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December 24 in RR HIstory
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December 24, 1867 The Detroit Car & Manufacturing Company is formed. ? December 24, 1873 The first through train between New Orleans and Chicago on the Illinois Central arrives in Cairo IL. The train has crossed the Ohio River by ferry. ? December 24, 1878 The Grand Trunk and the Chicago & Lake Huron Railroads reach an agreement shaping the consolidated railroad, which will eventually be known as the Grand Trunk Western. ? December 24, 1899 Boston's last horsecar ends operation. ? December 24, 1904 The Springfield, South Charleston, Washington Court House & Chillicothe Traction Company opens. It runs between South Charleston and Emory Chapel OH, and running rights on the Springfield & Xenia allow it to get from Emory Chapel to Springfield. ? December 24, 1911 The Delaware, Lackawanna & Western opens its Lackawanna cut-off. Running from near Lake Hopatcong NJ to near the Delaware Water Gap, the 28-mile line saves 11 miles from the previous route and offers some of the most spectacular scenery on the DL&W. ? December 24, 1929 The Pennsylvania Railroad reports a record number of holiday travelers, up 15% from 1928. PRR has operated 100 extra trains. All the "Blue Ribbon" trains are run in two sections and the "American" in three sections. ? December 24, 1931 The New Haven acquires its first diesel locomotive, a former ALCO demonstrator the New Haven numbers "600". In later life the locomotive will wear "0900". ? December 24, 1943 A record 178,892 passengers are carried between Washington and New York on the Pennsylvania Railroad. ? December 24, 1946 The Office of Defense Transportation cancels the Pullman contract for operation of the boxcar troop sleeper fleet. The cars are sold for conversion to freight service, as had been the intent in their design. Many of the cars will find their way, substantially without alteration, into work train and maintenance of way service. ? December 24, 1953 The head-end crew of a Czech Republic train celebrates Christmas by drinking several bottles of wine in the cab. They fall asleep and hit a commuter train in Sakvice. One hundred six people are killed. ? December 24, 1953 The Tangwai River Bridge in New Zealand is hit by a flash flood of volcanic debris a few minutes before the arrival of an overnight Wellington to Auckland express train. One hundred fifty one people are killed when the bridge gives way under the train. ? December 24, 1954 Last steam on the Detroit, Toledo & Ironton. ? December 24, 1954 Last run of regular passenger service between Cincinnati and Sturgis MI on the Pennsylvania Railroad. Summer only service continues. A gas-electric car is placed in service between Sturgis and Grand Rapids as the State of Michigan refuses to allow total discontinuance of service. ? December 24, 1959 New York Central's "Beeliner", RDC service between Jackson and Bay City MI, is discontinued. ? December 24, 1986 The Keokuk Junction Railway purchases 28.4 miles of the former Toledo, Peoria & Western from the Santa Fe. This increases the size of the KJ by more than six fold, and extends its line to La Harpe IL. ? December 24, 2008 The United States Surface Transportation Board approves the sale of the Elgin, Joliet & Eastern to Canadian National. ? Mark Tomlonson |
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December 24, 1957 Fears of a Christmas Eve strike against the Long Island Railroad ended when the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen agreed on a new contract. All outbound trains from Penn Station, New York, and Brooklyn began service at 12:30 PM when most businesses closed early.? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Dennis M Linsky On Tue, Dec 24, 2024, 8:26 AM Seth H. Bramson via <mrfec=[email protected]> wrote:
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