December 20, 1883
International cantilever railway bridge opens at Niagra Falls.
December 20, 1917
41 killed in train accident at Louisville, Kentucky.
December 20, 1918
All government-owned railroads in Canada are brought under the management of the Canadian National Railways.
December, 20, 1919
Canadian National Railways established.
CANADIANPACIFIC2816
I believe that the Louisville, KY accident is going to be the one that was actually in Shepherdsville, which is 20, 25 miles south of Louisville.
According to a Filson Historical Society newsletter, a local that was crowded with "Christmas shoppers" was trying to back into a siding, at Shepherdsville, when it was struck by a southbound through train, that was attempting to make up lost time. According to the article, the wreck killed 51 passengers, and injured another 48, making it one of the L&N's greatest disasters. (At that time.)
Being Crazy,keeps you from going "INSANE" !! "The light at the end of the tunnel,has been turned off due to budget cuts" NOT AFRAID A Vet., and PROUD OF IT!!
December 21, 1829
The first stone arch railroad bridge in the world, the Carrollton Viaduct, is officially opened on the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad over Gwynn's Falls at Baltimore, Maryland.
December 21, 1907
F.B. Clarke becomes President of the SP&S Railway.
December 21, 1949
Gales Creek & Wilson Railway operations cease.
December 21, 1962
Last Budd RDC (Rail Diesel Car) manufactured is delivered to the Reading.
In 1995, a commuter train rammed the rear of a passenger train in heavy fog near Cairo, Egypt, killing 75 people.
December 22, 1829
Baltimore & Ohio begins passenger operations between Baltimore and Ellicott's Mills.
December 22, 1885
Patent #332,762 issued to La Marcus Adna Thompson for a gravity switchback railroad.
December 22, 1950
2 self-propelled trains of Long Island Railroad collide, killing 77.
December 22, 1965
Pennsylvania Railroad sells Long Island Railroad to the state of New York.
December 22, 1982
The Missouri Pacific and Western Pacific merge into Union Pacific.
CANADIANPACIFIC2816 wrote: December 22, 1882 The Missouri Pacific and Western Pacific merge into Union Pacific. CANADIANPACIFIC2816
I trust you meant 1982.
dmoore74 wrote: CANADIANPACIFIC2816 wrote: December 22, 1882 The Missouri Pacific and Western Pacific merge into Union Pacific. CANADIANPACIFIC2816I trust you meant 1982.
Thanks for pointing out my error. I went back and corrected it.
December 23, 1851
Illinois Central Railroad begins construction.
December 23, 1852
The Pacific Railroad of Missouri (later known as the Missouri Pacific Railway) begins passenger service west of the Mississippi River.
December 23, 1907
The first all-steel railroad passenger coach is completed.
December 23, 1926
20 killed in train accident at Rockmont, Georgia.
December 23, 1946
Highest ridership in New York City subway history (8.8 million passengers).
December 24, 1852
The Baltimore & Ohio's tracks reach the Ohio River at Wheeling, West Virginia.
December 24, 1985
Illinois Central Gulf sells 681 mile Iowa division to Chicago, Central & Pacific.
December 25, 1830
The Best Friend of Charleston, owned by the South Carolina Railroad, becomes the first American locomotive in regular service in the United States.
December 25, 1848
New Haven Railroad opens.
December 26, 1917
President Wilson takes possession and control of the nation's railroads by proclamation. This resulted in the formation of the United States Railroad Administration, which operated the country's railroads until March 3, 1920.
December 26, 1956
Last standard gauge steam run on the Denver & Rio Grande Western.
December 27, 1942
34 killed in train accident at Almonte, Ontario.
December 27, 1943
Fearing a threat of national security, President Franklin Roosevelt orders the government to seize the nation's railroads in order to avert a strike.
December 27, 1951
Last train runs on the Rio Grande Southern.
December 28, 1912
The first municipally owned streetcars begin operation in San Francisco.
December 28, 1917
Wartime emergency called by the Federal government, which takes control of U.S. railroads on January 1, 1918.
December 28, 1966
13 die in a train crash in Everett, Massachusetts.
December 28, 1972
Amtrak announces purchase of French built Turboliners.
Dec 28 1875 C.H. Stoddard, city engineer, and his assistants, G.H. Boynton, James McElherne, Charles Harrold and Charles Stoddard, have commenced work on the survey for a route for the Chicago, Millington And Western narrow gauge railway to reach Rock Island.
Edit: the year was in error.
December 29, 1876
Bridge collapses beneath Lakeshore & Michigan Southern's Pacific Express, killing 84.
December 29, 1982
Louisville and Nashville merged into Seaboard Coast Line, which changes it's name to Seaboard System.
spokyone wrote: Dec 28 1875 C.H. Stoddard, city engineer, and his assistants, G.H. Boynton, James McElherne, Charles Harrold and Charles Stoddard, have commenced work on the survey for a route for the Chicago, Millington And Western narrow gauge railway to reach Rock Island.Edit: the year was in error.
DECEMBER 30, 1906
53 killed in train accident at Washington, D.C.
December 30, 1907
United Railways begins passenger service.
December 31, 1860
First railway tunnel in Canada opens on the Brocksville & ottawa Railway beneath the town of Brockville.
December 31, 1943
Gales Creek & Wilson River Railway purchased by the SP&S Railway.
December 31, 1944
50 killed in train accident at Bagley, Utah.
December 31, 1968
Last U.S. Pullman service.
The New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad becomes part of the Penn Central Railroad.
December 31, 1978
Last run of the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Peoria Rocket.
This may be off the regular discussion topic, but does anyone know if and/or how to find information about personnel working on the Fitchburg RR in the late 1890s??
August 2nd 1980: Terrorists placed a bomb in a waiting-room in the main station of Bologna. 85 people killed, more than 200 hurt. The roof of the waiting-room collapsed. The day was a saturday with the station being very busy. Members of the Italian military secret-service tried to lead the investigation onto a wrong track. Three members of an extremist (fascist) organisation have later been convicted to lifelong prison, the sentences being confirmed by the Italian supreme court. Nevertheless, it is still unknown who ordered the crime and why.
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