JULY 18 1846First international trains between the U.S. and Canada run from Portland, Maine to Montreal on the Atlantic & St. Lawrence Railroad.JULY 18 1858The Pennsylvania Railroad introduces the smoking car on its first through run from Philadelphia to Pittsburgh.JULY 18 1959Last steam run on the Nickel Plate.JULY 18 1968Last Santa Fe California Special trips.
JULY 19 1860First railroad reaches Kansas.JULY 19 1967First air-conditioned New York City subway car.JULY 19 1968Santa Fe discontinues Dallas connection of the Texas Chief.JULY 19 1987Red River Valley & Western begins operation over 667 miles of ex-Burlington Northern trackage in North Dakota. ' a+='lto:' b+='' e='' f='Ron Paludan' b+='railwaystation.com' g='' if (f) d=f else if (h) d=g+h+i else d=b document.write(a+b+c+d+e) } escramble() //-->
JULY 21 1836The first steam railroad in Canada, the Champlain and Saint Lawrence Railroad opens from Laprarie on the St. Lawrence River to St. John on the Richelieu River (16.5 miles).JULY 21 1873Jesse James and his gang hold up their first train, a Rock Island express at Adair, Iowa and escapes with $3,000. The train's engineer is killed when the train is derailed prior to the robbery.JULY 21 1877After a violent clash between railroad strikers and State troops in Pittsburgh, a battle and riot ensues in which 2000 freight cars are burned and $10,000,000 in railroad property is destroyed.JULY 21 1898Alaska's first railroad, the narrow gauge White Pass & Yukon Railway, opens.JULY 21 1952Earthquake forces closesure of Southern Pacific mainline at Tehachapi, California for 25 days.
JULY 22 1906Chicago's last cable car route, the State Street Line, ends operation.JULY 22 1909Construction begins on the Oregon Trunk.
JULY 23 1877Passenger service begins on the first municipal railroad in the U.S., the Cincinnati Southern, between Cincinnati, Ohio and Ludlow and Somerset, Kentucky.JULY 23 1945Vista-dome cars introduced to service on the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad between Chicago and Minneapolis on the Twin Cities Zephyr.JULY 23 1959Last regular Union Pacific revenue freight run to use steam. UP 4-6-6-4 #3713 to Cheyenne Wyoming.JULY 23 1963Last run for the Chicago & Northwestern Twin Cities 400.JULY 23 1966New York Central tests jet-powered RDC in Ohio.
July 23, 1981 - Last ICG train leaves Sioux Falls, South Dakota eastbound for Cherokee Iowa. The consist is one rebuilt Geep, one empty Rock Island box car, one empty TTX pig flat, one snowplow and one side door caboose. About 15 miles of the Sioux Falls District would be operated as an industrial lead out of Cherokee for a number of years following the removal of track in South Dakota and Minnesota.
Matt
JULY 24 1870The first railroad car to travel from the Pacific to Atlantic coasts, arrive in New York.JULY 24 1877Patent # 193,357 issued to Joel Tiffany for the first really successful refrigerated car design.JULY 24 1986ICC rejects merger of Southern Pacific Railroad and Santa Fe Railway.
JULY 25 1832A cable chain breaks while demonstrating Granite Railway's incline to several visitors resulting in the first railroad fatality.JULY 25 1922President Harding orders federal rail and coal controls to ensure distribution of food and fuel.JULY 25 1953First use of subway tokens in New York City.JULY 25 1967Construction begins on San Francisco's Market Street subway.
EDIT: July 25, 1948, Singer/songwriter Steve Goodman, was born.
JULY 26 1847Moses Garrish Farmer builds First miniature train for children to ride.JULY 26 1877Railroad strike expands from coast to coast, becoming the first nationwide strike against the railroads.JULY 26 1884The East Cleveland Street Railway becomes the first electric streetcars as it begins operations in Cleveland, Ohio.JULY 26 1972Erie Lackawanna declares bankruptcy
JULY 27 1844Long Island Railroad opens first section of track to Greenport.JULY 27 1959First revenue train on Southern Pacific's Great Salt Lake Fill.
