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May 21, 1836 The Troy & Schenectady Railroad (later NYC) is incorporated. Construction will begin in 1841. (Some sources list this company as the Schenectady & Troy Railroad) ? May 21, 1852 The Michigan Central runs its first train from Detroit to Chicago. ? May 21, 1876 The Cincinnati, Wabash & Michigan Railroad (later Big 4, NYC, PC, CR, NS) opens its 111-mile line between Goshen and Anderson IN. ? May 21, 1877 At Altoona, Pennsylvania, tests begin which result in the permanent installation of telephones in the Pennsylvania Railroad shops, the first trial and use of the telephone for railroad purposes. ? May 21, 1884 The Wheeling & Lake Erie opens new ore docks at Huron OH. ? May 21, 1905 First revenue run, South Bend to St. Joseph on the Southern Michigan Railway (interurban) ? May 21, 1920 Canadian National is assigned the management of the Grand Trunk. ? May 21, 1930 Streetcar service ends in Oshkosh WI. ? May 21, 1932 The Houghton County Street Railway (MI) calls it quits. ? May 21, 1966 The last trolley runs in St. Louis. ? May 21, 2014 French railway and government officials confirm that the platforms and track spacing on nearly 1,300 French stations is too narrow to accommodate new equipment scheduled for delivery through 2016. The French weekly La Canard Enchaine reports that it will take $68 million to fix the problem. ? May 21, 2017 Ringling Brothers/Barnum & Bailey Circus closes and with it the last circus train, a railroad tradition that goes back to 1872. ? May 22, 1851 Pennsylvania bans the use of four-wheel cars in passenger trains. One four-wheel baggage car per train is excepted. ? May 22, 1852 First through passenger train, Toledo to Chicago, over the tracks of the Michigan Southern and Northern Indiana railroads. ? May 22, 1854 The Pittsburgh & Connellsville Railroad lets a contract for Sand Patch Tunnel on its extension to reach the Baltimore & Ohio at Cumberland, MD. The P&C plans to offer the B&O direct access to Pittsburgh. ? May 22, 1868 The "Great Train Robbery" takes place in Marshfield, IN, near Seymour. Seven members of the Reno gang are credited with making off with $96,000 in loot from the safes of the Adams Express Company. ? May 22, 1871 The Detroit & Bay City Railroad (later MC, NYC) is formed. (Some sources say May 6) ? May 22, 1878 A refrigerated carload of beef arrives in Philadelphia 64 hours after leaving Chicago. It has been routed on the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern, New York Central & Hudson River, Lehigh Valley and Reading Railroads. ? May 22, 1915 The worst train wreck in Great Britain's history: Four trains collide at a manual junction when the operator gives a false clear to one train and fails to warn two others. The death toll is estimated at 227, most of them soldiers bound for the front. ? May 22, 1930 The Pere Marquette carferry "City of Flint 32" is placed into Lake Michigan service. ? May 22, 1932 The Indiana Railroad (interurban) discontinues service between Peru and Lafayette. ? May 22, 1956 Eleven days after the official end of steam, a Chicago & North Western steam locomotive is pressed into service one last time for a Chicago commuter train. ? May 22, 1956 First test of the Pennsylvania's "Keystone" cars, low-level tubular cars built by Budd. ? May 22, 1961 Milwaukee's "Olympian Hiawatha" departs Chicago and Seattle for the last time. ? May 22, 1993 On the Escanaba & Lake Superior, the wooden trestle over the Ontonagon River is set on fire. Rail traffic is suspended until June 19. The arsonist has not been caught. ? May 22, 2008 TTX Corporation announces the first of 55 "Uni-level" cars is placed in service. The 85-foot long, enclosed cars are intended to carry Class 5-8 trucks, recreational vehicles, busses, military equipment, fire trucks and other large wheeled vehicles not able to be carried in conventional enclosed racks. The new cars carry a "TTUX" reporting mark. ? May 22, 2009 The Disney Corporation launches a five-car train to promote its new movie, "A Christmas Carol" due to open in November. The tour will cover 16,000 miles in 36 states and 40 cities. ? May 22, 2015 Police in Ft. Lauderdale FL are called out to rescue a naked man sitting on top of an open Florida East Coast Railroad drawbridge. Police believe the man had been swimming in the Tarpon River and had sat on the bridge to rest when it began to open. The open bridge is 80 feet tall. ? May 23, 1860 The Sheriff of Dauphin County PA attaches a number of Pennsylvania Railroad locomotives for $300,000 in back taxes. The PRR posts bond and redeems its equipment. ? May 23, 1887 First transcontinental train enters Vancouver, BC. ? May 23, 1890 Salem OH gains streetcar service. ? May 23, 1920 The Pennsylvania Railroad begins passenger service from Toledo to Fort Street Union Depot in Detroit via trackage rights over the Ann Arbor, Pere Marquette and Wabash. The New York Central begins two daily round trips between Detroit and Pittsburgh to compete with the new PRR service. ? May 23, 1920 New York Central extends the New York-Buffalo "Mohawk" to Chicago via the Michigan Central. ? May 23, 1958 Nickel Plate shops its last steam locomotive: 2-8-4 #759 at Conneaut OH. Two other steamers in for class repairs, 754 & 756, will be scrapped in place when Conneaut closes. ? |
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May 21, 1967 The Pennsylvania Railroad tested a new high-speed passenger train from New Brunswick to Trenton. It ran 100 miles per hour.? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? May 22, 1955 Los Angeles trolley route 5 (Eagle Rock--Hawthorne), the world's second longest trolley route behind Chicago's Broadway-State, was converted to bus operation. Also, the northern portion of trolley route 9 and the southern portion of trolley route W remained rail as route W with route 9 converted to bus operation.? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?May 23, 1957 Philadelphia Mayor Richardson Dilworth decided for an all-bus operation on Market Street, claiming that the old trolleys still running on routes 17 and 32 cause delays at City Hall and don't blend in with Penn Center. Also, trolley route 62, the Darby-Yeadon shuttle using a single PCC car, remained rail as the PTC didn't want to hassle with Darby about any bus conversions.? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Dennis M Linsky On Fri, May 21, 2021, 7:41 AM Mark Tomlonson via <tomlonson=[email protected]> wrote:
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