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Posted by CANADIANPACIFIC2816 on Wednesday, September 9, 2009 9:09 AM

SEPTEMBER 09, 1909

Railroad empire builder Edward Henry Harriman dies.

SEPTEMBER 09, 1910

Pere Marquette Railroad car ferry Pere Marquette 18 sinks twenty miles off Sheboygan, Wisconsin. Sister ship 17 rescues 35, but 29 lives were lost in this disaster.

SEPTEMBER 09, 1929

The first air-conditioned Pullman cars go into service between Chicago and Los Angeles.

SEPTEMBER 09, 1933

Service comes to an end on Oregon Electric's Corvallis branch.

SEPTEMBER 09, 1985

In the Canadian province of Ontario, Canadian Pacific opens a bridge over the Lievre River at Buckingham to give direct access to Erco. The official opening ceremony took place on October 2-3 with the attendance of three Canadian Pacific business cars, Lacombe, Ontario and #91.

SEPTEMBER 09, 1997

In the Canadian province of Ontario, rail service is restored to the E.B. Eddy paper mill in Hull. Some four years earlier, changes in the mill eliminated the need for rail service and all plant trackage and the connection to the Canadian Pacific Waltham subdivision, which had used the former Hull Electric Railway right-of-way, trackage and bridge over the Lachute subdivision at Hull were removed. As the Waltham subdivision had also been lifted, access to the plant was regained by means of a spur connecting with the Lachute subdivision at the north end of the Prince of Wales Bridge. One storage siding was built on the site of the former six track yard and two delivery sidings were built, one interior, and one exterior, on the mill site west of the intersection of Tache Boulevard and Montcalm Street. On September 9th, buisness car "Lacombe" became the first railborne visitor to the new trackage.

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Posted by locomutt on Tuesday, September 8, 2009 8:51 PM

 From Arcamax "History and Quotes" for 8 Sep. 2009.

 Country music pioneer Jimmie Rodgers, The Singing Brakeman, in 1897

 

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Posted by CANADIANPACIFIC2816 on Tuesday, September 8, 2009 3:52 PM

blue streak 1

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Tacoma, Washington on the Columbia River

I did not know tacoma was on the Columbia River??????

 

I didn't know this either, and I looked at a National Geographic map of Washington State, and could find no evidence that Tacoma sits on the Columbia River. Evidently my source of information, the National Railway Historical Society is wrong.

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Posted by blue streak 1 on Tuesday, September 8, 2009 2:34 PM

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Tacoma, Washington on the Columbia River

I did not know tacoma was on the Columbia River??????

 

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Posted by CANADIANPACIFIC2816 on Tuesday, September 8, 2009 8:53 AM

SEPTEMBER 08, 1883

A last spike ceremony at Gold Creek, Montana marks the completion of the Northern Pacific from St. Paul, Minnesota to Tacoma, Washington on the Columbia River. The first train from the East arrives in Portland, Oregon on September 11th.

SEPTEMBER 08, 1899

In the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, the schooner Keewaydin arrived in Halifax from New York with a cargo of steel rails for the "Midland road". This was the Midland Railroad, then under construction, from Truro through South Maitland, Kennetcook, and Stanley to Windsor.

SEPTEMBER 08, 1900

A hurricane and a 15-foot storm surge sweep over Galveston Island, Texas, killing more than 6,000 people, the worst natural disaster in U.S. history. The railroad bridge to the mainland was destroyed. On October 3rd, 1867 a hurricane had destroyed the Galveston, Houston & Henderson Railroad bridge across Galveston Bay.

SEPTEMBER 08, 1910

Long Island Railroad begins using the new Pennsylvania Station in New York via new East River tunnels. The Pennsylvania Railroad begins using new Hudson River tunnels and electric locomotives to enter the station starting November 27th. PRR trains switch from electric to steam power at a place in Newark Meadows called Manhattan Transfer.

SEPTEMBER 08, 1942

Representatives of Southern Pacific and Union Pacific meet at Promontory, Utah to mark the abandonment of this portion of the original transcontinental line. Bypassed by the Lucin Cutoff, it's rails and spikes now become scrap metal for the war effort.

