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March 11 in RR History
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March 11, 1836 The Little Miami Railroad (later PC&St.L, PRR), Ohio’s second, receives its charter to connect the Mad River & Lake Erie Railroad to the Ohio River at Cincinnati. Construction will not begin until 1843. ? March 11, 1851 The State of Pennsylvania enacts a law requiring all railroads built east of Erie to be either 4' 8.5" or 6' gauge and all railroads west of Erie to be built to a 4'10" gauge, also known as "Ohio Gauge". It is thought at the time that the gauge change and the resulting loading and reloading of railroad cars will help Erie become a major terminal. (Some sources say 1852) ? March 11, 1853 The New Albany & Salem Rail Road (later CIL, L&N) reaches Lafayette IN. ? March 11, 1854 To reduce on-duty drinking by employees, the Pennsylvania Railroad Road Committee considers ordering a ban on the sale of all liquor and beer on any PRR property and to prohibit stopping trains at any public house where liquor is sold. The order is toned down by amendment to simply prohibiting the sale of liquor on PRR property. ? March 11, 1872 Jay Gould's attempts to control both the Erie and the New York Central Railroads are halted as a new Board of Directors is installed in the Erie. ? March 11, 1904 The first tunnel under the Hudson River is holed through. ? March 11, 1908 The final spike is driven in the Spokane, Portland & Seattle Railroad, at Lyle WA. ? March 11, 1908 The Strang gas-electric car "Irene" built by Brill is tested between Philadelphia and Washington DC. ? March 11, 1947 The Budd Company tests its first dome car. ? March 11, 1952 The Pennsylvania Railroad shows off its newly-equipped "Congressional" to the press. "The Senator" is also receiving new equipment at this time. ? March 11, 2004 Three days before the Spanish national election, terrorists believed to be inspired by al-Qaeda, bomb the Cercanias commuter trains near Madrid, Spain. The explosions kill 191 people and injure another 1,800. ? March 11, 2005 A Union Pacific rail grinder working westbound at Rochelle IL sideswipes an eastbound BNSF intermodal, There is no derailment, but a few containers are destroyed. They incident is captured on the “Trains” magazine webcam. ? Mark Tomlonson |
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March 11, 1951 Chicago trolley route 3 (Lincoln-Indiana) was broken into 2 routes and the Lincoln portion, from Peterson to Adams, was converted to bus operation. This completed the conversion of Lincoln Avenue to bus operation which began on February 18 when route 40 (Lincoln-Wells) went bus. Concurrently with this conversion, the old car barn at Wrightwood and Lincoln was closed and operators were assigned to other stations. This was one of Chicago's oldest car barns. The Indiana portion remained rail as route 38? and operated from the Navy Pier to 51st Street.? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? March 11, 1956 Philadelphia bus route E from 69th Street terminal to Germantown and Chelten via City Line Avenue was re-equipped with new GMC TDH-5106 diesel buses which replaced postwar Twins which were transferred to Airport bus routes M and U.? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? March 11, 1980 A transfer train of IRT R-12/14 subway cars to be inspects by the Secretary of Transportation at Corona Yard in Queens was stopped between Rawson and Lowery Streets on the Flushing line when it was discovered that 4 R-10s were put in the middle for tripper protection on the IND and BMT lines. Earlier, R-16 subway car 6382 was on a transfer train of IRT cars going from Concourse Yard to Moshulo Yard in the Bronx. That car became a locker room car in 1978 but was later unused.? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Dennis M Linsky On Tue, Mar 11, 2025, 6:20 AM Mark Tomlonson via <tomlonson=[email protected]> wrote:
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