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January 31, 1853 The Black River & Utica Railroad (later RW&O, NYC&HR, NYC) is incorporated.

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January 31, 1862 The Railways & Telegraph Act authorizes President Lincoln to seize and operate any railroad or telegraph line needed for the war effort. It also creates the U.S. Military Railroads to operate captured Confederate lines.

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January 31, 1882 The Rochester & Ontario Belt Railway (later NYC) is incorporated.

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January 31, 1905 The New York Central & Hudson River Railway takes over control of the Ottawa & New York Railway.

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January 31, 1918 The USRA begins operating trains loaded with just food and supplies for the Allies from St. Louis and Chicago to Eastern ports. The trains are run on a 60-hour schedule, versus 8-14 days previously.

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January 31, 1925 Trolley service ends in Ann Arbor MI

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January 31, 1927 The Cambridge Power Light & Traction Company is shut down by its owners, the Ohio Service Company, who can no longer justify serving the mere 3,000 people living along its route.

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January 31, 1932 Railway unions in the United States accept a 10% pay cut in hopes of easing the effects of the Depression on the railroads which will in turn allow them to keep their jobs.

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January 31, 1932 Findlay OH loses streetcar service.

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January 31, 1935 Union Pacific's M-10000 enters service as the "City of Salina" between Salina KS and Kansas City. The 116-seat train carries an average 280 passengers per round trip.

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January 31, 1939 The Pennsylvania Railroad's Class S1 6-4-4-6 duplex passenger locomotive leaves Altoona. It is the first steam locomotive out of Altoona since 1930. The locomotive will prove to be too big in many respects and will be confined to service between Chicago IL and Crestline OH. The lessons learned from this locomotive will be applied to PRR's class T1 4-4-4-4.

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January 31, 1951 The “Philadelphia Enquirer” reports that in 1950 the Lionel Corporation earned more than Baldwin Locomotive Works.

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January 31, 1957 Last passenger service on the Illinois Central to Paducah KY.

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January 31, 1961 The Decatur (MI) depot is closed by the New York Central. The small-town station had no scheduled stops and few riders. The planned consolidation of freight agent services in Kalamazoo has rendered the depot obsolete.

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January 31, 2000 Amtrak's New Haven to Boston electrification project is completed.

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January 31, 2009 Canadian National takes control of most of the Elgin, Joliet & Eastern. CN has acquired the line to connect its Wisconsin Central, Illinois Central and Grand Trunk lines while avoiding the congestion of Chicago.

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January 31, 2011 FedEx begins using BNSF and Norfolk Southern Intermodal services as part of its Less-Than-Truckload division.

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January 31, 2012 WATCO completes its purchase of the Ann Arbor Railroad, running between Ann Arbor and Toledo.

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January 31, 2018 A chartered Amtrak train carrying 200 Republican Senators and Representatives to a retreat at White Sulphur Springs strikes a garbage truck at a grade crossing near Charlottesville, Virginia. The truck driver is killed and the Amtrak head-end crew suffers injuries. Three of the Congressmen who are also medical doctors assist with the injured.

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January 31, 2022 The South Shore’s 11^th Street station building in Michigan City IN, closed since 1987, is torn down. The fa?ade of the building is saved and will be used on a new Michigan City station after South Shore tracks are taken out of 11^th Street and a second track is added. The new alignment will reduce travel time between Michigan City and Chicago from 1 hour 40 minutes to 67 minutes, allowing additional trains.

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February 1, 1832 "The Western Immigrant" newspaper of Ann Arbor MI suggests transcontinental railroad, the first mention in print of such a project.

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February 1, 1846 The first train arrives in Kalamazoo on the Central Rail Road of Michigan.

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February 1, 1854 The first train to use a single gauge over the entire trip between Buffalo NY and Erie PA on the Buffalo & State Line Railroad (later LS&MS, NYC) makes its run.

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February 1, 1869 The Carthage, Watertown & Sackets Harbor Railroad (later NYC) is chartered.