SEPTEMBER 08, 1987

MidSouth purchases the 40-mile North Louisiana & Gulf Railroad.

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Posted by CANADIANPACIFIC2816 on Monday, September 7, 2009 8:03 AM

SEPTEMBER 07, 1866

Matthias Baldwin, founder of the Baldwin Locomotive Works, dies. His funeral is attended by most of Philadelphia's civic and political leaders.

SEPTEMBER 07, 1891

On this date, Louisville Union Station opened. It was home to the Louisville & Nashville, Pennsylvania and the Indianapolis & Louisville.

SEPTEMBER 07, 1958

In Washington, D.C., the Eckington-Mt. Rainier-Branchville street car line was abandoned.

SEPTEMBER 07, 1969

Union Pacific's City of Portland and City of Denver join combined City of Los Angeles-San Francisco-Kansas City east of Green River, Wyoming.

SEPTEMBER 07, 1980

Auto-Train files for bankruptcy.

SEPTEMBER 07, 1999

This was the last day of operations for the National Railways of Mexico (NdeM). All railroads in Mexico are again privately owned and operated.

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Posted by CANADIANPACIFIC2816 on Sunday, September 6, 2009 9:02 AM

SEPTEMBER 06, 1869

The first westbound train arrives in San Francisco.

SEPTEMBER 06, 1873

Regular cable car service begins on Clay Street in San Francisco.

SEPTEMBER 06, 1898

In the Canadian province of Ontario, Two spans of the New York and Ottawa Railroad bridge over the south channel of the St. Lawrence River collapse with the loss of 15 lives.

SEPTEMBER 06, 1901

President McKinley is shot while attending an exposition in Buffalo, New York. A special train carrying surgeons, nurses and equipment races from Hoboken, New Jersey to Buffalo, over the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western, covering the 395 miles in 405 minutes.

SEPTEMBER 06, 1943

79 people were killed at Frankford Junction, Pennsylvania, when a burned off journal derails the Pennsylvania Railroad's Congressional.

SEPTEMBER 06, 1960

Maine Central becomes freight only.

SEPTEMBER 06, 1960

The last spike is driven on Canadian National's line between Optic and Chisel Lake, Manitoba. It was extended to Stall Lake on January 31, 1964.

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Posted by CANADIANPACIFIC2816 on Saturday, September 5, 2009 3:42 PM

SEPTEMBER 05, 1867

The first train load of longhorn cattle leaves Abilene, Kansas for Chicago. This begins a period of overland cattle drives from central Texas to Abilene, and other towns along the Kansas Pacific Railroad, which mark the northern end of the Chisholm Trail.

SEPTEMBER 05, 1876

The Southern Pacific runs it's first train from San Francisco to Los Angeles, via the Tehachapi and San Fernando Mountains.

SEPTEMBER 05, 1898

In the Canadian province of Ontario, Archbishop Duhamel, at a ceremony in Embrun, blesses the Ottawa and New York Railway, it's President, the road itself, it's employees and rolling stock. Several thousand people were present and a picnic was held in the afternoon.

SEPTEMBER 05, 1911

The Oregon Trunk Line's golden spike was driven at Bend, Oregon.

SEPTEMBER 05, 1926

Denver and Rio Grande's Scenic Limited is derailed on a curve by excessive speed and the locomotive and six cars fall into the Arkansas River, killing 23 passengers.

SEPTEMBER 05, 1956

Two Santa Fe express trains collide at Robinson, New Mexico, killing 20 railroad workers.

SEPTEMBER 05, 1961

Bangor & Arrostook ends it's railway passenger service.

SEPTEMBER 05, 1986

Chicago & Northwestern sells 965 miles of it's trackage to the Dakota, Minnesota & Eastern.

SEPTEMBER 05, 2002

In the Canadian province of Quebec commuter train service between Montreal and Saint-Hilaire resumes after a 14 year hiatus. 

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Posted by CANADIANPACIFIC2816 on Friday, September 4, 2009 8:19 AM

SEPTEMBER 04, 1862

North Beach & Mission Railway Company organized in San Francisco.

