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May 29, 1832 The first section of the Paterson & Hudson River Railroad (later Erie) between Paterson and Acquackanonk Landing (later Passaic) opens using horse power. It is the first revenue railroad service in New Jersey.

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May 29, 1853 Kalamazoo's Michigan Central Station is destroyed by fire when two drunks upset a stove in an illegal tavern two doors away. The fire is beyond the capabilities of the Kalamazoo Fire Department to extinguish. An intervening thunderstorm is credited with putting out the conflagration and saving the town.

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May 29, 1884 First cable cars in London, England.

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May 29, 1905 The Lansing Manufacturers Railroad is leased to the Michigan Central and Lake Shoe & Michigan Southern railroads for 25 years. The lease will take effect on July 1.

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May 29, 1906 A new 17-span drawbridge across the Susquehanna River at Havre-de-Grace MD opens. The former bridge is offered free to the adjacent counties for use as a road bridge, but the offer is declined.

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May 29, 1909 "Ann Arbor Carferry No. 4" capsizes at Manistique due to placing 8 fully loaded cars of iron ore on the port side track with no cars on the starboard track to balance the load. No one is injured, but the boat will be out of service until September.

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May 29, 1914 The steamer "Empress of Ireland" sinks in the St. Lawrence River near Rimouski in dense fog. One thousand twelve people perish. The ship was owned by Canadian Pacific Railway.

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May 29, 1916 Empire Builder James Jerome Hill passes away.

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May 29, 1931 Passenger service on the Pennsylvania Railroad ends between Columbus and Sandusky OH.

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May 29, 1935 The Otto Kuhler-styled "Streamlined Hiawatha" enters service on the Milwaukee Road.

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May 29, 1955 Long a steam-only holdout, the Norfolk & Western purchases its first diesels: eight Alco RS-3's.

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May 29, 1955 Great Northern's "Empire Builder" receives new dome cars.

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May 29, 1958 Passenger service ends on the New York Central’s Putnam Division.

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May 29, 1949 Philadelphia reversed one-way street traffic in center city, making Pine and South Streets one-way east and Spruce and Lombard one-way west. Trolley route 12 was rerouted to operate east on South and west on Lombard from Grays Ferry Avenue to 13th and new bus route 90 began to operate east on Pine and west on Spruce from 22nd to 3rd. Also, trolley route 40 was rerouted to operate east on South and west on Lombard between the rivers.? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? May 29, 1949 Many Brooklyn 8000-series cars were retired to Coney Island for scrapping. Half these cars were wrecked but the other half was in good condition with some even being stripped for parts. The good cars towed the wrecks in.? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? May 29, 1955 Philadelphia trolley routes 7 on 22nd and 23rd Streets and 70 on 52nd Street were converted to bus operation with new GMC TDH-5106 diesel buses which also replaced postwar Mack buses on route D on Chestnut and Walnut Streets. Both routes 70 and D opened up new bus facilities at Callowhill Depot while route 7 went from Allegheny to Cumberland. Luzerne also opened up new bus facilities with routes O, XA, XO, and 89 moving there from Cumberland and bus route R moving there from Comly. The 8000s from route 7 were transferred to route 33 while the Nearsides from that route and route 70 were retired to the scrap track at Southern Depot. All Ford buses were retired with routes O, P, XA, XO, and 25 getting prewar ACF-Brill 31-S buses while the 2 Fords on route 14 were replaced by postwar Twins. Postwar Macks released from route D replaced prewar Macks on route 30 and 88 and old Brills on route 89. Routes 90 and XB also got postwar Macks but the Twins were still used at various times. Prewar Macks replaced the old Brills on routes N and W.? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Dennis M Linsky