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November 12, 1831 The first public trials of the "John Bull" locomotive are held on the Camden & Amboy Railroad at Bordentown, N.J. for visiting dignitaries. The "John Bull" pulls two passenger coaches. Their design is based on a stagecoach body with three compartments. Top speed on the trip: 35-40 MPH.

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November 12, 1851 The Board of the Pennsylvania Railroad approves a contract with Adams Express Company. In time, Adams will become almost synonymous with the PRR.

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November 12, 1866 Union Passenger Depot opens at Cleveland. (Note: do not confuse this station with the later Cleveland Union Terminal.)

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November 12, 1873 Michigan Governor Bagley and Railroad Commissioners begin an inspection tour of the Grand Rapids & Indiana to Petoskey.

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November 12, 1880 The narrow-gauge Toledo, Delphos & Burlington Railroad runs its first passenger train between Toledo and Marion IN.

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November 12, 1891 The Valley City Street & Cable Railway ends service in Grand Rapids MI after three years of operation. At its height, the cable cars ran from Taylor and Sweet Streets at the north and Lafayette and Hall Streets to the south.

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November 12, 1897 inventor Frank Julian Sprague first demonstrates Multiple-Unit or "MU" control on the Chicago Elevated.

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November 12, 1901 The Pacific Electric Company is incorporated in California.

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November 12, 1902 The Pullman Company orders that Pennsylvania Railroad cars in the "Yellow Kid" paint scheme (running on the Pennsylvania Limited and the Congressional Limited) will be painted Tuscan Red the next time they are shopped.

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November 12, 1907 Formal dedication and opening ceremonies are held for the electrification of Grand Trunk's St. Clair Tunnel. The first tests were made the previous February, and full electric operation will begin in May.

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November 12, 1910 A Michigan Central express train hits a Kalamazoo City streetcar, killing 9. The flagman at the crossing had his view blocked by a standing cut of boxcars. This and other accidents will lead to the crossing being replaced with a viaduct in 1937.

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November 12, 1913 Concerned about the role sleep deprivation has played in recent accidents, the Pennsylvania Railroad announces it is considering requiring all employees to live within one hour of their workplace.

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November 12, 1925 The New York Public Service Commission approves a plan for electrifying the New York Central West Side Freight Line in Manhattan.

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November 12, 1926 The Grand Rapids, Holland & Lake Michigan Railway (MI interurban) is sold to the Iosco Land Company, ending rail operations.

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November 12, 1927 The Cincinnati Union Terminal Company is incorporated to build a new Union Terminal.

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November 12, 1931 The Smithsonian Institution commemorates the 100th birthday of the ''John Bull'' by operating its mechanism with compressed air.

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November 12, 1936 The Board of Directors of the Pennsylvania Railroad orders the sale of all stock holdings in Transcontinental & Western Air, Inc., and Transcontinental Air Transport, Inc., severing all ties with the airline business. PRR had founded the airlines as part of its air-rail service. In 1939-40, Howard Hughes will acquire control of T&WA.

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November 12, 1939 New York Central's "The Mercury" begins service between Chicago and Detroit.

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November 12, 1957 The Pennsylvania Railroad runs its last passenger train pulled by a steam locomotive, from Camden to Pemberton NJ.

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November 12, 2003 The Shanghai Transrapid, a Maglev system, sets a world record for fastest unmodified commercial rail transportation with a speed of 501 km/h (311 mph).

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November 12, 2021 Trains magazine reports that CN has announced its goal to have net-zero carbon emissions by 2050. CN is the first railroad in North America to make that commitment.

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November 12, 2023 Amtrak suspends service between New York City and Albany due to concerns about the stability of a parking garage built over the tracks at 51^st Street in Manhattan. The closure is expected to be temporary.

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November 11, 1953 An outbound Pennsylvania Railroad Chestnut Hill train jumped the tracks on the Schuylkill River bridge near 30th Street Station, Philadelphia, injuring 48 passengers.? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? November 11, 1956 Former Philadelphia trolley route 40 on Lombard and South Streets, converted to bus operation with postwar Macks, was re-equipped with GMC TDH-5106 diesel buses due to a bus shuffle after routes 54 on Lehigh Avenue and C (10th and Somerville Division) were re-equipped with new GMC TDH--5105 diesel buses in the 3700-series.? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Dennis M Linsky

November 11, 1841 The Western Railroad (later B&A) leases the Albany & West Stockbridge for 50 years.

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November 11, 1861 Sleeping cars begin operating over the "Shore Line" between New York and Boston.

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November 11, 1874 The last rail of the Illinois Midland Railway is laid near Waynesville, IL.

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November 11, 1918 The Armistice ending World War I is signed in Wagon-Lits car No. 2419.

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November 11, 1926 The United States numbered highway system for federal highways is established, fulfilling the enabling legislation passed 5 years earlier.

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November 11, 1927 The Pere Marquette station at Elmdale MI burns to the ground.

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November 11, 1928 The Reading Railroad announces plans to electrify its Philadelphia suburban lines.

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November 11, 1934 Chicago, Burlington & Quincy's "Pioneer Zephyr" enters regular service between Lincoln, Omaha, St. Joseph and Kansas City.

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November 11, 1935 The Pekin Municipal Railway calls it quits, ending streetcar service in Pekin IL.

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November 11, 2000 In Kaprun, Austria, a faulty heater on a funicular railway starts a fire in the train’s brake fluid, trapping the train in a tunnel. None of the 155 passengers survive.

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November 11, 2001 Amtrak ends major overhauls on F40PH's, effectively ending their Amtrak careers.