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February 1, 1870 The Chicago & Michigan Lake Shore Railroad (later PM, C&O, CSX) opens between New Buffalo & St. Joseph MI.

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February 1, 1871 The Kalamazoo & South Haven (later NYC, PC) is completed from Bloomingdale to South Haven.

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February 1, 1871 The Michigan Air Line Railroad (later MC, NYC) is completed between Jackson MI and South Bend IN.

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February 1, 1879 The Pennsylvania Company Board hears a report that a project is underway for a new railroad running between Grand Haven MI and Toledo OH via Allegan and Montieith MI using the tracks of the Allegan & South Eastern Railroad.

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February 1, 1890 Canada Atlantic Railway (later GT, CN) bridges the St. Lawrence River.

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February 1, 1890 The Battle Creek & Sturgis leases 35 miles of its track between Findley and Battle Creek MI to the Michigan Central, who will operate the line until this date in 1930. The New York Central will operate the line between Findley and Sturgis MI.

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February 1, 1900 The Grand Rapids & Indiana, Michigan Central and Pere Marquette railroads agree to enlarge and improve Grand Rapids (MI) Union Station.

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February 1, 1900 The Boston & Albany electrifies its Riverside to Newton Lower Falls shuttle. The service was protected by an interurban-style car number “01”, nicknamed “the Ping-Pong”.

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February 1, 1901 The Union Pacific, under the direction of E.H. Harriman, gains control of the Southern Pacific.

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February 1, 1902 The Grand Rapids, Grand Haven & Muskegon (MI Interurban) begins service between Grand Rapids and Fruitport.

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February 1, 1903 The Pennsylvania Railroad cancels its premiere "Pennsylvania Limited" due to freight congestion in the Pittsburgh area. PRR feels that if freight crews no longer need to clear the line for 1-3 hours ahead of the Limited their time will be freed for more productive work.

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February 1, 1903 Kenosha WI begins electric streetcar service.

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February 1, 1907 The first scheduled car (interurban coach number 3) makes its run on the Ft. Wayne & Springfield. The car, under the apt control of motorman Smith and conductor Stroud, leaves Decatur with 25 passengers at 9:15 a.m. and arrives in Ft. Wayne at 10:45 a.m.

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February 1, 1910 In cooperation with Penn State, the Pennsylvania Railroad begins a free training program at its Altoona Shops to assist apprentices in math and engineering. The program will later be offered at other PRR ships throughout the system.

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February 1, 1913 Formal dedication ceremonies are held for the new Grand Central Terminal in New York City. It is the world’s largest train station to date.

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February 1, 1916 The District of Columbia outlaws public drinking cups and towels. As a result Washington Union Station installs drinking fountains. Also at this time WUS begins replacing its arc lamps with incandescent bulbs.

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February 1, 1922 The Pennsylvania Railroad reverses a long-standing policy and announces plans to sell advertising space in its stations and trains.

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February 1, 1930 New York Central leases the Michigan Central for 999 years. The New York Central also leases the Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Railway (The “Big 4”).

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February 1, 1931 The Pennsylvania Railroad asks employees for contributions of historical material to the railroad for a new museum at 30th Street Station in Philadelphia. Most of the collection, with the exception of the locomotive "Pioneer" will be sold in 1972 at the Penn Central auction.

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February 1, 1932 The New York Central acquires the carrier properties of the Ulster & Delaware Railroad Company.

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February 1, 1936 Railway Express Agency begins offering coordinated rail-air express service for the United States and 33 countries reached by Pan American Airways.

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February 1, 1938 Car retarders are placed in service at Chicago's Clearing Yard.

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February 1, 1939 Electro-Motive names its new freight locomotive “F”, for freight. In November, a “T” will be added to the designation, standing for 2,700 horsepower.

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February 1, 1947 The Long Island Railroad bans its employees from reserving regular seats for card players.

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February 1, 1953 The Chicago, Burlington & Quincy "Kansas City Zephyr" begins service between Chicago and Kansas City via the new Centennial cut-off. The train will be advertised as "Shorter, smoother, faster" because of the new trackage.

