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February 18 in RR History
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February 18, 1848 The Cleveland, Painesville & Ashtabula Railroad (later LS, LS&MS) is chartered. It will not begin operations until 1852. ? February 18, 1857 The Galena & Illinois River Railroad (later PCC&StL) is incorporated in Illinois. ? February 18, 1868 The Erie Railway board approves an agreement to obtain a broad-gauge route to Chicago by building a new railroad between Akron and Toledo and having the Michigan Southern & Northern Indiana (later LS&MS, NYC, PC, CR, NS) lay a third rail between Toledo and Chicago. ? February 18, 1871 The Mahoning Coal Railroad (later LS&MS, NYC, PC) is chartered. ? February 18, 1925 The Pennsylvania Railroad announces it has replaced over 1,500 handcars with motorized track cars. ? February 18, 1927 President Coolidge pushes a button activating 124 shots of dynamite, clearing the last rock wall in the construction of Moffat Tunnel. ? February 18, 1930 The Pullman Company buys the Osgood-Bradley Car Company, which has been making trolleys and other transit cars since 1833. ? February 18, 1947 The Pennsylvania Railroad announces its first operating loss, for the year 1946. ? February 18, 1947 The "Red Arrow" derails at Bennington Curve, just west of Horseshoe Curve. Twenty-four are killed as the cars roll down the mountain. ? February 18, 2003 A Korean man, despondent over his failing health, sets fire to a commuter train in Daegu, South Korea. The blaze spreads to a second train arriving at the station. At least 198 people are killed and 147 suffer injuries. ? February 18, 2004 Runaway freight cars carrying fuel and industrial chemicals derail, setting off explosions that destroy five villages in Neyshabur, Iran. Up to 320 people are killed, up to 200 of those being rescue workers. ? Mark Tomlonson |
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February 18, 1947 Philadelphia Transportation Company raised its trolley, trolleybus, and rapid transit fares to 10 cents cash; bus fares remained at 10 cents.? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? February 18, 1951 Pittsburgh Railways raised its fares on all vehicles to 15 cents cash.? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? February 18, 1951 Chicago trolley route 40 (Lincoln-Wells) was converted to bus operation but route 3 (Lincoln-Indiana) remained rail until March 11 when the Lincoln Avenue portion went bus.? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Dennis M Linsky On Tue, Feb 18, 2025, 6:47 AM Mark Tomlonson via <tomlonson=[email protected]> wrote:
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