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November 9, 1965 The greatest delay in the history of the New York subway system took place when a power failure blacked out the city during the evening. Some riders spent the night on the Williamsburgh Bridge and in the 60th Street tunnel. Subway service was restored the next morning.? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Dennis M Linsky

November 8, 1838 The "Rogers" (RLW c/n #4), the first locomotive in Illinois, makes an excursion run on the Northern Cross Railroad (later Wabash) from Meredosia 8 miles to the end of track and back. The locomotive was delivered to Meredosia by river packet.

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November 8, 1842 The Board of the Philadelphia, Wilmington & Baltimore Railroad orders a ban on carrying any African Americans from Maryland into either Delaware or Pennsylvania without proof of free status, except when traveling with a master.

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November 8, 1869 The Central Pacific is extended from Sacramento to Oakland.

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November 8, 1874 The Southern Pacific Railroad reaches Bakersfield CA. Work will now begin on the route that will be known as Tehachapi Loop.

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November 8, 1936 The "Denver Zephyr" is placed in service.

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November 8, 2004 Canadian National, Canadian Pacific, and Norfolk Southern announce an operating agreement designed to decrease shipping times between eastern Canada and the eastern United States.

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November 8, 2021 Florida’s “Brightline” rail service returns to full operations following a 20-month reduction due to COVID.

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November 9, 1863 The first steam locomotive on the Central Pacific, the “Govenor Stanford”, enters service.

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November 9, 1867 The Paw Paw Railroad, at 4 miles Michigan's shortest common carrier, begins operation between Paw Paw and Lawton. (Some sources place this event earlier, in September or October 1867.)

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November 9, 1869 The Pennsylvania Railroad hosts several dignitaries for a demonstration of the Westinghouse air brake between West Philadelphia and Paoli. Another train operates between Pittsburgh-Philadelphia. PRR has had several successful tests of the air brake since the first failure in September.

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November 9, 1874 The Miami Valley Narrow Gauge Railway is incorporated in Ohio to build from Cincinnati to Xenia via Mason, Lebanon and Waynesville. Part of the line will use the old roadbed of the Cincinnati, Lebanon & Xenia Railroad.

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November 9, 1878 The Detroit & Milwaukee Railway is reorganized as the Detroit, Grand Haven & Milwaukee (later GT).

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November 9, 1885 The line over Cajon Pass is completed by the California Southern, a subsidiary of the Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe.

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November 9, 1895 The last horsecar runs in Detroit.

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November 9, 1903 Streetcars begin service in French Lick IN.

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November 9, 1921 President Harding signs the Federal Highway Act of 1921, creating a system of numbered U.S. Highways. These highways are to serve every county seat. The plan will not be implemented until 1926.

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November 9, 1923 The Pennsylvania Railroad carries 1,700 Marines in five special trains to the University of Michigan football game in Ann Arbor.

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November 9, 1941 Thirteen people are killed when a Pennsylvania Railroad train wrecks at Dunkirk OH. Derailed cars on an adjacent track fouled the main line, resulting in the collision.

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November 9, 1951 The Texas & Pacific becomes the first southwestern railroad to drop steam. Train 28, pulled by 2-8-2 #800 from Shreveport to New Orleans closes the final curtain.

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November 9, 1953 Canadian National opens its 144-mile branch to the mines at Lynn Lake to Sherridon MB.

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November 9, 1953 Canadian Pacific begins using RDC's, “Dayliners”, on some branch lines.

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November 9, 1953 The Pennsylvania Railroad places specially modified diesels on its Madison IN incline.

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November 9, 1955 The Norfolk & Western and Pennsylvania railroads along with Rail-Trailer Company of Chicago form Trailer Train Corporation to own and lease interline COFC and TOFC equipment.

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November 9, 1958 J.J. Wright of the New York Central announces he has developed a weigh-in-motion device for freight cars using absorbed radioactivity to determine the weight.

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November 9, 1963 A freight train and two passenger trains crash in Tsurumi, outside Tokyo, killing 161.

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November 9, 1965 The failure of a power plant in Ontario near Niagara Falls causes a 13-hour blackout in New York City. The Pennsylvania Railroad's catenary power, coming from New Jersey is unaffected, however electric track switch motors in Penn Station are. Track switches are spiked and trains will be operated at reduced levels until power is restored tomorrow.

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November 9, 1969 Passenger trains on the Baltimore & Ohio, Chesapeake & Ohio and Pere Marquette routes into Chicago begin using Chicago & North Western Station following the closing of Grand Central Station yesterday.

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November 9, 1979 Burlington Northern opens the Powder River Basin in Wyoming.

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November 9, 1998 The St. Thomas & Eastern Railway begins operations on a former Canadian National branch line between St. Thomas and Delhi ON.

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November 9, 2006 Lionel Trains (and Easy-Bake Ovens) are inducted into the "Toy Hall of Fame".

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November 9, 2011 Thirty years after the original was sold for scrap, a new 50-foot flagpole is installed on top of the former Buffalo [NY] Central Terminal tower.

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November 10, 1853 The Great Western Railway Line (later CN) opens, running 69 kilometers from the Niagara Suspension Bridge to Hamilton ON.

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November 10, 1856 The Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne & Chicago (later PRR) opens between Warsaw and Plymouth, IN. Also the Cincinnati, Peru & Chicago Railroad (later NKP) opens between Plymouth and La Porte, IN forming a connection with the Michigan Southern & Northern Indiana Railroad (later LS&MS, NYC) to Chicago.

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November 10, 1862 The Chicago & North Western reaches Green Bay WI.

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November 10, 1875 The Pennsylvania Railroad creates a chemical laboratory in its Altoona Shops complex. The director of the lab, Dr. Charles Benjamin Dudley, will develop the PRR system of standard specifications for materials.

