dmoore74 JULY 04 1828Construction of the Baltimore & Ohio railroad begins. The cornerstone was laid by Charles Carroll of Carrollton, the last surviving signer of the Declaration of Independence.
JULY 04 1828Construction of the Baltimore & Ohio railroad begins.
The cornerstone was laid by Charles Carroll of Carrollton, the last surviving signer of the Declaration of Independence.
Thank you dmoore74, for the additional railroad happening for today. Hope you have a very good Independence Day.
JULY 04 1828 Construction of the Baltimore & Ohio railroad begins. JULY 04 1835 Oldest stone viaduct still in use in the U.S., the B & O's Thomas Viaduct over the Patapsco River in Maryland, in completed. JULY 04 1869 First railroad bridge across the Missouri River opened at Kansas City. JULY 04 1886 Canada's first scheduled transcontinental passenger train reaches Pt Moody, BC. JULY 04 1912 40 killed in train accident at Corning, NY. JULY 04 1912 Oregon Electric extended from Salem, OR to Albany, OR
JULY 03 1894 President Cleveland sends an army regiment to Chicago to enforce a court injunction against railroad strikers. JULY 03 1922 Illinois militia called to combat striking rail workers. JULY 03 1957 Passenger service ends on Chicago, aurora & Elgin.
JULY 02 1867 New York's first el or elevated railroad opens. JULY 02 1881 President James A. Garfield is shot at a Baltimore & Ohio Railroad station in Washington, DC. Garfield dies on September 19, 1881. JULY 02 1894 The U.S. government issues an injunction against railroad strikers on the grounds that it interferes with interstate commerce and the postal service. U.S. Attorney General Olney has a personal interest in the injunction as a former railroad director and still an attorney for several railroads. JULY 02 1901 Butch Cassidy & Sundance Kid rob train of $40,000 at Wagner Montana.
JUNE 28 1834 Engine explodes on Harlem Railroad in New York City shortly after first run. JUNE 28 1895 First electric train service in the U.S. begins on the New Haven & Hartford Railroad on the 7-mile Nantasket Branch.
JUNE 27 1861 The Central Pacific Railroad is organized in California. JUNE 27 1906 Gilpin Tramway sold to Colorado & Southern. JUNE 27 1974 Amtrak's computerized ticketing becomes operational.
JUNE 26 1870 The Denver & Pacific becomes the first railroad to reach Denver by completing its connection to Cheyenne, WY. JUNE 26 1894 Eugene Deb's American Railway Union calls on every signalman, brakeman, switchman, fireman and yardman to not handle, move or in anyway assist in running a Pullman car or any train carrying such a car in support of the Pullman Strike.
JUNE 24 1886 The first special train of fruit for eastern markets leaves Sacramento, California. JUNE 24 1980 Detroit, Toledo & Ironton acquires by Grand Trunk Western.
JUNE 25 1894 American Railway Union goes on strike.
JUNE 23 1900 A stone bridge near McDonald, Georgia on the Southern Railway is washed away in front of a work train. The train fell into the gap and caught fire, killing 35. JUNE 23 1938 New York City Mayor LaGuardia assigns 21 police to patrol subway system.
From Arcamax History & Quotes:
In 1918, 53 circus performers and many circus animals were killed when an empty troop train rear-ended the Hagenbeck-Wallace Circus train, which was stopped in Ivanhoe, Ind., to fix its brakes.
in 2009, an evening rush hour collision on Washington's Metrorail Red Line mass transit system in which a speeding train rear ended another that had stopped left nine people dead. Investigators blamed a long-standing computer problem.
From Railwaystation.com:
JUNE 22 1915 Brooklyn Rapid Transit, begins subway service. JUNE 22 1918 Circus train rammed by troop train kills 68 at Ivanhoe, Illinois. JUNE 22 1956 Last regular run of steam; Z-8 #910 leaves Yardley on the Scribner Turn (SP&S Ry.) JUNE 22 1957 Kansas City streetcar service ends. JUNE 22 1972 Amtrak's first own locomotives, SDP40F's from EMD, debut on the Chicago to Los Angeles Super Chief.
JUNE 21 1970 Penn Central files for bankruptcy.
JUNE 20 1841 Samual F. B. Morse patents the telegraph. JUNE 20 1893 The first industrial railroad union, the American Railroad Union, is formed with Eugene Debs elected as its first president.
JUNE 19 1872 First Narrow Gauge Convention begins in St. Louis, MO. Representatives of several narrow gauge railroads discussed the promotion, economics and technology of narrow gauge construction and operation. JUNE 19 1913 The Supreme Court rules that a state may establish railroad rates within its own borders if there is no conflict with federal laws. JUNE 19 1938 Olympian Flyer express train crashes in Montana, killing 47.
JUNE 18 1886 Transcontinental train service begins on the Canadian Pacific Railway. JUNE 18 1910 Congress expands the enforcement and regulatory powers of the Interstate Commerce Commission through the Mann-Elkins Act.