SEPTEMBER 04, 1867

The Boston & Albany Railroad Company is organized to consolidate the Boston & Worcester and the Western Railroad.

SEPTEMBER 04, 1872

The New York Sun exposes the Credit Mobilier Scandal. During the construction of the trans-continental railroad, Massachusetts Representative Oakes Ames and other directors of the Union Pacific, created a company called Credit Mobilier of America, which was used to award themselves, rich company contracts. To avoid congressional investigation, Ames distributed shares to other congressmen, Cabinet members and Vice-President Colfax. Ames was censured by the House of Representatives on February 28, 1873.

SEPTEMBER 04, 1941

Alco delivers the first Big Boy 4-8-8-4 to the Union Pacific Railroad.

SEPTEMBER 04, 1997

RailLink-Lakeland & Waterways takes over the former Canadian National lines in northeastern Alberta from Boyle to Lynton, near Fort McMurray. Agreement was reached on the 2nd of September, operation commenced the 4th of September and formal transfer took place on November 24th.

SEPTEMBER 04, 1997

Huron Central Railway, owned by Genessee Rail-One takes over operation of the former Canadian Pacific line between Sault Ste. Marie and Sudbury, Ontario.

SEPTEMBER 04, 1999

The last remaining trolley car line in Pittsburgh closes.

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Posted by CANADIANPACIFIC2816 on Thursday, September 3, 2009 3:35 PM

SEPTEMBER 03, 1883

The main line of the Northern Pacific Railroad between Minneapolis, Minnesota and Tacoma, Washington was completed.

SEPTEMBER 03, 1900

Nashville Union Station opens for business, jointly owned by the Louisville & Nashville and the Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis.

SEPTEMBER 03, 1917

President Wilson signs the Adamson Act, establishing an eight-hour day for workers on railroads in interstate commerce. The law averts a threatened national rail strike as the U.S. moves closer to entering the war in Europe.

SEPTEMBER 03, 1919

President Woodrow Wilson ignaugurates the practice of using a railroad office car for White House business on a presidential train.

SEPTEMBER 03, 1930

Thomas Edison tests the first electric passenger train, from Hoboken to Montclair, New Jersey.

SEPTEMBER 03, 1999

The New York Giants travel to Baltimore aboard a special train for a pre-season game with the Ravens. It would be the first time since 1963 that the team has traveled by rail.

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Posted by CANADIANPACIFIC2816 on Wednesday, September 2, 2009 8:19 AM

SEPTEMBER 02, 1864

Confederate forces evacuating the city of Atlanta and unable to move 81 boxcars of ammunition, detonate the explosives rather than leave it for the approaching Union army.

SEPTEMBER 02, 1874

In the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, the first rail of the Western Counties Railway was laid during a ceremony near Lovitt's Warf in Yarmouth. The first spike was driven by George B. Doane, President of the Company.

SEPTEMBER 02-03, 1885

Chinese strikebreakers hired by the Union Pacific during a walkout at company-owned coal mines are attacked by striking workers and sympathizers. At least 28 Chinese die in ethnic violence at Rock Springs and elsewhere along the UP in Wyoming.

SEPTEMBER 02, 1913

21 people were killed and 50 were injured in a railroad accident on the New Haven Railroad.

SEPTEMBER 02, 1919

The United States Congress passes a bill barring railroad strikes.

SEPTEMBER 02, 1935

Florida East Coast Railway's route to Key West, Florida is closed after being damaged by a hurricane.

SEPTEMBER 02, 1938

New York Central's coach #1472 becomes the first passenger car to be equipped with flourescent lighting.

SEPTEMBER 02, 1940

Kansas City Southern introduces it's streamlined Southern Belle between Kansas City and New Orleans.

SEPTEMBER 02, 1987

Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad merged into the CSX.

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Posted by CANADIANPACIFIC2816 on Tuesday, September 1, 2009 4:21 PM

Thanks much for the update about the Tennessee Central being devided up among three railroads, Carl. I appreciate it. I am now getting a lot of the information I am using in this thread from the historical archives of the National Railway Historical Society, and it has become apparent to me that the information I am reading is not always right on target.