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November 10, 1876 The Centennial Exhibition ends. The Pennsylvania Railroad since May 10 has handled 22,372 trains carrying 2,612,213 passengers at Centennial and West Philadelphia stations. 295,005 pieces of baggage have been handled inbound and 295,532 outbound with the loss of just 26 pieces.

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November 10, 1879 The Wabash and the St. Louis, Kansas City & Northern merge, forming the Wabash, St. Louis & Pacific Railway.

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November 10, 1891 Granville T. Woods patents an electric railway.

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November 10, 1902 The New York National Land Association agrees with the Grand Rapids & Indiana and the Michigan Central Railroads to develop the unsettled part of Michigan's lower peninsula north of Reed City.

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November 10, 1905 The Grand Trunk Milwaukee Ferry Company is incorporated in Wisconsin to operate a car ferry between Grand Haven MI and Milwaukee.

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November 10, 1908 The Pennsylvania Railroad operates a "Farmer's Special" in Eastern Pennsylvania. This will be the first of the PRR's farm education trains operated in conjunction with state agricultural schools.

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November 10, 1909 A monorail built by Louis Brennan is presented to the press at Gillingham, England as a military vehicle due to the high speed at which track can be laid. Even with passengers all on one side of the vehicle, two onboard gyroscopes are strong enough to keep the car level. Despite a series of successful demonstrations (including one in Brooklyn) the fear that the gyroscopes might fail will prevent Brennan's invention from ever being used for transportation.

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November 10, 1910 The Ann Arbor railroad sells excursion tickets to the Michigan-Minnesota football game, which will decide the Western Championship.

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November 10, 1931 Golden Spike ceremony for the joint Western Pacific/Great Northern line through Bieber CA. The most notable feature of this line is the Western Pacific's wye at Keddie CA.

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November 10, 1979 A 106-car Canadian Pacific freight trains derails in Mississauga ON. The train is carrying explosive and poisonous chemicals. The derailment results in the largest peacetime Canadian evacuation.

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November 10, 1996 Amtrak begins hauling RoadRailers on its “Three Rivers” passenger train between Chicago & Philadelphia.

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November 10, 2007 New Orleans' St. Charles trolley line reopens for the first time since Hurricane Katrina.

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November 10, 2018 The Alton “Telegraph” reports that Union Pacific has closed Mitchell Interlocking Tower, located 6 miles north west of Granite City IL.

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November 10, 2024 Amtrak begins direct service between Chicago and Miami on “The Floridian”. The train is considered temporary, put in place to ease traffic in New York during the East River Tunnel Rehabilitation project.

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November 7, 1835 John Elgar of York PA secures a patent for his plan to build section boats in compartments that are 7 feet by 20 feet, which can be combined end-to-end and side-by-side to form a canal boat and then disassembled to allow transshipment on railroad cars.

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November 7, 1885 The Canadian Pacific Railway, Canada's first transcontinental railroad, is completed with a last spike ceremony at Craigellachie BC.

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November 7, 1894 The Mahoning State Line Railroad (OH, later P&LE) is incorporated.

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November 7, 1902 The Pennsylvania Railroad installs electric arc lighting at Conway Yard.

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November 7, 1907 Jesus Garcia Corona, a Mexican railroad brakeman, saves the entire town of Nacozari, Sonora, Mexico by driving a train with a burning boxcar of dynamite six kilometers out of town before it explodes. He does not survive. The name of the town is changed to Nacozari de Garcia. Many streets and a sports stadium are named after him, and in Mexico November 7 is celebrated as “Dia del Ferrocarrilero” (Railroader’s Day).

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November 7, 1912 Over the strenuous objections of the Detroit & Mackinac Railroad, the Michigan Railroad Commission gives the Boyne City, Gaylord & Alpena railroad permission to build a line crossing Alpena, Montmorency, Otsego and Charlevoix counties.

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November 7, 1916 A Boston streetcar crashes through a dimly lit barrier and plunges through an open drawbridge into the deep Fort Point Channel. Forty-four men and one woman are killed. The accident receives almost no coverage in the papers because of the surprise victory of Woodrow Wilson over Charles Evans Hughes in a last-minute vote recount.

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November 7, 1925 The ICC approves the takeover of the Ann Arbor Railroad by the Wabash.

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November 7, 1944 In Aguadilla PR a passenger train derails due to excessive speed descending a grade. Sixteen are killed and 50 injured.

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November 7, 1947 The first "Friendship Train" leaves Los Angeles for New York. Following an idea by newspaper columnist Drew Pearson, the trains will collect food and other relief goods for France and Italy. In addition to war damage, severe drought is causing food shortages in those areas.

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November 7, 1987 The Kalamazoo, Lake Shore & Chicago officially begins operations between Paw Paw and Hartford MI. The company has adapted the name of the line's owners from 1906-1926. Pioneer Railcorp will operate the line through 2015. It is now (2023) operated by the Hamilton/Hartford group. Much of the line east of Hartford has had rails removed.

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November 7, 1987 Singapore opens its first rail rapid transit system, the MRT, or “Mass Rapid Transit”.

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November 7, 1995 Amtrak "Viewliners" begin in-service testing.

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November 6, 1955 Philadelphia trolley routes 36 (Elmwood Avenue-Market Street) and 37 (Westinghouse-Subway Surface) were combined to form the present route 36 (Elmwood Avenue-Subway Surface). Also, trolley route 12 (Grays Ferry Avenue) was cut back from Darby to Elmwood Avenue and Island Road.? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Dennis M Linsky

November 6, 1893 The Elwood (IN) Electric Street Railway begins operations.

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November 6, 1906 In the early morning hours, a Baltimore & Ohio freight train and a B&O passenger train collide head-on in Porter County IN. Between 55 and 61 people are killed.

