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December 25 in RR history
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December 25, 1830 First common carrier steam train in regular service in the U.S. on the South Carolina RR, later Southern Railroad. ? December 25, 1848 The New Haven Railroad begins operation. ? December 25, 1858 The Pittsburgh, Ft. Wayne & Chicago (later PRR) opens between Englewood and Van Buren Street, Chicago, completing the line from Pittsburgh to Chicago. The PFW&C is the third railroad entering Chicago from the east and the first from Philadelphia. ? December 25, 1865 Union Stockyards open on the southwest side of Chicago, outside what was then the city limits. The yards have been built in six months at cost of $1.4 million and are the largest stockyards in the world. ? December 25, 1871 The Cincinnati, Richmond & Fort Wayne Railroad opens between Winchester and Adams IN on the Pittsburgh Ft. Wayne & Chicago, completing the line between Richmond IN and Fort Wayne. The Grand Rapids & Indiana immediately begins operation of the CR&FtW. The added track will cause the GR&I to form two Divisions, centered on Grand Rapids MI. ? December 25, 1880 Actress Sarah Bernhardt is snowbound while traveling on the Ann Arbor Railroad. ? December 25, 1891 Streetcar service begins in Lincoln IL. ? December 25, 1950 The Peoria & Eastern ends the use of steam locomotives. ? December 25, 2002 The 5,758 mile Trans-Siberian Railway is completely electrified. ? December 25, 2005 The former carferry "Lansdowne", built in 1884 and at one time the largest vessel on the lakes sinks in its moorings at Erie, PA. Converted to a barge after leaving Detroit ferry service in 1956, she carries two ex-MILW "Skytop" observation cars as she sinks. ? Mark Tomlonson ? Merry Christmas and a Blessed Hanukah! |
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December 25, 1955 Philadelphia Transportation Company played Santa Claus to riders of trolley routes 5 and 33 by giving them their new presents--new GMC TDH-5106 diesel buses. The route 5 conversion closed Frankford Depot as a rail division with route 3 moving to the Ridge Depot. The 40 ex-KCPS PCC cars then went to Luzerne Depot and transferred to route 50. The remodeled 8000s from route 50 went to the excess pile; the plain 8000s from route 3 were retired to Southern Depot; those from route 33 at Allegheny Depot went to route 9 which returned to Allegheny for its final rail days; and those from route 9 at Ridge went to route 3. New buses 2900-79 were assigned to route 5 at Frankford and 2980-3089 were assigned to route 33 at Allegheny and were also used on routes A, H, and XH.? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Dennis M Linsky? On Wed, Dec 25, 2024, 7:39 AM Mark Tomlonson via <tomlonson=[email protected]> wrote:
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