclined planes at Parrs Spring Ridge. June 1, 1866 The Jeffersonville, Madison & Indianapolis Railroad (later PRR)

May 31, 1847 The first railroad between The Hague and Rotterdam opens for business. May 31, 1865 The Board of the Pittsburgh, Ft. Wayne & Chicago Railroad (later PRR) decides that their stock cars can

May 28, 1957 Two Philadelphia PCC cars were involved in a head-on collision on route 56 when car 2233 split a switch on Erie Avenue at Old York Road and plowed into car 2229 which was then retired.

May 28, 1848 To extend its service, the Michigan Central Railroad places the steamboat "Mayflower" with accommodations for 300 cabin passengers in service between Detroit and Buffalo. May 28, 1860

May 27, 1954 Philadelphia trolley route 23 was rerouted Chestnut Hill-bound to operate via Huntingdon Street instead of Cambria from 11th Street to Germantown Avenue. Dennis M Linsky

May 27, 1951 Brooklyn's Wilson Avenue and Ralph-Rockaway Avenues trolley routes were converted to bus operation and the old Canarsie Depot closed. They were Brooklyn's last 2 non-PCC car routes but 20

May 27, 1794 Cornelius Vanderbilt, creator of the New York Central & Hudson River Railroad, is born. May 27, 1861 The Cooper Shop Volunteer Refreshment Saloon goes into operation in Philadelphia

May 26, 1851 The Schenectady Locomotive Works is formed. May 26, 1898 The Elkhart IN newspaper reports that the Elkhart & Western has been purchased by the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern. May 26, 1922

May 25, 1950 The Chicago trolley involved in the gasoline truck crash was Green Hornet PCC car 7078 which was gutted by the fire. The collision took place at the short turn loop at 61st and State

May 25, 1857 The New York Central and the Hudson River Railroads begin operating a "Lightning Train" between New York City and Buffalo in 15 hours, or an average of 40 MPH. May 25, 1865 The first

May 24, 1953 Chicago trolley routes 63 (63rd Street), 67 (67th-69th-71st Streets), and 38 (Indiana Avenue) were converted to bus operation, and former trolley route 12 (Roosevelt Road), converted to

May 24, 1830 The first regular steam passenger rail service in the U.S. begins: Baltimore to Ellicotts Mill MD. (some sources say May 22). May 24, 1841 The Western Railroad (later B&A) is completed

May 21, 1967 The Pennsylvania Railroad tested a new high-speed passenger train from New Brunswick to Trenton. It ran 100 miles per hour. May 22, 1955 Los Angeles trolley route 5 (Eagle

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 passengers were killed and 77 were hurt when two GG trains collided in the IND Roosevelt Avenue wreck. R-16 car 6304 was cut up and R-40M car 4501 was heavily damaged but was

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 18, 1836 The Central Railroad of Michigan (later MC, NYC, PC, CR, NS) begins construction at King's Corner (SE corner of Woodward & Jefferson), Detroit. May 18, 1875 The Waynesburg & Washington

May 17, 1971 The first railroad strike involving Amtrak took place when railroad signalmen went on strike. The Penn Central, Reading, Erie-Lackawanna, and Jersey Central were among 30 railroads