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November 6, 1893 The Elwood (IN) Electric Street Railway begins operations.

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November 6, 1906 In the early morning hours, a Baltimore & Ohio freight train and a B&O passenger train collide head-on in Porter County IN. Between 55 and 61 people are killed.

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November 6, 1926 Dayton, Covington & Piqua Traction Company (OH) is abandoned, despite the fact it was one of the few interurbans to outlast a parallel steam road (Cincinnati Hamilton & Dayton). (Some sources say November 5, some say November 26).

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November 6, 1932 The streetcars and buses owned by the Kalamazoo Transportation Company are seized for non-payment of $4,487 ($104,625 in 2023) in unpaid taxes. KTC service ended 5 days ago.

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November 6, 1936 The Pennsylvania Railroad authorizes General Electric to proceed with its proposal to design one 5,000 HP steam turboelectric locomotive. The project is put on the back burner as GE concentrates on a "Steamotive" for the Union Pacific and never makes it back to the front burner.

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November 6, 1939 The U.S. Supreme Court upholds a Circuit Court decision made last January refusing to allow the New Haven to close 93 stations on its East End. The decision is rendered largely moot as the States involved allow most of the stations to close due to lack of traffic.

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November 6, 1947 Niagara Falls ON trolleys end service.

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November 6, 1960 Canadian Pacific operates it last steam locomotive. 4-4-0 #29 pulls a special train from Montreal to St. Lin to mark the event.

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November 6, 1967 The New York Central assigns RDC's to its last remaining Cleveland-Cincinnati service.

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November 6, 1970 Great Northern dedicates its new 7-mile Flathead Tunnel in Montana.

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November 6, 1984 The last train departs from Philadelphia’s Reading Terminal.

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November 6, 2017 Fort Erie ON council votes $100,000 per year out of the city budget to restore CNR 6218 and its accompanying caboose. The 4-8-4 was donated to the city by Canadian National in 1973.

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November 6, 1955 Philadelphia trolley routes 36 (Elmwood Avenue-Market Street) and 37 (Westinghouse-Subway Surface) were combined to form the present route 36 (Elmwood Avenue-Subway Surface). Also, trolley route 12 (Grays Ferry Avenue) was cut back from Darby to Elmwood Avenue and Island Road.? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Dennis M Linsky