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Posted by CShaveRR on Tuesday, September 1, 2009 10:16 AM
Busy day!
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SEPTEMBER 01, 1968

The Illinois Central assumed control of the Tennessee Central Railway.

Truth is, the Tennessee Central was divided among three railroads on that date: IC, L&N, and Southern. Most of the rolling stock went to L&N

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Posted by CANADIANPACIFIC2816 on Tuesday, September 1, 2009 9:07 AM

SEPTEMBER 01, 1849

The first 61 miles of the Pennsylvania Railroad were opened for service between Harrisburg and Lewistown, including a 3,680-foot wooden bridge across the Susquehanna River at Rockville.

SEPTEMBER O1, 1857

Hired to defend the railroad in the Rock Isand bridge case, Abraham Lincoln visits the ruined structure to interview witnesses and gather evidence. On May 6, 1856 the steamboat Effie Afton collided with the Chicago & Rock Island bridge, resulting in a fire which destroyed the boat and part of the bridge. The railroad was promptly sued for damages by the steamboat's owner, and it was widely believed that steamboat operators encouraged the incident to test the right of railroads to bridge navagable waterways.

SEPTEMBER 01, 1859

George Pullman's first sleeping car, Chicago & Alton #9, makes it's first run from Bloomington, Illinois to Chicago.

SEPTEMBER 01, 1864

A train of Confederate wounded being evacuated from Atlanta collides head-on with a train attempting to supply the army. About 30 died in this accident on the Macon & Western near Barnesville, Georgia. Both trains had been operated "wild" or without orders.

SEPTEMBER 01, 1865

Amos Densmore ships two 1,700 gallon wooden tanks filled with crude oil (about 160 barrels) from Miller's Farm, Pennsylvania to New York City. The tanks are transported on a conventional railroad flat car.

SEPTEMBER 01, 1873

The first commercially successful cable car line, the Clay Street Hill Railroad, opens for business in San Francisco.

SEPTEMBER 01, 1893

The Chicago & North Western acquired control of the Milwaukee, Lake Shore & Western.

SEPTEMBER 01, 1894

St. Paul & Duluth's Duluth Limited flees a forest fire which killed more than 400 people in the Hincley, Minnesota area. Another passenger train was forced to retreat backwards from the fire until it's wooden coaches, engulfed in flames were abandoned. Most of the passengers and crew would survive, finding refuge in a shallow lake. This disaster claimed an estimated 500 lives before the fires burned themselves out.

SEPTEMBER 01, 1896

The Baltimore & Ohio opened it's Mount Royal station in Baltimore, at the north end of the Howard Street tunnel.

SEPTEMBER 01, 1919

The U.S. Director General of Railroads orders montly maximum limits for engine crews - 4,800 miles for passenger crews, 3,800 miles for freight crews and 3,000 miles for crews of trains operating as extras.

SEPTEMBER 01, 1921

The Toronto Transit Commission takes over the street car system in that city upon the expiration of the 30 year franchise of the Toronto Railway.

SEPTEMBER 01, 1940

M.C. LaBertew becomes Vice-President and General Manager of the Spokane, Portland & Seattle Railway.

SEPTEMBER 01, 1941

The Denver & Rio Grande Western operated it's last narrow gauge train to Santa Fe, New Mexico.

SEPTEMBER 01, 1947

A railroad travel installment plan, known as the Rail Traveloan Service, became effective with approximately 70 major rail lines cooperating with local banks to provide qualified applicants with rail transportation, Pullman accommodations, all-expense trips and any passenger service regularly sold through railroad ticket offices.

SEPTEMBER 01-06, 1947

The General Motors Train of Tomorrow is shown at the Canadian National Exhibition in Toronto.

SEPTEMBER 01, 1964

Alco C-424's #300-306 arrive on the Spokane, Portland & Seattle Railway in the new broad stripe pain scheme.

SEPTEMBER 01, 1966

In the Canadian province of Ontario, Canadian Pacific is authorized to abandon it's Kingston subdivision between Sharbot Lake and Snow Road.