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November 6, 1926 Dayton, Covington & Piqua Traction Company (OH) is abandoned, despite the fact it was one of the few interurbans to outlast a parallel steam road (Cincinnati Hamilton & Dayton). (Some sources say November 5, some say November 26).

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November 6, 1932 The streetcars and buses owned by the Kalamazoo Transportation Company are seized for non-payment of $4,487 ($104,625 in 2023) in unpaid taxes. KTC service ended 5 days ago.

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November 6, 1936 The Pennsylvania Railroad authorizes General Electric to proceed with its proposal to design one 5,000 HP steam turboelectric locomotive. The project is put on the back burner as GE concentrates on a "Steamotive" for the Union Pacific and never makes it back to the front burner.

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November 6, 1939 The U.S. Supreme Court upholds a Circuit Court decision made last January refusing to allow the New Haven to close 93 stations on its East End. The decision is rendered largely moot as the States involved allow most of the stations to close due to lack of traffic.

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November 6, 1947 Niagara Falls ON trolleys end service.

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November 6, 1960 Canadian Pacific operates it last steam locomotive. 4-4-0 #29 pulls a special train from Montreal to St. Lin to mark the event.

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November 6, 1967 The New York Central assigns RDC's to its last remaining Cleveland-Cincinnati service.

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November 6, 1970 Great Northern dedicates its new 7-mile Flathead Tunnel in Montana.

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November 6, 1984 The last train departs from Philadelphia’s Reading Terminal.

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November 6, 2017 Fort Erie ON council votes $100,000 per year out of the city budget to restore CNR 6218 and its accompanying caboose. The 4-8-4 was donated to the city by Canadian National in 1973.

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Mark Tomlonson

November 5, 1862 The Amboy, Lansing & Traverse Bay Railroad, more commonly known as "The Ramshorn Road" (later JL&S, MC, NYC, PC, CR) completes its Lansing to Owosso route. (Some sources say 10/25/1863)

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November 5, 1865 Ground is broken for the Union Pacific Railroad.

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November 5, 1888 The first passenger train arrives in Middlebury IN, coming from Goshen on the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railway. When the station is built next month, it will be too close to the tracks. The building will be moved soon after.

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November 5, 1905 The westbound "Michigan Central Limited" is renamed the "Wolverine". It will become the premier Chicago-New York Train on the Michigan Central route.

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November 5, 1926 The Dayton, Covington & Piqua (Interurban) calls it quits.

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November 5, 1931 The Pennsylvania Railroad begins truck/rail container service between New York and Philadelphia and New York-Baltimore-Richmond.

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November 5, 1956 The Virginian Railway takes delivery of new electric road switchers from General Electric.

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November 5, 1958 The Pennsylvania Railroad discontinues its tradition of providing free wall calendars.

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November 5, 1963 The Mackinac Transportation Company Board votes not to repair the "Chief Wawatam" and to abandon operations.

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November 5, 1967 Robin Gibb of the Bee Gees survives the Hither Green rail crash in England. Forty-nine people lose their lives and 78 are injured. Eleven of the twelve packed coaches on the train derail, and four of them roll onto their sides.

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November 5, 1973 BART begins service between San Francisco and Daly City

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Mark Tomlonson

November 4, 1956 Philadelphia trolley route 2 on 15th and 16th Streets was converted to bus operation with GMC TDH-5106 diesel buses due to a bus shuffle after route 26 on Olney Avenue was totally re-equipped with newer GMC TDH-5105s. The route 2 conversion ended the use of plain 8000-series Peter Witt cars with wooden seats. Also, Callowhill Depot PCC cars on routes 10 (Lancaster-Subway), 15 (Girard Avenue), and 41 (North 63rd Street) received lock-type fare boxes.? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Dennis M Linsky

November 4, 1874 The narrow gauge East Broad Top Railroad & Coal Company opens for revenue service to Robertsdale PA, a new town established by the Rockhill Iron & Coal Company. An excursion tour was held on October 16.

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November 4, 1925 Canadian National Railcar 15820 finishes a transcontinental trip it started three days earlier, averaging 44 mph and topping out at 60 mph

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November 4, 1936 After meeting with representatives of Baldwin Locomotive Works, officials of the Pennsylvania Railroad approve both passenger and freight versions of a 4-4-4-4 duplex locomotive.

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November 4, 1947 The citizens of San Francisco vote 3 to 1 to save the Powell Street cable car line.

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November 4, 1953 The Baltimore & Ohio announces it is all diesel between Jersey City NJ and Cumberland MD.

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November 4, 1963 Trolley service ends in Baltimore.

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November 4, 2021 CN announces it will be purchasing a Wabtec battery-electric locomotive. The unit, purchased with financial support from Pennsylvania’s Department of Environmental Protection, was used as a demonstrator on BNSF earlier in the year.

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November 1, 1953 Philadelphia shuttle bus routes XF and 83 were put out of misery. Route XF was a rush hour bus route from 30th Street Station to the Civic Center via 34th Street and Curie Avenue but the reroutings of trolley routes 11, 13, 34, and 37 via Spruce and Locust Streets sealed the bus route's fate. Route 83 was a Ferries shuttle bus route from Franklin Square Station of the Locust Street-Camden Line via Delaware Avenue. This bus route was still in operation on March 31, 1952, when the Market Street Ferry closed and the Franklin Square station was made full time. The station was made part time in September, 1952, and closed on this day in 1953.? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? November 1, 1956 Philadelphia's remaining old trolleys on routes 17, 20, 32, and 46 were given a reprieve. PTC still had 125 prewar Mack and ACF-Brill buses which became more expensive to operate than the old trolleys. As a result, PTC temporarily curtailed Phase III of its rail-to-rubber conversion program.? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? November 3,1957 Pittsburgh PCC routes 1 (Spring Garden), 4 (Troy Hill), and 5 (Spring View) were converted to bus operation.? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?Dennis M Linsky

November 1, 1842 The Schenectady & Troy Railroad (later NYC) opens.

