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June 18, 1831 The "John Bull" locomotive is constructed in England by Robert Stephenson & Company. June 18, 1890 Indianapolis Street Railway begins operations. June 18, 1893 Great Northern's first St.

June 17, 1956 All 83 of Chicago's Blue Goose PCC cars were retired with the conversion of trolley route 49 (Western Avenue) to bus operation. June 17, 1956 Baltimore trolley route 19 (Garrison

June 17, 1831 The first boiler explosion in the United States occurs when the engineer of the "Best Friend of Charleston" ties the steam pressure relief valve shut. June 17, 1835 The locomotive

June 16, 1893 The steam-electric locomotive "Fusee" (French for "rocket") is given its first stationary tests. Although never fully practical despite many miles of over the road testing, the "Fusee"

June 15, 1869 The first parlor cars are placed in service between New York and Boston, running via Springfield. June 15, 1883 The first train steams across the Marent Gulch trestle, a 222-foot tall

June 14, 1956 A 9-hour wildcat strike cut 66 2/3% of IRT and BMT subway services and about half the IND. As a result, 60 NYCTA motormen were reprimanded, 21 were suspended, 5 were dismissed but were

June 14, 1866 The Cincinnati & Martinsville (later Big Four, NYC) reaches its junction with the Indianapolis & Cincinnati Railroad. June 14, 1880 The Pittsburg, Cincinnati & St. Louis Railroad (later

June 11, 1862 Herman Haupt, the former Pennsylvania Railroad construction engineer now in charge of reconstructing damaged railroads for the Union Army, issues regulations for his construction corps,

June 10, 1844 The New York & New Haven Railroad is incorporated to build from New Haven to a junction with the New York & Harlem Railroad at Williamsbridge, now in the Borough of Bronx. June 10, 1872

June 9, 1950 Philadelphia air-electric PCC car 2603 was burned inside Bay 5 at Callowhill Depot and scrapped. Another PCC, car 2604, was also involved in the fire but was repaired at Kensington Shops

June 9, 1865 Author Charles Dickens survives a railway accident at Staplehurst, UK in which 10 are killed and 49 injured. The incident is believed to have inspired his short story "The Signalman".

June 8, 1952 Baltimore trolley route 18 (Pennsylvania-Camden) was converted to bus operation and the Park Terminal car house closed with route 32 (Woodlawn-Howard Park) relocated to Belvedere. June 8,

June 8, 1857 The Grand Rapids & Mackinaw Railroad is incorporated in Michigan to build a railroad between the two namesake towns for the Grand Rapids & Indiana. June 8, 1870 An excursion train of

June 7, 1950 A coroner's jury in Chicago declared the city's PCC car fleet unsafe after the gasoline truck incident that killed 34 persons and ordered the PCCs refined with emergency kick-out windows

June 7, 1853 An iron Bollman truss bridge designed by Albert Fink opens over the Monongahela River at Fairmont, VA on the Baltimore & Ohio. It is the longest iron railroad bridge built to date. June

June 5, 1955 North Philadelphia trolley route 54 (Lehigh Avenue) was converted to bus operation and the Richmond Depot closed. Route 60 (Allegheny Avenue) was relocated to Allegheny Depot until

June 4, 1869 The first Silver Palace car arrives in Sacramento, having made the trip from New York on the new Transcontinental Railroad. June 4, 1872 The Holly, Wayne & Monroe (MI) (later F&PM, PM)

June 3, 1856 Congress makes a 40 million-acre land grant to Michigan for the purpose of aiding the construction of railroads along nine routes. The grant is to be every alternate or odd-numbered

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)