SEPTEMBER 01, 1968

Magma Arizona dieselizes.

SEPTEMBER 01, 1968

The Illinois Central assumed control of the Tennessee Central Railway.


SEPTEMBER 01, 1981

Norfolk & Western takes over Illinois Terminal.

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Posted by CANADIANPACIFIC2816 on Monday, August 31, 2009 12:46 AM

AUGUST 31, 1831

The John Bull, the oldest operable steam locomotive in the U.S., was delivered to the Camden & Amboy Railroad.

AUGUST 31, 1857

Mexico's President Comonfort issues a concession to Don Antonio Escandon, granting him the exclusive right to construct a railroad from Acapulco to Veracruz via Mexico City. Escandon and his brother Don Manuel are Veracruz businessmen, active in stagecoach and mining operations.

AUGUST 31, 1868

The Virginia Central and the Covington & Ohio merge to form the Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad.

AUGUST 31, 1948

Sumpter Valley Railway, Sumpter, Oregon abandoned operations.

AUGUST 31, 1954

This was the last day of regular passenger service on the Maryland & Pennsylvania.

AUGUST 31, 1955

General Motors "Powerama" opens to the public. The month-long exhibition on Chicago's lakefront highlights GM products, including Electro-Motive Division Locomotives, and it's yet-unnamed Aerotrain streamliner.

AUGUST 31, 1959

Lackawanna trains begin using the Erie mainline between Binghampton and Corning, New York.

AUGUST 31, 1964

The Duluth & Northeastern dieselizes.

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Posted by CANADIANPACIFIC2816 on Sunday, August 30, 2009 8:44 AM

AUGUST 30, 1830

The Baltimore & Ohio Railroad discontinues the use of horse drawn trains in favor of steam locomotives.

AUGUST 30, 1875

In the Canadian province of Ontario, a ceremonial turning of the first sod was held at Pembroke for the Canada Central Railway section between Renfrew and Pembroke. A civic holiday was declared so that Pembroke citizens could attend the ceremony. 

AUGUST 30, 1952

In the Canadian province of Ontario, Canadian National abandons it's Westport subdivision between Lyn Junction and Westport, the last train was hauled by 2-6-0 #86. Authority had been granted by BTC order 79236 of the 18th of June 1952 but abandonment was postponed until the end of August to give local residents a chance to adjust. All moveable station equipment and surplus track material was picked up by a special train which was run on September 4, 1952. Dismantlement of the track was commenced on October 6th at Westport and was completed by July 8, 1953.

AUGUST 30, 1957

The Louisville & Nashville acquires control, by merger, of the Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis.

AUGUST 30, 1959

The streetcars in Montreal, Quebec make their final runs.

AUGUST 30, 1968

Tennessee Central Railway trains would operate for the last time.

AUGUST 30, 1974

Seattle Union Station, at 4th & Jackson in Seattle, Washington, is placed on the National Register of Historic Places.

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Posted by CANADIANPACIFIC2816 on Saturday, August 29, 2009 1:50 AM

AUGUST 29, 1866

The first public demonstration of the world's first cog railroad, the Mount Washington Cog Railway, was made on a half-mile section at the base of Mount Washington.

AUGUST 29, 1882

The New York, Lake Erie & Western's viaduct over Kinzua Creek in McKean County, Pennsylvania was completed. It was 301 feet high and 2000 feet in length.

AUGUST 29, 1907

In the Canadian province of Ontario, the southern section of the Quebec Cantilever Bridge collapsed into the St. Lawrence River. As many as 82 workers and 20,000 tons of steel were lost in this disaster.

AUGUST 29, 1916

Congress authorizes the creation of a United States Railroad Authority, intended to operate U.S. railroads in time of war.

AUGUST 29, 1943

29 people were killed in a train accident at Wayland, New York.

AUGUST 29, 1963

The Detroit, Toledo & Ironton acquires control, through the purchase of stock, of the Ann Arbor.

AUGUST 29, 1979

 Bangor & Aroostock ends it's potato hauling business.

AUGUST 29, 1985

St. Louis Union Station reopens as a luxury hotel, specialty retail and entertainment complex.

