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December 31, 1849 The Hudson River Railroad opens to Poughkeepsie NY.

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December 31, 1852 The first Baltimore & Ohio train leaves Baltimore for Wheeling.

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December 31, 1853 First train to Clinton MI.

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December 31, 1853 Canada's Great Western Railway (later CN) opens between Hamilton and London ON.

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December 31, 1869 The Central Pacific begins construction on a branch line through the San Joaquin valley.

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December 31, 1870 The Vermont Central Railroad leases The Rutland Railroad.

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December 31, 1878 The first standard gauge train leaves Buffalo NY for Jersey City NJ over the Erie Railroad after the Erie has laid a third rail within its 6-foot gauge on the main line.

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December 31, 1879 The Pennsylvania Railroad runs special trains between Jersey City and Menlo Park, carrying 3,000 people to a public exhibition of Thomas Edison's new electric light.

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December 31, 1883 Michigan Central carferry service at Detroit begins.

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December 31, 1887 Michigan's only international railroad bridge, the 1.2-mile series of spans across the rapids of the St. Mary's River at Sault Ste. Marie is opened. The double bascule spans are, at the time, the largest of this type of in the world.

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December 31, 1895 The General Power & Quick Transit Company places six 40-foot interurban cars in service between South Bend and Mishawaka IN. They are among the first cars built specifically for interurban use.

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December 31, 1900 The Monongahela Railroad is incorporated, owned 50/50 by the Pennsylvania and the Pittsburgh & Lake Erie.

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December 31, 1921 The Pennsylvania Railroad contracts with Fruit Growers Express to operate its refrigerator cars over the PRR. It also leases 5,927 refrigerator cars to FGE.

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December 31, 1922 All but three miles of the Springfield, South Charleston, Washington Court House & Chillicothe Traction Company (OH) is abandoned. The rest becomes an industrial spur.

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December 31, 1925 Last day of operations on the Dayton & Northern (interurban).

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December 31, 1930 General Motors buys Electro-Motive Corporation.

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December 31, 1930 Last day for streetcars in Zanesville OH.

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December 31, 1936 The Pennsylvania Railroad reports it has 1,100 air-conditioned passenger cars.

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December 31, 1945 The New Haven makes its last steamboat runs to Nantucket and Martha's Vineyard.

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December 31, 1949 Last day for streetcars in Toledo OH.

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December 31, 1951 Common-carrier rail service on Cyprus ends.

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December 31, 1952 The Lackawanna & Wyoming Valley Railroad (PA) drops its third rail interurban service and becomes freight only.

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December 31, 1955 Grand Trunk Western drops passenger service between Pontiac and Caseville MI. The last run carried one passenger: a reporter covering the event.

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December 31, 1957 The Norfolk & Western retires its experimental steam turbine locomotive "Jawn Henry" after a major turbine failure. Although given much support from N&W during its trial period, engineers cannot solve the problem of large operating costs.

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December 31, 1957 The Southern Railroad runs its last steam locomotive.

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December 31, 1958 The Pennsylvania Railroad drops the “Ohioan”, ending passenger service between Anoka Junction and Bradford.

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December 31, 1963 The Iowa Terminal acquires the Charles City Western. (IA Interurbans).

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December 31, 1968 The Pullman Co., owned by the railroads to provide sleeping car services, ceases all operations, primarily due to Penn Central's insistence that it staff its own cars.

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December 31, 1968 The last sleeper runs on the former Chicago & Alton, where George Pullman's first sleeper made its debut.

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December 31, 1978 All high-carbon steel wheels are to be removed from all rail equipment.

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December 31, 1978 The last intercity passenger trains on the Rock Island, which did not join Amtrak, make their last runs.

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December 31, 1979 The Chicago & Indiana makes its last run, having failed to operate successfully on the west end of the former Erie Lackawanna.

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December 31, 1981 The Colorado & Southern, Denver & New Orleans, and the Ft. Worth & Denver are merged into the Burlington Northern.

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December 31, 1983 All running boards are to be removed from box cars and refrigerator cars.

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December 31, 1985 Last day of operation for the remaining sections of the Milwaukee Road. It will be absorbed by the Soo Line.

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December 31, 1990 The Norfolk & Western Railway is leased by the Southern Railway. Both railroads have been owned by the Norfolk Southern Corporation since its formation in 1982.

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December 31, 2011 The Canadian National fully absorbs the Duluth, Missabe & Iron Range and the Duluth, Winnipeg & Pacific railroads. The two roads are placed in the CN-controlled Wisconsin Central Ltd. family.

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December 31, 2012 The Canadian National reorganizes its holdings in the former Elgin, Joliet & Eastern and places them in CN’s Wisconsin Central Ltd.

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December 31, 2020 For the first time in 64 years, C&O 2-6-6-2 Mallet 1309 returns to steam at the Western Maryland Scenic Railroad.

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Mark Tomlonson

December 31, 1954 Kansas City PCC car 787 and St. Louis PCC car 1578 were the first 2 used PCC cars that arrived at 2nd Street and Wyoming Avenue in Philadelphia. The other 88 were expected to arrive later.? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? December 31, 1963 An 11th hour settlement by the TWU averted a strike against the New York City Transit Authority.? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Daecember 31, 1965 TWU President Michael J. Quill faced an internal revolt against the NYCTA. A new Mayor, John V. Lindsay, was succeeding the 12-year veteran, Robert M. Wagner, Sr. This changeover and other union factors resulted in no settlement. A strike was called the next morning at 5:00 AM.? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? December 31, 1967 Philadelphia's tiny and inadequate Union Bus Terminal at 13th and Filbert Streets closed and was put up for sale. Public Service of New Jersey moved its Philadelphia bus terminal to the newer and larger Trailways bus terminal, 13th and Arch Streets, with seashore and longer suburban bus routes loading and unloading at docks alongside Trailways buses or at the curb on Arch Street. Buses for the inner suburban routes (and Philboro buses) continued to loop around via 6th, Market, Broad, and Race Streets and didn't pass the terminal.? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? December 31, 1968 The bankrupt New Haven Railroad was officially taken over by the Penn Central.? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? December 31, 1971 A new TWU contract ended fears of a New Year's Day strike against the NYCTA. This one lasted 26 months.? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?Dennis M Linsky