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November 28, 1909 Game Wardens in Floodwood, MI are surprised to discover their dogs “keying in” on a coffin waiting on the platform of the passenger station on the Milwaukee & Northern Railroad (later MILW). They open it and find the coffin is not filled with the remains of a hunter killed in an accident, but illegally taken game birds.

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November 28, 1917 The Pennsylvania Company agrees to transfer all of its railroad holdings to the Pennsylvania Railroad.

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November 28, 1920 Passenger service between Butler and Columbia City IN on the former Eel River Railroad is cut from two to one round trip daily.

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November 28, 1925 A Michigan Railway interurban car strikes an automobile at the Burton Street crossing in Grand Rapids, killing all 7 occupants of the car. The automobile had driven around another that was waiting for the approaching interurban when it was struck.

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November 28, 1928 Canadian National diesel-electric #9000 makes its initial test runs on the railroad.

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November 28, 1931 The Boyne City, Gaylord & Alpena Railroad notifies shippers that the line will no longer handle freight east of Gaylord as of December 1.

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November 28, 1942 Pennsylvania Railroad's Altoona Shops coverts an X32 boxcar into a P30A troop sleeper for the first time. After the war, many veterans will refuse to ride trains due to their experiences in the cars.

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November 28, 1992 Three Englishmen begin their effort to set a record for the most miles traveled by rail in a single week. They succeed, covering 13,105 miles.

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November 28, 1995 Canadian National Railway is privatized, no longer a Crown Corporation.

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November 28, 2006 Nigeria holds a groundbreaking ceremony for a new Lagos-Kano railway. This joint venture with China is expected to be the first step in the modernization of the Nigerian Railway system.

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November 28, 1962 An IND work train derailed and fell onto the street at Neptune Avenue-Van Sicklen on the Culver line in Coney Island, killing a crewman and cutting service with all D trains terminated at Kings Highway.? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? November 28, 1967 The NYCTA added 2 new morning QB (Broadway-Brighton) trains, of which the 7:30 AM train replaced a QJ (Jamaica-Brighton), and an evening QB train. All QB and QJ trains used R-16s and R-27/30s and all D (6th Avenue-Bronx-Brighton) trains used R-1/9s and R-32s. Later, R-1/9s ran on the QJ.? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? November 28, 1969 R-4 subway cars 434 and 634 were destroyed in a head-on collision at 167th Street on the IND Concourse line in the Bronx.? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Dennis M Linsky