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July 23, 1840 Shop workers stage the first recorded strike against the Baltimore & Ohio. July 23, 1849 The Pennsylvania Railroad runs its first excursion train from Harrisburg to Millerstown with Gov.

July 22, 1956 Philadelphia trolley route 12 (Grays Ferry Avenue) was converted to bus operation and rerouted via 22nd, 23rd, and Market Streets to Independence Hall. It was also transferred from

July 22, 1867 A press excursion leaves New York for Chicago to publicize the new Silver Palace sleeping cars. Six Silver Palace sleepers, including the "Chicago", start the trip and two more will be

July 21, 1963 The last trolley ever built by J.G. Brill, Red Arrow Brilliner 10, was involved in a head-on collision with St. Louis car 12 on single track PRW at Smedley Park on the Media line. Car 10

July 21, 1836 The first railroad in Canada, the Champlain & St. Lawrence Railroad opens from Laprairie to St. Johns, Quebec. The line will become part of the M&C, GTR, and Canadian National. July 21,

July 20, 1871 Work begins on the Canadian Pacific. July 20, 1871 The Pennsylvania Company signs an agreement with the Mansfield, Coldwater & Lake Michigan Railroad Company to build the entire MC&LM

July 19, 1858 Philadelphia City Councils pass a resolution requiring all streetcar lines to be a non-standard gauge of 5'-2 1/2" to prevent their being used by steam railroads. July 19, 1860 First

July 16 and 17, 1958 The NYCTA ran special services on the IRT Polo Grounds shuttle to connect that stadium with Yankee Stadium as Jehovah's Witnesses convention was being held at each. These services

July 16, 1854 Elizabeth Jennings Graham, on her way to church, is ejected from a New York City Third Avenue Railroad horsecar because she is African-American. She will sue the railroad and win, ending

July 15, 1852 the first westbound Pennsylvania Railroad train from Philadelphia arrives in Pittsburgh. July 15, 1853 The Grand Trunk Railway of Canada merges with 5 other railway companies and is

July 14, 1838 The New York & Erie Railroad fixes its gauge at 6'-0". NY&E President Eleazar Lord believes this is the best means of preventing traffic diversions to other railroads and states. July

July 13, 1836 U.S. Patent #1 is issued (after 9,957 unnumbered ones) to John Ruggles for improvements to locomotive tires. July 13, 1887 The second Tay bridge across the Firth of Tay in Scotland

July 12, 1842 The New Jersey Railroad Board issues a regulation requiring all locomotives to have cowcatchers. July 12, 1871 The first narrow gauge railroad in North America (i.e. the first railroad

July 10, 1949 Brooklyn's 8100-series Speed cars, which were mainstays of the Ocean Avenue route, were withdrawn from service and replaced by the slower 8300-series cars. July 10, 1973 The Staten

July 9, 1899 The Waupaca Electric Light & Railway Company begins streetcar service in Waupaca WI. July 9, 1905 Walter "Death Valley Scotty" Scott hires the Santa Fe to take him from Los Angeles to

July 8, 1955 Philadelphia all-electric PCC car 2276 (-Kansas City 788) was observed on route 5 (Frankford-2nd and 3rd Streets). July 8, 1956 Kansas City trolley route 59 (12th and Jackson) a PCC route

July 8, 1853 The Northern Indiana Railroad (later LS&NI, LS&MS, NYC, PC, CR, NS) is formed by the merger of several smaller roads in Indiana and Ohio. July 8, 1854 In part to avoid the gauge war in

July 7, 1946 The Lee bus route replaced St. Louis trolley routes 41 (Lee Avenue) and 72 (18th Street). July 7, 1958 The PRR's new Silverliner MU cars began service on Philadelphia commuter lines.

July 7, 1838 By Act of Congress, all railroads in the United States are designated as "Post Roads" per Article I Section 8 of the Constitution, allowing all railroads to carry mail. July 7, 1853 The

July 6, 1947 Cincinnati trolley route 69 (Madisonville), the city's first PCC route, was converted to trolleybus operation and the PCC cars used there were transferred to route 4 (Norwood-Kennedy