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April 30, 1847 The Pennsylvania Railroad sells its first shares of stock.

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April 30, 1854 The first railway in Brazil opens.

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April 30, 1865 The Louisville, New Albany & Chicago Railroad (later CIL, MON, L&N, CSX) is one of 20 railroads to host the Lincoln Funeral train, The LNA&C carries the remains from Lafayette to Michigan City IN.

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April 30, 1873 The Pittsburgh, Washington & Baltimore Railroad (later B&O) attempts to reestablish a connection with the Broad Ford & Mount Pleasant Railroad at Broad Ford, PA a few weeks after it has been cut by the Pennsylvania Railroad. PW&B forces are driven off and two small bridges burned to prevent connection.

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April 30, 1876 The Camden & Amboy locomotive "John Bull" is run under its own power to the Centennial Grounds in Philadelphia. The Bonnet stack and cab have been removed and the tender shortened to make the locomotive look older.

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April 30, 1894 The Lake Shore & Michigan Southern passenger station at White Pigeon MI is destroyed by fire.

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April 30, 1900 In Vaughan, MS Illinois Central engineer John Luther "Casey" Jones becomes a hero and a legend. Jones stays with his train, the "Cannonball Express" when the track ahead is blocked by a freight train. Jones slows his train down enough to save his passengers, but not himself.

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April 30, 1912 In a speech before the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Rudolph Diesel says "I cannot predict whether this attempt at an entire revolution in the workings of the railways will be successful at the first attempt, or whether it must be repeated, but one thing is certain to me: the diesel locomotive will come, sooner or later, according to the perseverance with which the problem is followed."

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April 30, 1918 The Director of Military Railways loads its first locomotive bound for France. The engine will help in the war effort, and is being shipped via a converted ore carrier, the only ship with a hatch opening and hold large enough to hold the locomotive. Eventually 33 locomotives will be shipped aboard four vessels.

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April 30, 1922 After purchase by Insull's Midland Utilities, the former Gary & Connecting and Gary & Valparaiso interurbans cease operations due to the poor condition of the equipment. The route is taken over by buses.

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April 30, 1933 The Pennsylvania Railroad abandons the former Chicago Indiana & Eastern trackage between Matthews and Converse IN.

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April 30, 1939 The first passenger train to be equipped with fluorescent lighting throughout, the "General Pershing" of the Chicago Burlington & Quincy, is placed in scheduled service between St. Louis and Kansas City. The first passenger car equipped with fluorescent lights was operated on the New York Central Railroad one year earlier.

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April 30, 1939 The New York World's Fair opens. Among the displays: "Railroads on Parade", a one-hour pageant performed four times a day. The Pennsylvania Railroad alone has contributed 20 locomotives to the railroad display.

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April 30, 1940 The Chicago Burlington & Quincy "Pioneer Zephyr" is transferred to St. Louis to Burlington IA service.

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April 30, 1942 "The Floridian" makes its last run until the end of World War II. Its recreation cars will not return.

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April 30, 1950 The Chicago & North Western begins its “Dakota 400” passenger service.

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April 30, 1954 Both steam power and passenger service end on the Clinchfield.

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April 30, 1959 Grand Trunk passenger Train 21 makes its final run between Durand and Muskegon MI.

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April 30, 1970 Canadian Pacific runs its first unit coal train, carrying coal destined for Japan from Sparwood BC.

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April 30, 1971 Railroad-operated intercity passenger service ends on most U.S. railroads; Rock Island, Rio Grande, Southern and Georgia Railroads being notable exceptions. The U.S. Post office cancels all but one RPO route.

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April 30, 1985 Canadian National and Canadian Pacific assume joint operation of the former Canada Southern line in Ontario.

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April 30, 1987 CSX Corporation merges the Baltimore & Ohio into the Chesapeake & Ohio, and the last railroad on the traditional Monopoly Board disappears.

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April 30, 2021 The South Shore’s iconic 11^th Street station in Michigan City IN, where passengers boarded the cars in the middle of 11^th Street, is closed as part of a realignment and double-tracking plan that will end the South Shore’s street running in Michigan City. The station building was closed in 1987.

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Mark Tomlonson

Omitted from April 29:? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? April 29, 1973 The remaining portion of the 3rd Avenue El from Gun Hill Road to East 149th Street closed and was replaced by a new Bx-55 bus route. IRT R-12 subway cars 5753-5802, last used on the El, were placed in work service. However, R-14 cars 5803-06, also used on the El, were returned to the 2, 4, and 5 lines.? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Dennis M Linsky