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March 3 in RR History
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March 3, 1831 George M. Pullman is born in New York. ? March 3, 1834 Cleveland sees its first railroad: the Cleveland & Newburg Railroad is chartered to serve quarries. It is horse operated with wooden track without iron strapping. ? March 3, 1842 The Pittsfield & North Adams Railroad (Later WRR, B&A, NYC) is chartered in Massachusetts to build between its namesake cities. ? March 3, 1851 The Northern Indiana Railroad (later LS&MS) is chartered in Ohio to create a better route into Chicago for the Michigan Southern and associated companies. ? March 3, 1853 Congress authorizes a survey for a trans-continental railroad. ? March 3, 1863 Congress authorizes a land grant for the Atchison & Topeka Railway (later AT&SF). The grant requires that the line be completed and operation between Atchison and the Kansas/Colorado line by March 3, 1873. ? March 3, 1871 An Act of Congress incorporates the Texas Pacific Railroad Company to build from Texas to San Diego. ? March 3, 1921 President-Elect Harding travels to Washington DC from his home in Marion OH. East of Harrisburg PA the train makes the run in one-half hour less than the fastest schedule between Harrisburg and Washington. ? March 3, 1938 The “Mallard”, which will later set the steam speed record, is built in LNER’s Doncaster Works. ? March 3, 1944 A double-headed mixed train in southern Italy near Balvano stalls in a tunnel. Carbon monoxide poisoning kills 521 people. Five people survive. One hundred ninety-three who carried no identification, most of them black marketers, are buried in a mass grave at the site. ? March 3, 1947 The Baltimore & Ohio begins its "Sentinel" freight service, offering guaranteed delivery of fast freight between major cities. ? March 3, 1949 American Car & Foundry tests the new Spanish "Talgo Train" at Berwick PA. It will later be tested on the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western. ? March 3, 1955 The Pennsylvania Railroad runs its first "TrucTrain" TOFC train from Chicago to Kearny, NJ. It is the first time the Pennsylvania has carried trailers of common-carrier trucking companies on its flatcars. ? March 3, 1966 For the first time GG-1's are retired by the Pennsylvania Railroad. Numbers 4804, 4831 and 4847 leave the fleet. 4804 has cracks in the running gear, a problem that will plague other GG-1's. ? March 3, 1997 Union Pacific opens the former Western Pacific line through Feather River Canyon after repair of the damage from January flooding is completed. ? Mark Tomlonson |
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March 3, 1957 Philadelphia bus route B, the Roosevelt Boulevard route from the Bridge-Pratt terminus of the Market-Frankford line to Somerton and Langhorne, was re-equipped with new GMC TDH-5105 diesel buses with route K from Frankford to West Oak Lane getting route B's displaced ACF-Brill C-44 buses while the Mack C-41 buses from route K went to Luzerne and Southern Depots.? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? March 3, 1958 Los Angeles Metropolitan Transportation Company took over all operations of Los Angeles Transit Lines and Metripolitan Coach Lines.? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?Dennis M Linsky On Mon, Mar 3, 2025, 6:45 AM Mark Tomlonson via <tomlonson=[email protected]> wrote:
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