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October 29 in RR History
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October 29, 1830 News of the opening of the Liverpool & Manchester Railway six weeks earlier reaches Philadelphia. ? October 29, 1889 Illinois Central completes the 4-mile river bridge at Cairo IL. ? October 29, 1938 The interurban Cincinnati & Lake Erie's Columbus Division, running from Dayton to Columbus via Springfield is abandoned. ? October 29, 1948 "Tales Of The Red Caboose" a 15-minute show sponsored by and featuring Lionel trains, premieres on ABC-TV. ? October 29, 1955 Union Pacific shifts its eastern connection from the Chicago & North Western to the Milwaukee Road. ? October 29, 1964 Candidate Barry Goldwater uses Pennsylvania Railroad business car #180 for a whistle stop trip between Harrisburg and Pittsburg. ? October 29, 1966 Chesapeake & Ohio passenger service between Grand Rapids and Traverse City MI ends. ? October 29, 1967 As part of the Northeast Corridor Project, the Pennsylvania cards GG-1 powered trains between New York and Washington DC at 100 mph. The Metroliners remain sidelined with electrical and mechanical problems. ? October 29, 1972 With the arrival of the westbound "James Whitcomb Riley", Amtrak begins using Cincinnati's River Road station, it’s first newly-built station. ? October 29, 1978 VIA Rail takes over all passenger service on the Canadian Pacific. ? October 29, 1983 The iconic Pennsylvania Railroad electric locomotive, the GG-1, operates for what is almost certainly the last time. It is used to pull an excursion train. ? October 29, 2004 Last scheduled run of 1962-vintage former New York Central ACMU cars on Metro-North. ? October 29, 2005 The Saginaw Bay Southern of Tawas MI, affiliated with Lake State Railway, buys 8 miles of former CSX trackage in Michigan's "thumb". ? October 29, 2010 Central Railroad of New Jersey 0-6-0 No. 113 is returned to steam. The anthracite-burning locomotive is one of only two surviving CNJ steamers. ? October 29, 2019 The MTA station at New Rochelle NY is shut down while police investigate a suspicious package. The package contained equipment for the MTA’s new system for reporting suspicious packages. ? Mark Tomlonson |
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October 29, 1957 San Diego's last PCC car, air-electric 528, was purchased from the San Diego Mill Supply Company to the local Parks Department and placed on static display at Delmar Park next to a retired Southern Pacific steam locomotive. With another PCC car, 508, destined for the Orange Empire Traction Museum, the remaining 6 cars were still at San Diego Mill Supply Company before they were cut up in 1958.? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? October 29, 1961 Washington's remaining PCC cars were given a reprieve due to a strike against General Motors which delayed deliveries of new buses to replace the cars on the capital's last 4 routes.? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Dennis M Linsky On Tue, Oct 29, 2024, 8:27 AM Seth H. Bramson via <mrfec=[email protected]> wrote:
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