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October 23, 1874 The Monterey & Salinas Valley Railroad, the first narrow-gauge line in California, begins operations.

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October 23, 1882 The New York, Chicago & St. Louis ("The Nickel Plate Road") officially begins operations.

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October 23, 1894 The “Big Four”? (CCC&StL) shops in Wabash IN are destroyed by fire. Six locomotives are destroyed when the roof of the 15-stall roundhouse collapses. Thanks to a $55,000 ($2.08 million in 2024) grant from the City of Wabash, the shops will be rebuilt.

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October 23, 1906 The Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen present a demand for an 8-hour day for switchmen working in the Chicago Switching District.

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October 23, 1928 The Pennsylvania Railroad forms the "Keystone Container Car Company" to operate its new LCL container service. The new company will compete with the New York Central's "L.C.L. Corporation". The first service by the Keystone Company will be one week from today between Philadelphia and New York.

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October 23, 1929 The Pennsylvania Railroad announces it has placed an order for 100 additional Class M1 4-8-2's for fast freight service. Fifty of the locomotives will come from Baldwin, 25 from Lima and 25 from Juniata.

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October 23, 1929 The first transcontinental air service, New York to Los Angles, begins.

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October 23, 1956 The New Haven begins testing its version of "Train X": a bi-directional set with Baldwin-Maybach diesel hydraulic locomotives at each end.

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October 23, 1959 Grand Trunk Western 4-8-4 6325 is donated to the City of Battle Creek and placed on display in a city park.

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October 23, 1979 Amtrak opens a station in Dearborn MI.

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October 23, 1996 Norfolk Southern offers a counter to CSX's bid for Conrail of eight days previous, triggering a bidding war.

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October 23, 2004 A Japanese "Bullet" train derails for the first time since the service was inaugurated in 1964. The train was traveling at 135 mph when an earthquake caused the derailment. There were no injuries.

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October 23, 2021 Central States Steam Preservation 2-10-2 #6988 makes its last runs before being put in storage. The locomotive’s 15-year FRA inspection is due and its owner does not have the funds to make the inspection. Sister locomotive #7081 was placed in storage earlier. Both locomotives were built in China.

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Mark Tomlonson

October 23, 1962 Los Angeles Metropolitan Transportation Authority announce plans to replace all PCC cars and trolleybuses with buses on March 31, 1963. There were 5 PCC car routes and 2 trolleybus routes still in service.? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Dennis?M Linsky