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July 21 in RR History
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July 21, 1836 The first railroad in Canada, the Champlain & St. Lawrence Railroad opens from Laprairie to St. Johns, Quebec. The line will become part of the M&C, GTR, and Canadian National. ? July 21, 1856 Illinois Central runs its first Chicago suburban train, to Hyde Park. ? July 21, 1857 The Grand Rapids & Fort Wayne Railroad and the Grand Rapids & Mackinaw Railroads are merged into the Grand Rapids & Indiana Railroad under an agreement signed June 26, 1857. (Some sources say July 30) ? July 21, 1861 For the first time a railroad is used to transport troops into battle. Confederate troops are brought to the first Battle of Fort Manassas (Bull Run). ? July 21, 1873 The Jesse James/Cole Younger gang turns from robbing banks to robbing trains, wrecking and looting a Rock Island train near Adair, Iowa. Expecting a $75,000 gold shipment, the robbery only netted about $6,000 in passenger's valuables. The engineer is killed in the wreck. ? July 21, 1873 The Muskegon & Big Rapids Railroad completes its line between its namesake cities. The M&BR is owned by the Chicago & Michigan Lake Shore Railroad (later C&WM, PM, C&O, CSX) ? July 21, 1874 A hydraulic car brake system invented by William M. Henderson of Philadelphia is tested on the West Chester & Philadelphia Railroad. ? July 21, 1877 Workers on the Baltimore & Ohio in Pittsburgh PA stage a sympathy strike for the 9 workers killed in Baltimore the day before. Rioting breaks out throughout the town as a result. The militia, under siege, opens fire on the crowd, killing at least ten and wounding between 60 and 70. ? July 21, 1899 The Burgdorf-Thun Railway in Switzerland becomes the first to operate with alternating current: Three-phase, 750 volts, 40 Hertz. ? July 21, 1900 Dayton OH dedicates a new Union Station. It is owned by the Dayton Union Railroad, which in turn will ultimately be owned by the Baltimore & Ohio, New York Central and Pennsylvania Railroads. ? July 21, 1903 The Brookville & Mahoning Railroad (later Pittsburg & Shawmut) (PA) is incorporated. ? July 21, 1904 The 4,607 mile Trans-Siberian Railway is completed after 13 years of construction. ? July 21, 1926 Ceremonial start of Illinois Central's electrified suburban service in Chicago. Regular service will begin August 7. ? July 21, 1928 In wild-west, stagecoach-holdup style, two masked bandits jump on to a Flint-Saginaw (MI) interurban and at pistol-point, rob nineteen travellers of $300. ($4,767 in 2021) ? July 21, 1947 The Nickel Plate orders 11 PA-1 diesels from Alco. Painted blue and nickel, they will quickly earn the nickname "Bluebird". ? July 21, 1952 An earthquake measuring 7.5 on the Richter scale hits just north of Tehachapi CA. The Southern Pacific comes to a standstill as tunnels 3 through 8 are all damaged. No traffic will move on the Tehachapi Line for the next 25 days. ? July 21, 1952 The Pennsylvania Railroad announces it has installed "Trainphone" service over 2,000 miles of main line between New York and Chicago and St. Louis. ? July 21, 1958 The New York Central begins carrying mail between Chicago and Detroit in special "Flexi-Van" containers. The vans designated for mail are equipped with side doors. "Flexi-Van" service is expanded to Boston and St. Louis. ? July 21, 2003 The center section of the Erie Railroad's former 301-foot tall Kinzua Viaduct collapses in 80-mph winds. After study the decision will be made not to rebuild the structure, part of a Pennsylvania State Park. ? July 21, 2010 The restored motorman's compartment of Lima City Street Railway #60 is put on display at the Allen County Historical Society exhibit hall in Lima OH. After the line was abandoned in 1939 the car was used in a barnyard east of town. The motorman's compartment was saved in 1962. ? July 21, 2020 CN announces plans to sell 850 miles of low-density trackage in Michigan, Ontario, and Wisconsin. While the exact lines are not specified, most of the routes are from the former Wisconsin Central. ? |
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July 21, 1963 The last trolley ever built by J.G. Brill, Red Arrow Brilliner 10, was involved in a head-on collision with St. Louis car 12 on single track PRW at Smedley Park on the Media line. Car 10 was later scrapped but car 12 was repaired and returned to service.? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?Dennis M Linsky? ? On Wed, Jul 21, 2021, 7:15 AM Mark Tomlonson via <tomlonson=[email protected]> wrote:
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