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November 1, 1848 A cog rail is installed on the Madison (IN) incline and the use of horses is abandoned. The first rack locomotive, "M.G. Bright" (0-8-0) has one set of cylinders driving the regular wheels and a second set mounted vertically driving the cogwheel.

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November 1, 1855 More than 600 passengers board a special train in St. Louis for a ceremony commemorating the opening of the Pacific Railroad in Jefferson City. When the train crosses the Gasconade River at Gasconade MO (about halfway between the two cities), the bridge collapses after being weakened by high water. Twelve of the 13 cars fall into the river. Sixty persons die and hundreds are injured.

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November 1, 1857 Because of a financial panic, the Michigan Central and Michigan Southern railroads agree to divide their passenger business between Lake Erie and Chicago 50/50 and their freight business 58/42 in favor of the Michigan Central. Both roads agree to give up their steamboats on Lake Erie used for a connection to Buffalo.

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November 1, 1860 The Flint & Holly Railroad (later F&PM, PM, C&O, CSX) begins operations between its namesake Michigan towns.

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November 1, 1869 The New York Central Railroad (1853) and the Hudson River Railroad are consolidated to form the New York Central & Hudson River Railroad Company (NYC&HR) under the control of Cornelius Vanderbilt. The merger plan was kept secret from regular stockholders until the vote was taken.

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November 1, 1872 The New York Central & Hudson River, New York & Harlem and New Haven railroads sign an agreement for the joint use of the first Grand Central Station.

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November 1, 1873 The Canada Southern Railway opens for through traffic.

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November 1, 1875 The Terre Haute & Indianapolis Railroad (later PRR) and the Indianapolis & St. Louis Railroad (later CCC&StL, NYC) begin common operation under an agreement signed on October 4th.

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November 1, 1875 Wagner sleeping cars replace Pullmans on the Michigan Central Railroad. Wagner inaugurates through cars between Boston and Chicago via both the MC and the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern routes. Because of this, the Erie drops its routing over the MC as does the Toledo, Wabash & Western.

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November 1, 1877 The "Golden Spike" is driven on the narrow gauge Waynesburg & Washington Railroad in Pennsylvania.

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November 1, 1878 The Detroit, Grand Haven & Milwaukee comes under control of the Grand Trunk.

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November 1, 1888 The narrow-gauge Mexican National Railway [English translation] opens to Nuevo Laredo.

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November 1, 1890 The Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis (“Big 4”) buys the Cincinnati, Wabash & Michigan Railway, running between Anderson IN and Benton Harbor MI.

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November 1, 1895 The first segment of the Dayton Traction Company opens to Calvary Cemetery.

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November 1, 1903 The Dayton, Covington & Piqua Traction Company (OH) reaches its ultimate length as it enters Piqua, 34 miles from its terminus in Dayton.

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November 1, 1903 "Bucket" station on the Pennsylvania Railroad is re-named "South Altoona".

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November 1, 1905 The Ft. Wayne, Van Wert & Lima Traction Company opens 62 miles, Lima to Ft. Wayne.

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November 1, 1907 The Pennsylvania Railroad establishes its own Police Department.

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November 1, 1909 "Golden" spike ceremony on the Western Pacific. As no company officials are present, the local track foreman drives the last spike; the track crew shouts "Hooray!" and two women walking by with their children kiss each other.

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November 1, 1910 The Wisconsin Rapids Street Railroad begins streetcar service in Wisconsin Rapids WI.

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November 1, 1918 New York City's worst train accident, the Malbone Street Wreck: A five-car subway train, being operated by a supervisor during a strike, enters a curve at five times the safe speed. The train leaves the track and strikes a concrete abutment. Ninety-seven are killed and 100 injured (Some sources say 225).

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November 1, 1926 The Pennsylvania Railroad begins operating a "livestock and meats demonstration train" for Ohio State University. It will tour on PRR tracks in Ohio for two weeks.

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November 1, 1927 Great Northern, Northern Pacific and the Soo Line pool their passenger services between Minneapolis/St. Paul and Duluth/Superior.

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November 1, 1928 The Grand Trunk Western consolidates 10 subsidiary lines operating in Michigan, Illinois and Indiana to form a single system.

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November 1, 1928 The electrification of Pennsylvania Railroad's main lines between New York/Wilmington and Philadelphia/Columbia is announced. It is hoped that electric freight will handle perishable traffic quicker than steam. Electrification south of Washington DC will need to wait on abeyance of certain ordinances in Baltimore.

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November 1, 1932 A bitter and contentious strike ends streetcar service in Kalamazoo MI at 4:00 pm.

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November 1, 1936 This month’s issue of “Railroad Stories” magazine reports that the Chicago South Shore & South Bend has donated a car to the Michiana Model Engineers Guild. The car has been placed at the corner of Sycamore St. and LaSalle Avenue in South Bend for use as a clubhouse.

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November 1, 1937 An agreement between the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen and the Association of American Railroads takes effect today mandating spring cushion seats with armrests for head-end brakemen. The seats may be in the cab or on the tender deck, the location being optional with the railroad. The rule applies to all new locomotives, and within five years the seats must be in all locomotives.

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November 1, 1952 The Pacific Great Eastern Railway extends its main line from Quesnel BC to a connection with the Canadian National in Prince George.