AUGUST 29, 1994

The Windsor and Hantsport Railway commences operation in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia. 

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Posted by CANADIANPACIFIC2816 on Friday, August 28, 2009 7:36 AM

AUGUST 28, 1830

Peter Cooper's locomotive, Tom Thumb, pulls a regular trip on a round-trip over the Baltimore & Ohio, making the return trip in record time, and becoming the first American-built locomotive to transport revenue passengers.

AUGUST 28, 1864

The first car specifically constructed as a United States Railway Post Office (RPO) is placed into operation between Chicago and Clinton, Iowa on the Chicago & Northwestern. Shortly afterward, a New York and Washington RPO route is established, running on the Camden & Amboy, the Baltimore & Ohio and the Philadelphia, Washington & Baltimore.

AUGUST 28, 1894

The first manganese steel for railroad track is manufactured in High Bridge, New Jersey.

AUGUST 28, 1979

Clerks strike against the Rock Island, followed shortly by UTU members on  the 29th, effectively shutting down the troubled railroad.

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Posted by CANADIANPACIFIC2816 on Thursday, August 27, 2009 8:17 AM

AUGUST 27, 1838

Eastern Railroad opens for traffic from Boston to Salem, Massachusetts.

AUGUST 27, 1867

The first patent for a railroad crossing gate was issued to J. Nason and J.F. Wilson of Boston.

AUGUST 27, 1928

16 people would die in New York City's 2nd worse subway accident.

AUGUST 27, 1946

The last Pennsylvania Railroad T1 class steam locomotive entered service.

AUGUST 27, 1957

Steam power was used for the last time on the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway at Belen, New Mexico.

AUGUST 27, 1993

Wisconsin Central acquires the Green Bay & Western and C&NW spinoff Fox Valley Railroad.

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Posted by SilverSpike on Wednesday, August 26, 2009 8:08 AM

August 26, 1998

Norfolk Southern Corporation (NYSE: NSC) has expanded the intermodal Equipment Management Program (EMP) to include the Minneapolis market through an agreement with Canadian Pacific Railway.

The EMP service extension provides domestic shippers daily, expedited service between Minneapolis and Atlanta, Cincinnati, Jacksonville, Fla., and Miami. At Minneapolis, EMP operates through Canadian Pacific Railway's Shoreham intermodal facility.

Norfolk Southern's previously announced EMP service to New England through Guilford Rail's newly constructed terminals at Ayer, Mass., and Waterville, Maine, also has begun.

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Posted by CANADIANPACIFIC2816 on Wednesday, August 26, 2009 6:49 AM

AUGUST 26, 1878

The 3rd Avenue El in New York City opens. Of Manhattan's elevated railroads, the 3rd Avenue El remained in service the longest, running for nearly 80 years.

AUGUST 26, 1929

Canadian National Railways placed into service it's first diesel electric passenger locomotive. It was placed into service hauling the second section of the "International Limited" between Montreal and Toronto. This locomotive, #9000, consisted of two units, weighing a total of 335 tons.

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Posted by CANADIANPACIFIC2816 on Tuesday, August 25, 2009 3:34 PM

AUGUST 25, 1829

The locomotive, Tom Thumb, races with a horse drawn train, but loses when the engine breaks down.

AUGUST 25, 1911

27 people were killed in a train accident at Manchester, New York.

AUGUST 25, 1919

A Canadian Pacific special train conveys the Prince of Wales from Montreal to Toronto, returning to Montreal over the same route on November 2nd, 1919. Locomotives 2225 and 2231 were used. The Prince ran one of the locomotives on the return trip from Flavelle to Trenton (20.9 miles).

AUGUST 25, 1943

The Denver, South Park & Pacific Railroad operated it's last narrow gauge train.

AUGUST 25, 1970

 The Mobile & Gulf ends the last U.S. common carrier steam operation.

