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July 8 in RR History
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July 8, 1853 The Northern Indiana Railroad (later LS&NI, LS&MS, NYC, PC, CR, NS) is formed by the merger of several smaller roads in Indiana and Ohio. ? July 8, 1854 In part to avoid the gauge war in Erie PA, the Michigan Central places a new 337' passenger steamer "Plymouth Rock" on the run between Buffalo and Detroit. This links the New York Central and the Michigan Central. ? July 8, 1862 The first railway in Algeria begins operations. ? July 8, 1880 The Boston & Albany buys the Springfield & Northeastern Railroad. ? July 8, 1885 Cable car service begins in Cincinnati OH. ? July 8, 1890 The first Chicago & West Michigan (later PM, C&O, CSX) passenger train arrives in Traverse City. ? July 8, 1901 The largest guided tour sponsored by the Pennsylvania Railroad to date leaves New York for a month circuit to San Francisco, Los Angeles and Vancouver, returning via the Canadian Pacific. The tour travels in four sections to carry the 400 travelers. ? July 8, 1926 The New York Central becomes the first railroad to use a radiotelephone in a train. ? July 8, 1929 Janesville WI loses streetcar service. ? July 8, 1931 Streetcar service ends in Sault Ste. Marie MI. ? July 8, 1946 The Pennsylvania Railroad's Hulett ore loaders at Cleveland load 970 railroad cars with 61,530 tons of ore in 24 hours. ? July 8, 1947 The Boeing "Stratocruiser" makes its first flight. The new passenger plane is the first with a pressurized cabin, allowing it to fly above 20,000 feet. ? July 8, 1956 The Santa Fe equips its "El Capitan" with new, high-level cars from Budd. ? July 8, 1988 One hundred five people are killed and 200 injured when the ¡°Island Express¡±, running from Bangalore to Kanyakumari derails on a bridge over Ashtamudi Lake. ? July 8, 2005 San Diego officials dedicate a six-mile extension to the city's light rail system, on the Green Line. Regular service will begin in two days. ? |
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July 8, 1955 Philadelphia all-electric PCC car 2276 (-Kansas City 788) was observed on route 5 (Frankford-2nd and 3rd Streets).? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? July 8, 1956 Kansas City trolley route 59 (12th and Jackson) a PCC route since 1947, was converted to bus operation.? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?Dennis M Linsky On Thu, Jul 8, 2021, 6:38 AM Mark Tomlonson via <tomlonson=[email protected]> wrote:
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