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November 4 in RR History
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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. ? 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 ? 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. ? November 4, 1947 The citizens of San Francisco vote 3 to 1 to save the Powell Street cable car line. ? November 4, 1953 The Baltimore & Ohio announces it is all diesel between Jersey City NJ and Cumberland MD. ? November 4, 1963 Trolley service ends in Baltimore. ? 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. ? Mark Tomlonson |
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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 On Mon, Nov 4, 2024, 6:41 AM Mark Tomlonson via <tomlonson=[email protected]> wrote:
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