JUNE 17 1831 First steam locomotive boiler explosion in the U.S. occurs when the fireman ties down the safety valve of the Best Friend of the Charleston. JUNE 17 1925 50 killed in train accident at Hackettstown, NJ. JUNE 17 1953 Last regular run of steam on the Southern Railway at Chattanooga Tennessee.
JUNE 16 1941 Brooklyn's Fulton Street Elevated Railway is closed. JUNE 16 1949 Gas turbine-electric locomotive demonstrated, Erie Pennsylvania. JUNE 16 1974 Electric operation ends on the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific.
JUNE 12 1832 Tuscumbia Railway begins operations. JUNE 12 1899 Butch Cassidy's Wild Bunch rob a Union Pacific train of $60,000 near Wilcox Station, Wyoming. JUNE 12 1902 Train makes New York to Chicago run in record 20 hours. JUNE 12 1905 Pennsylvania Railroad 's Pennsylvania Special (which later became the Broadway Limited) sets speed record of 127.2 MPH. This would stand as the all time record for steam locomotives.
JUNE 11 1864 Battle of Central Railroad Trevillian Station, Virginia. JUNE 11 1905 Pennsylvania Railroad debuts fastest train in world (NY-Chicago in 18 hrs). JUNE 11 1940 New York City's 9th Avenue El, the oldest elevated railroad in the world, makes its last run. The youngest of New York City's elevated lines, the 2nd Avenue El, also makes its last run. JUNE 11 1980 San Francisco's K-Ingleside streetcar converts to METRO service San Francisco.
JUNE 10 1910 The Spokane, Portland & Seattle completes its mainline from Spokane to Portland. JUNE 10 1961 Chicago, Aurora & Elgin abandoned. JUNE 10 1973 Amtrak receives first EMD SPD40Fs.
cherokee woman JUNE 08 1905The Pennsylvania Railroad announces 18-hour train service between New York and Chicago.
JUNE 08 1905The Pennsylvania Railroad announces 18-hour train service between New York and Chicago.
Now the Lakeshore scheduled takes 19:00 west bound and 20:05 eastbound. Pennsylvanian - Capitol combination 23:15 west and 21:38 east. NYP - Wash -Capitol 23:10 west 22:11 east. Cardinal 28:20 west 27:12 east.. Ain't progress grand?
JUNE 09 1883 First commercial electric railway, the Chicago El, line begins operation. JUNE 09 1959 Operations cease on the Chicago, Aurora & Elgin Railroad.
JUNE 08 1889 Cable Car service begins for Los Angeles. JUNE 08 1900 White Pass & Yukon opens service from Skagway to Whitehorse. JUNE 08 1905 The Pennsylvania Railroad announces 18-hour train service between New York and Chicago. JUNE 08 1953 Union Pacific Railroad puts first propane gas turbine locomotive in service.
JUNE 07 1860 Trackwork begins on San Francisco's Market Street Railroad. JUNE 07 1870 The first patent for an automatic electric block signal system is issued to Thomas S. Hall of Stamford, CT. JUNE 07 1905 The first steel mail car is placed into service on the New York, Salamanca & Chicago, Railroad.
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JUNE 05 1919 Canadian National Railways incorporated. JUNE 05 1947 Chesapeake & Ohio acquire Pere Marquette. JUNE 05 1950 U.S. Supreme Court rules that segregation policies in Southern railroad dining cars are invalid. JUNE 05 1979 A Long Island Railroad train becomes the first to be operated exclusively by women. JUNE 05 1982 Seattle's Waterfront streetcar begins operation.
JUNE 02 1873 Construction begins on San Francisco's Clay Street for world's First cable railroad. JUNE 02 1982 Soo Line takes control of Minneapolis, Northfield & Southern.
MAY 31 1947 The Gulf, Mobile & Ohio stretches from the Gulf of Mexico to Chicago after it merges with the Alton lines. MAY 31 1950 Service ends on the Virginia & Trukee Railway. MAY 31 1969 Dallas becomes the largest U.S. city without Passenger Service with the last run of the Texas & Pacific Texas Eagle.
Financier and railroad developer Jay Gould in 1836Financier and railroad developer Jay Gould in 1836
From Railway Station.com:
MAY 27 1794 Cornelius Vanderbilt born. MAY 27 1836 Jay Gould, US railroad executive, financier born. MAY 27 1895 Supreme Court upholds the federal government's 1894 injunction against Eugene Debs.
FROM WHAT11.COM NEWSLETTER:
May 24, 1830
The first passenger railroad in the United States began service between Baltimore and Ellicott Mills, MD.
FROM RAILWAYSTATION.COM:
MAY 24 1830 Passenger and freight service opens on the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad between Baltimore and Endicott's Mills, Maryland (13 miles). MAY 24 1844 Telegraph introduced on Baltimore & Ohio Railroad. MAY 24 1931 Baltimore & Ohio Railroad introduces first all air-conditioned passenger train, the Columbian, between New York and Washington, D.C. MAY 24 1961 Last run for the Milwaukee Road's Olympian Hiawatha.
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