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January 28, 1823 The Pennsylvania Senate passes a bill allowing John Stevens to build a railroad from Harrisburg to Pittsburgh. The Pennsylvania House will kill the bill in Committee.

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January 28, 1842 The State of Indiana halts funding of its Internal Improvements program, save for the Wabash & Erie Canal. All work on state railroads is halted.

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January 28, 1855 The first through train runs on the Panama Railway, the first transcontinental (trans-isthmus?) railroad.

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January 28, 1877 The Lake George & Muskegon River Railroad, Michigan's first logging road begins operations in Clare County.

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January 28, 1882 Cable cars begin service in Chicago IL.

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January 28, 1901 Cleveland OH shuts down its cable car service.

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January 28, 1907 The Winona & Warsaw Railway (a.k.a. Winona Interurban Railway) begins operations between Peru and Chili IN over the former Peru & Detroit Railway line it purchased last year.

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January 28, 1907 The New York Central & Hudson River Railroad begins electrified service in MU cars between Grand Central and Wakefield. Some trains continue to White Plains behind steam.

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January 28, 1919 The New York Central opens the "Commodore Hotel" across the street from Grand Central Terminal with 2,000 rooms.

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January 28, 1930 Streetcar service ends in Port Huron, MI.

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January 28, 1935 Pennsylvania Railroad GG1 Number 4800 brings the first electrically powered train out of Washington DC's Union Station with a round trip to New York City for the press and railroad and government VIP's.

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January 28, 1957 The Great Northern begins the use of a Univac 1 for payroll preparation.

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January 28, 1965 The ICC, in a contentious 6-5 decision, rules against Monon’s plans for water-rail-water coal service between the Ohio River and Lake Michigan. Monon has purchased 9 Alco C-628’s in anticipation of the service being approved.

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January 28, 1971 Transportation Secretary John Volpe reveals the basic system of the National Railroad Passenger Corporation or "Railpax". The system consists of 21 routes.

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January 28, 2002 The World Trade Center Station on the NYC Subway system reopens for the first time since the destruction of the Twin Towers.

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January 28, 2009 In China, a special passenger train added to handle the crux of passengers during the Lunar New Year holiday leaves Shanxi Province for Beijing with only two passengers. Chinese Railway officials believe that the tickets for the train were scooped up by scalpers and later seized in a raid by police.

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January 28, 2010 President Obama announces awards of $8 billion in Recovery Act funds for High-Speed Rail projects.

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January 28, 2014 The Mineral Range Railroad begins. The northern Michigan railroad operates on 12 miles of ex-Lake Superior & Ishpeming trackage along with an additional 1.9 miles of abandoned line that has been put back in service. The new line will serve the newly-built Humbolt Mill.

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Mark Tomlonson

January 28, 1966 Michael J. Quill, president of the Transport Workers Union, died of a heart attack in New York. He was 60.? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Dennis M Linsky