JULY 28 1871Tracklaying for the Denver & Rio Grande Railway begins in Denver.
..JULY 30 1902The largest locomotive in the world is wrecked at Denver, Colorado. (Can anyone give more info on this?)
JULY 31 1809First practical US railroad, horse-drawn cars on wooden track, Philadelphia.JULY 31 1847Monon Route chartered.JULY 31 1851The 5'6 gauge, broad gauge, is adopted as the standard gauge for Ontario and Quebec. The broad gauge was used until about 1870.JULY 31 194043 killed in train accident at Cuyahoga Falls, OH.JULY 31 1956Great Northern ends Cascade electrification.JULY 31 1971Monon merged into Louisville & Nashville.
AUGUST 01 1836Tuscumbia, Courtland & Decatur Railroad decides to uses sandboxes on locomotives to prevent them from slipping on squashed grasshoppers.AUGUST 01 1873Andrew Hallidie demonstrates practical cable car system on Clay Street Hill in San Francisco.
AUGUST 02 1873First trial run of San Francisco cable car, Clay Street between Kearny & Jones.AUGUST 02 1919Railroad workers strike for higher wages, ask for profit sharing and government ownership.AUGUST 02 1924SP&S Transportation Co. incorporated (motor buses)AUGUST 02 1965Florida East Coast resumes state-ordered passenger service.
AUGUST 06 1867 A group of Cheyenne braves derail a Union Pacific train near Plum Creek, Nebraska. AUGUST 06 1922 40 killed in train accident at Sulpher Springs, MO.
AUGUST 08 1829 The Stonebridge Lion becomes the first English steam locomotive to travel on a track in America between Carbondale and Honesdale, PA on the Delaware & Hudson. It was found to be too heavy for the track and was converted to stationary use soon afterward and the D&H resumes using horses to pull its trains. AUGUST 08 1865 Patent #49,227 issued to Samual Calthrop for a streamlined train.
Carl
Railroader Emeritus (practiced railroading for 46 years--and in 2010 I finally got it right!)
CAACSCOCOM--I don't want to behave improperly, so I just won't behave at all. (SM)
Thanks for the info, Carl!
1963
Britain's "Great Train Robbery" took place as thieves made off with 2.6 million pounds in banknotes from a train they stopped north of London.
JULY 09 1905 Special train chartered by Walter Scott (Death Valley Scotty), departs Los Angeles and makes record run to Chicago in 44 hours, 54 minutes. JULY 09 1908 Ruth Trust Company incorporated (SP&S Ry.) JULY 09 1918 Worst railroad accident in U.S. history occurs when two passenger trains collide near Nashville, Tennessee killing 101.
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AUGUST 10 1885 The Baltimore & Hampden Line becomes the first commercial electric railroad. AUGUST 10 1887 81 people are killed and hundreds injured at Chatsworth, IL when a burning bridge collapses under the weight of a crossing train. AUGUST 10 1972 The Illinois Central and Gulf, Mobile & Ohio merge to form the Illinois Central Gulf Railroad. AUGUST 10 1973 First BART train travels through trans-bay tube to Montgomery Street Station.
AUGUST 11 1955 Last Wabash steam locomotive in use, #573, is retired at the St. Louis Museum of Transportation.
AUGUST 12 1988
Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad (Katy) operations taken over by the Union Pacific Railroad.
AUGUST 13 193924 killed in train accident at Carlin, NV.AUGUST 13 1960East Broad Top Railroad reopened as a tourist railroad.AUGUST 13 1965Pacific Electric Railway merges with parent Southern Pacific Railroad.
AUGUST 14 1900
Railroad tycoon Collis P. Huntington dies.
AUGUST 15 1863Submarine HL Hunley arrives in Charleston on railroad cars.AUGUST 15 1870The Kansas Pacific Railroad reaches Denver.AUGUST 15 1947Rock Island completes $15 million, five-site Iowa relocation projects.
AUGUST 16 1851
International rail service opens from Laprarie, Quebec to Rouses Point, New York.
AUGUST 17 1897W B Purvis patents electric railway switch.
AUGUST 18 1883Canadian Pacific Railway reaches Calgary.
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