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Posted by cherokee woman on Tuesday, August 25, 2009 1:20 PM

FROM ARCAMAX HISTORY & QUOTES: 

August 25, 1877:

Joshua Lionel Cowen, inventor of the electric toy train, born in 1877

Angel cherokee woman "O'Toole's law: Murphy was an optimist."
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Posted by CANADIANPACIFIC2816 on Monday, August 24, 2009 8:25 AM

AUGUST 24, 1835

The Baltimore & Ohio opens a line to Washington, D.C.

AUGUST 24, 1905

The Trustees of the Portland & Seattle Railway met for the first time. J.C. Flanders elected as first President.

AUGUST 24, 1920

Pacific & Eastern Railway sold.

AUGUST 24, 1945

The last run was made on the Yosemite Valley Railroad.

AUGUST 24, 1946

The Boston & Maine replaces the electrification at Hoosac Tunnel with diesels.

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Posted by CANADIANPACIFIC2816 on Sunday, August 23, 2009 8:20 AM

AUGUST 23, 1882

The first Canadian Pacific Railway train arrives at Regina, Saskatchewan.

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Posted by CANADIANPACIFIC2816 on Saturday, August 22, 2009 8:07 AM

AUGUST 22, 1883

The Northern Pacific Railway was completed with the driving of a gold spike at Gold Creek, Montana, forming, in conjunction with the Oregon Railway & Navigation Co., a transcontinental line from the Great Lakes to Portland, Oregon.

AUGUST 22, 1905

Portland & Seattle Railway (P&S) incorporated.

AUGUST 22, 1910

The first passenger train to run over the entire line of the Western Pacific Railroad arrives in San Francisco from Salt Lake City.

AUGUST 22, 1935

The Baltimore & Ohio places the first diesel locomotives into service to haul long-distance passenger trains.

AUGUST 22, 1950

In Canada, the railway system is paralyzed by a nationwide railway strike. Services were resumed on August 31.

AUGUST 22, 1968

Steam power is used for the final time on the Magma Arizona Railroad.

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Posted by CANADIANPACIFIC2816 on Friday, August 21, 2009 7:45 AM

AUGUST 21, 1935

Union Pacific's Challenger begins service as the second section of the Los Angeles Limited.

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Posted by CANADIANPACIFIC2816 on Thursday, August 20, 2009 7:48 AM

AUGUST 20, 1852

The first steam locomotive to operate west of the Mississippi River, the pacific of the Pacific of Missouri RR, was delivered at the Pine Street Wharf by river barge.

AUGUST 20, 1894

The first Heisler-type steam locomotive was completed by Stearns Manufacturing Company in Erie, Pennsylvania.

AUGUST 20, 1935

In Washington, D.C., the Baltimore & Annapolis electric inter-urban railroad abandons all operations.

AUGUST 20, 1997

Hudson Bay Railway, owned by Omnitrax of Denver, Colorado, takes over the former Canadian National lines between The Pas, Flin Flon, Lyn Lake and Churchill, Manitoba.

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Posted by CANADIANPACIFIC2816 on Wednesday, August 19, 2009 8:47 AM

AUGUST 19, 1914

In the Canadian province of Ontario, Canadian Northern Ontario passenger trains commence using the Grand Trunk Railway Central Station with the opening of services to and from Toronto. Trains from Hawkesbury continued to use the Henderson Avenue station until the inauguration of through service between Ottawa and Quebec on August 24.

AUGUST 19, 1916

President Wilson demands that railroads grant an 8 hour workday.

AUGUST 19, 1964

Spokane, Portland & Seattle Railway's train #2 collides with a log truck near Stevenson, Washington.

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Posted by CANADIANPACIFIC2816 on Sunday, August 16, 2009 7:46 AM

AUGUST 16, 1851

International rail service opens from Laprarie, Quebec to Rouses Point, New York.

AUGUST 16, 1918

The freight sheds at Grand Trunk's central station in Ottawa were destroyed by fire which started with the explosion of a tank car loaded with gasoline, August 16. The loss was placed at:

-freight shed, $15,000

-twenty-eight freight cars, $20,000

-contents of freight shed and cars, $50,000

AUGUST 16, 2001

Canadian Pacific 4-6-4 steam locomotive #2816 operates under her own power for the first time in over 40 years.

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