Re April 3 in RR History

Dennis Linsky All Messages By This Member #1976 April 3, 1949 St. Louis converted its Manchester PCC routes to bus operation because of dangerous left hand operation on PRW. The routes were 53 (Maplewood), 54 (Webster), 55 (Clay and Adams), and 56 (Kirkwood).? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Dennis M Linsky? toggle quoted message Show quoted text On Thu, Apr 3, 2025, 6:30 AM Mark Tomlonson via <tomlonson=[email protected]> wrote: April 3, 1848 The Oakland & Ottawa (later D&M, GT) is chartered by the Michigan State Legislature to construct a railroad from Pontiac to Lake Michigan in Ottawa County. ? April 3, 1855 The Detroit, Monroe & Toledo Railroad (later LS&NI, LS&MS, NYC) is organized. ? April 3, 1883 The Arcadia & Betsey River Railway is incorporated. Built to 3-foot gauge, it was to run 20 miles from Arcadia MI, across the Betsie River. (Note that the river and the railroad have two different spellings.) ? April 3, 1987 The Soo Line sells its Lake States Transportation Division to the newly-formed "Wisconsin Central Ltd." ? Mark Tomlonson

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