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October 30 in RR History
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October 30, 1837 Russia's first railway opens between St Petersburg and Tsarskoye Selo (27 km/17 miles). ? October 30, 1850 The Michigan Central Railroad opens from New Buffalo to Michigan City IN using the charter rights of the New Albany & Salem Railroad (later CIL, L&N, CSX) within Indiana. ? October 30, 1868 The ceremonial first shovel of dirt is turned for the Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe in Topeka KS. ? October 30, 1888 Electric streetcars begin service in Lafayette IN. ? October 30, 1902 The Winona & Warsaw Railway (IN) is incorporated. ? October 30, 1905 The Chicago-New York Electric Air Line is incorporated. Plans were to build an interurban line between the to cities with little or no curvature in the tracks. Only a short segment near LaPorte IN will be built. ? October 30, 1921 A mixed train between Muncie and Converse IN on the Pennsylvania Railroad replaces the previous passenger service. ? October 30, 1931 Secretarial service is dropped from Pennsylvania Railroad Blue-Ribbon passenger trains running between New York and Chicago and New York and St. Louis. ? October 30, 1937 The International Railway Company operates the last interurban to Lockport, ending interurban service on the Niagara Frontier. ? October 30, 1937 The last streetcar runs in Lancaster OH. ? October 30, 1939 The New York World's Fair closes for the year. The Pennsylvania and Long Island Railroad have hauled one out of every four visitors. ? October 30, 1955 The Milwaukee Road takes over operation of the Chicago & North Western’s share of the “Cities Streamliners. ? October 30, 1956 Baldwin-Lima-Hamilton ships its last common-carrier-sized locomotive from its Eddystone PA factory. The S12 switcher, used around the Eddystone Plant since it was built in 1955, will go to Erie Mining as their #403. ? October 30, 1960 The "Commodore Vanderbilt" name disappears from New York Central passenger timetables. ? October 30, 1960 Portland ME Union Station closes. ? October 30, 1963 The New York Times runs an editorial on the demolition of Penn Station, calling it "a monumental act of vandalism." ? October 30, 1967 The Mackinac Transportation Company lays up the "Chief Wawatam", substituting the barge "Manistee" and the tug "Muskegon”. ? October 30, 1970 President Richard Nixon signs the enabling legislation for Amtrak. ? October 30, 1972 In the worst railway accident in Chicago history, two commuter trains collide in early morning dense fog, killing 45 and injuring 332. The engineer of an Illinois Central Gulf train overshot the 27th Street Station. As he backed to the station, the rear of the train was not properly flagged. The train had cleared an automatic block signal, and was struck by an express commuter train. After this accident all Chicago commuter trains are painted with bright stripes at the ends of the trains. ? October 30, 1983 New Jersey Transit officially retires its remaining GG-1's, after a day of fantrips yesterday. No GG-1 has run under its own power since. ? October 30, 1983 Amtrak begins Auto-Train service using much of the same route and equipment as the now-defunct Auto-Train Corporation. ? October 30, 1990 The Lenawee County Railroad ceases operation on the former Lake Shore & Michigan Southern branch between Morenci and Grosvenor MI. ? October 30, 2004 Amtrak drops smoking cars on all trains except the Auto-Train. At the end, only the Crescent, Silver Star and Silver Meteor carry smoking cars. ? October 30, 2008 Regional railroads Dakota, Minnesota & Eastern (mostly ex-C&NW) and Iowa, Chicago & Eastern (mostly ex-MILW) are placed under the control of Canadian Pacific. ? October 30, 2013 The world’s deepest railway tunnel (190 feet/58 metres) opens, connecting the eastern and western parts of Istanbul.? Also the first tunnel to connect two continents (Asia and Europe), the project was first proposed in the 1860’s. “Marmaray” tunnel is 8.5 miles long. ? October 30, 2013 Police in San Diego shut down a tunnel to Tijuana used by drug smugglers. The tunnel used an electric railway to transport its illegal cargo. ? October 30, 2014 A contractor using a large drill to expand a well in Long Island City drills too far into the ground and scrapes the side and roof of an occupied “F” train. The contractor was working on the East Side Access Project, designed to bring Long Island trains into Grand Central Terminal. ? Mark Tomlonson |
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October 30, 1954 New York's IND subway was extended via the Culver elevated line from Church Avenue to Coney Island after a new ramp connection was completed on McDonald Avenue at Avenue C. This extension reduced congestion on the parallel BMT Brighton Beach line and eventually killed off the McDonald Avenue trolley line.? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? October 30, 1960 The City of Philadelphia, the PTC, and the Pennsylvania Railroad started Operation Torresdale on the New York main line and Operation Manayunk on the Norristown branch which was cut back to Manayunk where it duplicated service by the Reading Railroad. The City, the PTC, and the Reading Railroad started Operation Shawmont on the Norristown branch.? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Dennis M Linsky On Wed, Oct 30, 2024, 6:11 AM Mark Tomlonson via <tomlonson=[email protected]> wrote:
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