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April 5 in RR History
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April 5, 1862 The Jamestown & Franklin Railroad (later CP&A, LS&MS, NYC&HR, NYC) is chartered. ? April 5, 1877 The Boston & Maine acquires the Vermont Railroad. ? April 5, 1903 The Pennsylvania Railroad closes four stations in Philadelphia due to a drop in the short-haul market that has been taken over by trolleys. ? April 5, 1910 By some accounts, the French Legislature passes a law banning kissing in railway stations. The purpose of the law was to keep parting couples from delaying the trains. In 2009, however, it was reported that this "law" may actually be an urban legend. ? April 5, 1920 A Pere Marquette ferry becomes stuck in the ice off Pt. Sauble after leaving Ludington and eleven passengers try to walk to shore. Suddenly the ice flow breaks up, and the winds carry the piece holding the group out into Lake Michigan. Hundreds of spectators line the shore and watch as the Coast Guard, with great difficulty, rescues the group. ? April 5, 1920 St. Paul (MN) Union Station is opened. ? April 5, 1964 The first driverless trains run on the London Underground. ? April 5, 1965 Police begin riding New York's subway system from 8:00 P.M. to 4:00 A.M. due to fears of rising subway crimes. The program ends ten years later, on April 5, 1975, due to the city's fiscal crisis. ? April 5, 1982 Michigan Interstate ends operation of the former Ann Arbor north of the city of Ann Arbor. Operation will briefly resume at a later date. ? April 5, 1995 CN North America opens the new St. Clair Tunnel. ? April 5, 2016 San Francisco television station KCBS reports that BART is relying heavily on e-bay to source electrical and computer components to keep its aging equipment in service. New equipment is expected to arrive in the fall. ? |
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April 5, 1953 Philadelphia trolley route 65 (Old York Road-6th and 7th Streets) was abandoned and replaced by short extensions or trolley routes 20 and 50. This abandonment became necessary to eliminate duplication of service and to clear 6th and 7th Streets to vehiRcular traffic to and from the Delaware River/Benjamin Franklin Bridge.? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Dennis M Linsky On Mon, Apr 5, 2021, 6:37 AM Mark Tomlonson via <tomlonson=[email protected]> wrote:
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