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February 1, 1968 The New York Central and Pennsylvania railroads merge to form Penn Central Transportation. To "protect competition", the Norfolk & Western is given control of the Erie Lackawanna and Delaware & Hudson. Instead of merging with the two companies, they will be put under the umbrella of "Dereco", a subsidiary created by N&W to manage the lines.

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February 1, 1970 An express train rams a stationary commuter train in Buenos Aires, Argentina, killing 236.

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February 1, 1971 Canadian National again withdraws the Turbos from service to begin a rebuild program.

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February 1, 1975 Railway Express Agency declares bankruptcy. The company will be liquidated later in the year.

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February 1, 1979 The Southern Railway’s “Southern Crescent” becomes Amtrak’s “Crescent” as the Southern discontinues independent passenger train service.

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February 1, 1990 CN Rail begins running trains without cabooses (aka “vans”).

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February 1, 2016 Unusually low temperatures, heavy snow and a rush of New Year’s travelers combine to strand nearly 100,000 rail passengers at Guangzhou Railway Station in southern China.

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February 1, 2022 WATCO begins operating the former Algoma Central between Sault Ste. Marie and Oba ON. It is WATCO’s first operation in Canada.

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February 1, 2024 Chicago’s Metra introduces a new fare structure and closes all of its manned ticket booths, turning all ticket sales over to an app. The app crashes on its first day of use, and Metra allows riders on by showing Metra employees their Smart Phone trying to run the non-functional app.

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February 2, 1832 The Lawrenceburgh & Indianapolis Railroad is incorporated in Indiana, that state's first. It is one of several railroads incorporated today. Only a small section of it will be completed.

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February 2, 1869 Dissident Grand Rapids & Indiana bondholders, including those favoring the "Allegan Company" (Kalamazoo Allegan & Grand Rapids (?) (later NYC)), plan to form a new company called the “Michigan Northern Railroad” to take the GR&I's land grant. Despite these efforts, the grant will go to the GR&I.

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February 2, 1880 Western railroads agree to a route plan, ending a sometimes-violent struggle for certain mountain passes.

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February 2, 1888 Richmond VA begins operating electric trolleys, designed by Frank Spraugue. This system follows over 60 attempts worldwide to create a successful trolley system.

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February 2, 1900 The Southern Ohio Traction Company opens between Cincinnati and Dayton.

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February 2, 1907 James A. McCrea suggests to his father, the President of the Pennsylvania Railroad, that a 1:60 scale model of Penn Station with electric trains be built to study and plan train movements. There is no indication this was actually done.

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February 2, 1907 The Elgin & Belvidere (interurban) opens for service between Marengo and Elgin IL.

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February 2, 1913 New York's partially completed palatial passenger station, Grand Central Terminal, opens in the center of Manhattan at 12:01 am. About 150,000 people will visit the new terminal today.

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February 2, 1925 The "Air Mail Act of 1925" is signed into law, authorizing commercial air lines to carry the mail. This will greatly aid the growth of commercial passenger air service.

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February 2, 1927 Canadian National opens Spadina Yard in Toronto. It is built on a former Grand Trunk yard that dates back to the 1850's. Construction on the yard will continue for at least two more years.

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February 2, 1939 The Seaboard Air Line introduces the "Silver Meteor", pulled by EMD E-4 diesels in a green, yellow and orange paint scheme. A contest had been held to name the train. The winner out of 76,366 entries has taken home $500. (2024: $11,034)

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February 2, 2022 Amtrak debuts its Siemens “Venture” coaches. The equipment’s first trip was between Chicago and St. Louis on train 303.

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January 31, 1966 The NYCTA's last 4 R-32 subway card, 3946-49, were delivered to Coney Island Shops despite a heavy snowstorm. These 4 cars had special Budd Pioneer III trucks.? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? February 2, 1963 Michael J. Quill's TWU ended a 19-day strike against the Philadelphia Transportation Company after new Pennsylvania Governor Bill Scranton intervened. But then on February 8, the Red Arrow went on strike.? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?Dennis M Linsky