January 22, 1857 The Flint & Pere Marquette Railroad (later PM, C&O, Chessie, CSX) is chartered to construct a rail line from Flint to Lake Michigan via Saginaw.
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January 22, 1858 The directors of the Great Western take control of the Detroit & Milwaukee Railroad (later GT).
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January 22, 1869 The Muskegon & Ferrysburg Railroad (later MLS, GHR, C&WM, PM, C&O, Chessie, CSX, MQT) files incorporation papers in Michigan to build from Ferrysburg to Muskegon Harbor. The papers were drawn up last April.
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January 22, 1880 Jay Gould announces the Wabash, St. Louis & Pacific Railway (later Wabash) has leased the Toledo, Peoria & Western.
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January 22, 1893 The Ashland Light Power & Street Railway Company begins streetcar service in Ashland WI.
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January 22, 1912 The Florida East Coast's line to Key West is opened. It will become a popular passenger train destination with boat connections to Havana.
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January 22, 1914 The Great Northern opens a new passenger depot in Minneapolis.
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January 22, 1929 The driver of a Greyhound bus in Bellevue OH does not see an approaching Lake Shore Line interurban in heavy snowfall and pulls onto the tracks in front of the car. Nineteen of the 32 passengers on the bus die. Passengers on the interurban suffer only minor injuries.
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January 22, 1949 The first American Freedom Train officially ends its tour.
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January 22, 1956 A two-RDC train from Los Angeles bound for San Diego approaches a 15-mph curve at 70 mph and is unable to slow down. Thirty people are killed and 130 injured in Los Angeles' worst railroad accident. The Los Angeles police are unable to completely control the crowds. Widespread looting of the dead and injured takes place. The LAPD ties at least one person to a tree in their attempts to restore order.
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Mark Tomlonson