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November 1, 1952 The Pennsylvania Railroad terminates its design contract with Raymond Loewy.

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November 1, 1956 The first transcontinental Trailer-On-Flat-Car rates go into effect.

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November 1, 1957 U.S. Class I Railroads report they roster 27,108 diesel and 2,697 steam locomotives. An additional 721 steam locomotives are in storage.

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November 1, 1957 New York Central President Alfred E. Perlman and Pennsylvania Railroad President J.M. Symes announce they are discussing a merger of their two railroads.

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November 1, 1960 The Chicago & North Western acquires the Minneapolis & St. Louis.

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November 1, 1967 Canadian National receives five sets of Turbotrains for testing.

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November 1, 1978 The Grand Trunk ends carferry service on the great lakes.

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November 1, 1980 CSX Corporation is created from the Chessie System and Seaboard Coast Line Industries, Inc. (Family Lines).

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November 1, 2004 Streetcars begin official operations between Little Rock and North Little Rock AR.

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November 1, 2010 Train robbers in Victorville CA break into a refrigerated railroad car and steal as much of the contents they can carry. The cargo: frozen pig's feet. Value of the stolen goods: roughly $200.

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November 2, 1836 Horse-drawn trains begin operating on the Erie & Kalamazoo (later MS, LS&MS, NYC, PC, CR).

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November 2, 1863 Theodore Judah, Chief Engineer of the Central Pacific Railroad, dies in New York.

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November 2, 1870 The Boston & Albany merges with the Albany & West Stockbridge Railroad.

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November 2, 1873 The Pennsylvania Railroad begins through sleeping car service between Washington and Chicago as well as Washington and St. Louis via Baltimore. It also inaugurates through summer-only sleepers between Washington and Buffalo via Canandaigua and the New York Central.

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November 2, 1902 The "Golden State Limited", a joint venture by Rock Island and Southern Pacific, begins service between Chicago and Los Angeles.

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November 2, 1930 Outbound steam trains begin using 30th Street Station in Philadelphia.

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November 2, 1931 The New York Central pays its last dividend until after the Depression.

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November 2, 1949 Washington DC's DuPont Subway opens to north-bound cars.

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November 2, 1966 The Interstate Commerce Commission nixes a container unit train proposed by the Pennsylvania Railroad. Other rails have protested the train, saying it is unfair to them because they aren't ready to provide similar service.

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November 2, 1969 Last run of the Kansas City Southern's Kansas City to New Orleans "Southern Belle".

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November 2, 2008 A Swedish Conductor closes the toilets on a train running between Borlange and Gavle. The toilets run on air taken from the brake system, and the conductor was afraid the large number of people riding would mean enough flushes to affect the braking system.

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November 2, 2009 Warren Buffet announces that his corporation, Berkshire Hathaway, will purchase a 100 per cent stake in BNSF Railway.

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November 3, 1842 First recorded instance of a meal being served on board a moving train. The Directors of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad are served a catered cold lunch on an inaugural inspection trip between Hancock and Cumberland MD.

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November 3, 1848 First railroad on the South American continent opens, in Guyana.

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November 3, 1873 Continental Improvement Company completes the Grand Rapids & Indiana Railroad from Fife Lake to Little Traverse Bay (Petoskey). The line north of Walton Junction will not be operated during winter.

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November 3, 1893 The Liberty Bell, loaded on a flatcar and on its way home to Philadelphia from the Chicago Columbian exhibition, stalls on a steep grade on streetcar tracks in Philadelphia. Bystanders fill the two streetcars being used to push the flat and enough ballast is obtained for the cars to make the grade.

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November 3, 1897 The Lake Shore & Michigan Southern outfits its premier passenger train, the “Lake Shore Limited” with new equipment. Included in the amenities: electric lighting, powered by a steam-driven generator in the buffet car.

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November 3, 1909 The Lethbridge Viaduct, one of the largest railway structures in Canada, opens on the Canadian Pacific near Lethbridge AB.

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November 3, 1963 The last streetcar operates on the streets of Baltimore.

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November 3, 1969 The Kansas City Southern’s “Southern Belle” makes its last run.

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November 3, 2003 The New York City subway retires the last of its 40-year-old "Redbird" cars.

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November 3, 2008 CN announces it is buying some of the rail and ferry operations of Quebec Railway Corporation. Included in the buy: Chemin de fer de la Matapedia et du Golfe, New Brunswick East Coast Railway, Ottawa Central Railway and the rail ferry firm Compagnie de gestiion de Matane Inc.

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November 3, 2011 The State of Florida buys a 61-mile line from CSX for its SunRail service. The line will connect DeLand, Orlando and Poinciana.

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October 31, 1955 Philadelphia's Market Street Subway was extended west from the 23rd Street portal to a new portal west of 44th Street to connect with the El between 45th and 46th Streets with the first El station stop at 46th. Because of an activity change in West Philadelphia, new subway stations at 30th and 34th Streets, the only ones with island platforms, replaced the 32nd and 36th Streets El stations. The 40th Street El station was relocated underground.? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? October 31, 1956 Brooklyn PCC cars 1045 and 1074 were the last on McDonald Avenue with car 1074 the last to return to the 9th Avenue depot. Car 1039 was the last on Church Avenue. Also, trolleybus route B-23 on Cortelyou Road was converted to bus operation.? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Dennis M Linsky

October 31, 1843 The Vermont Central is re-created to build a line across the center of Vermont.

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October 31, 1854 The first train arrives in Fort Wayne, IN from the east on the Ohio & Indiana Railroad (later PRR), completing the line from Crestline, OH.

