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February 13, 1849 The Vermont Central Railway opens from White River Junction south to Windsor VT.

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February 13, 1855 The Detroit & Milwaukee Railroad (later GTW) is formed by the merger of the Detroit & Pontiac and Oakland & Ottawa Railroad. This will create a continuous line from Detroit to Lake Michigan. (Some sources say February 12)

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February 13, 1859 The Hannibal & St. Joseph Railroad (later CB&Q) completes construction between its two namesake cities.

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February 13, 1907 The New York Central & Hudson River Railroad uses an electric locomotive for the first time to pull a passenger train out of Grand Central Terminal. Earlier electric passenger trains used MU equipment.

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February 13, 1910 The Pennsylvania Railroad announces it has 324 all-steel passenger cars in service: 245 coaches, 21 combines, 10 diners, 29 baggage cars, 18 postal cars and one office car. This represents about 25% of the entire fleet.

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February 13, 1935 Madison, Wisconsin streetcar service ends as damage from an ice storm hastens the already-planned conversion to buses.

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February 13, 1954 Construction is completed on the Quebec, North Shore & Labrador, running 414 km (257 mi) from northeastern Quebec to Labrador.

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February 13, 1970 The Interstate Commerce Commission approves discontinuance of the “California Zephyr”.

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Mark Tomlonson

February 13, 1973 After a freight train derailment at Ludlow blocked all 4 tracks on the Penn Central Railroad's Hudson Division, all trains were terminated at Yonkers with shuttle buses running from there to the 242nd Street IRT terminal. Amtrak trains were terminated at Croton-Harmon with shuttle buses running from there to Grand Central. The Penn Central Railroad added service on the Harlem Division.? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Dennis M Linsky