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October 31, 1859 The Louisville & Nashville Railroad opens between Louisville and Nashville, completing a through line of uniform gauge between the Ohio River at Louisville and the Atlantic at Charleston, SC. It is the only rail line between the Southern seaboard and the Ohio River prior to the Civil War.

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October 31, 1864 A train carrying just over 500 passengers, most of them Union troops, runs head-on into a stock train near Indianapolis on the Lafayette & Indianapolis (later CCC&StL, NYC). Eighteen troops are killed (some sources say 22).

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October 31, 1880 The Grant Locomotive Works deliver a new locomotive to the Pittsburgh, Ft. Wayne & Chicago (later PRR). The locomotive, designed by Eugene Fontaine, has regular drivers atop four smaller wheels that transmit traction to the rails. The locomotive is supposedly capable of 90 mph.

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October 31, 1903 The New York Central & Hudson River Railroad votes to electrify between Croton-on-Hudson on the Hudson Division and North White Plains on the Harlem Division. The system used will be a 660-volt DC on an under-running third rail. Later this fall they will sign a contract with General Electric for the locomotives.

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October 31, 1903 On the Big Four in Indianapolis, a switcher moving coal cars is on the main line during time reserved for a passenger train. The two trains collide, killing16 Purdue University students.

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October 31, 1909 Pullman acquires the assets of its major competitors: Mann's Boudoir Car Co., the Union Palace Car Co. and the Woodruff Sleeping Car Co.

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October 31, 1913 The Lincoln Highway is dedicated, the first automobile highway across the United States.

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October 31, 1913 The unionized workers of the Indianapolis Traction & Terminal Company go on strike.

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October 31, 1920 The Pennsylvania Railroad turns over the sale of parlor and sleeping car tickets at Penn Station to the Pullman Company. This comes in reaction to the discovery and firing of 7 PRR agents for demanding bribes for tickets.

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October 31, 1922 Streetcars call it quits in Crawfordsville and New Castle IN.

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October 31, 1935 Washington IN loses streetcar service.

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October 31, 1939 The Public Service Company of Indiana abandons its interurban line between Seymour IN and Louisville KY.

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October 31, 1942 French engineer Leon Bronchart refuses to drive a train of prisoners. He is the only engineer in France known to have done so.

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October 31, 1955 In an episode of "I Love Lucy" airing tonight, much of the action takes place aboard a Union Pacific passenger train. Union Pacific supervised construction of a passenger car set, exact in every detail except for the brake handle which is altered for dramatic effect. Some establishing shots were taken with UP's cooperation at Los Angeles Union Passenger Terminal and at East Los Angeles aboard actual UP passenger cars.

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October 31, 1956 Brooklyn NY ends streetcar service.

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October 31, 1957 The Canadian National Railway receives permission to operate the former New York Central Lines in the vicinity of Ottawa ON. Some of the lines will be re-laid.

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October 31, 1965 “Rapido” passenger service begins on the Canadian National.

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October 31, 1976 Canadian National and Canadian Pacific issue the first joint VIA Rail timetable.

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October 31, 1978 The last train departs St. Louis Union Terminal.

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October 31, 1982 The United Aircraft Turbo Trains [Amtrak, CN, VIA] are removed from service by VIA. They will go next to Naporano Iron & Metal in New Jersey where they will be scrapped.

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October 31, 1983 Amtrak launches a Tri-weekly “Auto-Train” between Lorton VA and Sanford FL.

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October 31, 1987 Montana Rail Link begins operations on 907 miles of former Burlington Northern (nee Northern Pacific) trackage.

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October 31, 2011 CSX today announces the release of an iPhone application that will allow its customers to track shipments and select car types for future shipments.

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October 31, 2017 Amtrak begins daily service to Roanoke VA. Northeast Regional trains will serve a newly built station in the downtown area.

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October 31, 2021 The Long Island Railroad runs a test train to check its new access to Grand Central Terminal, part of its East Access project.

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October 30, 1837 Russia's first railway opens between St Petersburg and Tsarskoye Selo (27 km/17 miles).

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October 30, 1850 The Michigan Central Railroad opens from New Buffalo to Michigan City IN using the charter rights of the New Albany & Salem Railroad (later CIL, L&N, CSX) within Indiana.

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October 30, 1868 The ceremonial first shovel of dirt is turned for the Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe in Topeka KS.

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October 30, 1888 Electric streetcars begin service in Lafayette IN.

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October 30, 1902 The Winona & Warsaw Railway (IN) is incorporated.

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October 30, 1905 The Chicago-New York Electric Air Line is incorporated. Plans were to build an interurban line between the to cities with little or no curvature in the tracks. Only a short segment near LaPorte IN will be built.

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October 30, 1921 A mixed train between Muncie and Converse IN on the Pennsylvania Railroad replaces the previous passenger service.

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October 30, 1931 Secretarial service is dropped from Pennsylvania Railroad Blue-Ribbon passenger trains running between New York and Chicago and New York and St. Louis.

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October 30, 1937 The International Railway Company operates the last interurban to Lockport, ending interurban service on the Niagara Frontier.

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October 30, 1937 The last streetcar runs in Lancaster OH.

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October 30, 1939 The New York World's Fair closes for the year. The Pennsylvania and Long Island Railroad have hauled one out of every four visitors.

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October 30, 1955 The Milwaukee Road takes over operation of the Chicago & North Western’s share of the “Cities Streamliners.

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October 30, 1956 Baldwin-Lima-Hamilton ships its last common-carrier-sized locomotive from its Eddystone PA factory. The S12 switcher, used around the Eddystone Plant since it was built in 1955, will go to Erie Mining as their #403.

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October 30, 1960 The "Commodore Vanderbilt" name disappears from New York Central passenger timetables.

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October 30, 1960 Portland ME Union Station closes.

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October 30, 1963 The New York Times runs an editorial on the demolition of Penn Station, calling it "a monumental act of vandalism."

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October 30, 1967 The Mackinac Transportation Company lays up the "Chief Wawatam", substituting the barge "Manistee" and the tug "Muskegon”.

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October 30, 1970 President Richard Nixon signs the enabling legislation for Amtrak.

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October 30, 1972 In the worst railway accident in Chicago history, two commuter trains collide in early morning dense fog, killing 45 and injuring 332. The engineer of an Illinois Central Gulf train overshot the 27th Street Station. As he backed to the station, the rear of the train was not properly flagged. The train had cleared an automatic block signal, and was struck by an express commuter train. After this accident all Chicago commuter trains are painted with bright stripes at the ends of the trains.

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October 30, 1983 New Jersey Transit officially retires its remaining GG-1's, after a day of fantrips yesterday. No GG-1 has run under its own power since.

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October 30, 1983 Amtrak begins Auto-Train service using much of the same route and equipment as the now-defunct Auto-Train Corporation.

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October 30, 1990 The Lenawee County Railroad ceases operation on the former Lake Shore & Michigan Southern branch between Morenci and Grosvenor MI.

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October 30, 2004 Amtrak drops smoking cars on all trains except the Auto-Train. At the end, only the Crescent, Silver Star and Silver Meteor carry smoking cars.

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October 30, 2008 Regional railroads Dakota, Minnesota & Eastern (mostly ex-C&NW) and Iowa, Chicago & Eastern (mostly ex-MILW) are placed under the control of Canadian Pacific.

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October 30, 2013 The world’s deepest railway tunnel (190 feet/58 metres) opens, connecting the eastern and western parts of Istanbul.? Also the first tunnel to connect two continents (Asia and Europe), the project was first proposed in the 1860’s. “Marmaray” tunnel is 8.5 miles long.

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October 30, 2013 Police in San Diego shut down a tunnel to Tijuana used by drug smugglers. The tunnel used an electric railway to transport its illegal cargo.

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October 30, 2014 A contractor using a large drill to expand a well in Long Island City drills too far into the ground and scrapes the side and roof of an occupied “F” train. The contractor was working on the East Side Access Project, designed to bring Long Island trains into Grand Central Terminal.

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Mark Tomlonson

October 29, 1957 San Diego's last PCC car, air-electric 528, was purchased from the San Diego Mill Supply Company to the local Parks Department and placed on static display at Delmar Park next to a retired Southern Pacific steam locomotive. With another PCC car, 508, destined for the Orange Empire Traction Museum, the remaining 6 cars were still at San Diego Mill Supply Company before they were cut up in 1958.? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? October 29, 1961 Washington's remaining PCC cars were given a reprieve due to a strike against General Motors which delayed deliveries of new buses to replace the cars on the capital's last 4 routes.? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Dennis M Linsky

October 29, 1830 News of the opening of the Liverpool & Manchester Railway six weeks earlier reaches Philadelphia.

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October 29, 1889 Illinois Central completes the 4-mile river bridge at Cairo IL.

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October 29, 1938 The interurban Cincinnati & Lake Erie's Columbus Division, running from Dayton to Columbus via Springfield is abandoned.

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October 29, 1948 "Tales Of The Red Caboose" a 15-minute show sponsored by and featuring Lionel trains, premieres on ABC-TV.

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October 29, 1955 Union Pacific shifts its eastern connection from the Chicago & North Western to the Milwaukee Road.

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October 29, 1964 Candidate Barry Goldwater uses Pennsylvania Railroad business car #180 for a whistle stop trip between Harrisburg and Pittsburg.

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October 29, 1966 Chesapeake & Ohio passenger service between Grand Rapids and Traverse City MI ends.

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October 29, 1967 As part of the Northeast Corridor Project, the Pennsylvania cards GG-1 powered trains between New York and Washington DC at 100 mph. The Metroliners remain sidelined with electrical and mechanical problems.

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October 29, 1972 With the arrival of the westbound "James Whitcomb Riley", Amtrak begins using Cincinnati's River Road station, it’s first newly-built station.

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October 29, 1978 VIA Rail takes over all passenger service on the Canadian Pacific.

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October 29, 1983 The iconic Pennsylvania Railroad electric locomotive, the GG-1, operates for what is almost certainly the last time. It is used to pull an excursion train.

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October 29, 2004 Last scheduled run of 1962-vintage former New York Central ACMU cars on Metro-North.

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October 29, 2005 The Saginaw Bay Southern of Tawas MI, affiliated with Lake State Railway, buys 8 miles of former CSX trackage in Michigan's "thumb".

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October 29, 2010 Central Railroad of New Jersey 0-6-0 No. 113 is returned to steam. The anthracite-burning locomotive is one of only two surviving CNJ steamers.

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October 29, 2019 The MTA station at New Rochelle NY is shut down while police investigate a suspicious package. The package contained equipment for the MTA’s new system for reporting suspicious packages.

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Mark Tomlonson

October 28, 1951 Chicago trolley route 56 (Milwaukee Avenue) was converted to bus operation on weekends and holidays.? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? October 28, 1956 Kansas City's first PCC line, route 50 (Troost Avenue), was converted to bus operation and extended from 63rd Street to 82nd.? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? October 28, 1956 Milwaukee's next to last trolley line, route 11 (Howell), was converted to bus operation.? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? October 28, 1956 Philadelphia's next to last double-end trolley line, route 79 (Snyder Avenue), was converted to bus operation, leaving route,46 (58th and 60th Streets) as the city's only remaining double-end trolley line. On June 18, 1961, route 79 was reconverted to trolleybus operation.? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Dennis M Linsky