Today in Railroad history.....last updated ..... March 22nd...on page 19..

[Murphy Siding]

For the most part, most of my *today* info only goes up to the mid-80's. I'm sure a lot of other mergers and other such railroad business items hit on Dec. 31 / Jan. 1, I don't have anything newer.

Anybody else?

[nanaimo73]

December 31st, 1985-
Midnight tonight will mark 20 years since the Milwaukee Road disappeared into the Soo Line. About 4800 miles of the Milwaukee Road's track is still being used, ICE has about 1150 miles, BNSF has about 1100 miles, while CP, WSOR, E&LS and about 20 other owners have the rest.

[Murphy Siding]

Jan. 1,2006: James Young to succeed *** Davidson as CEO of Union Pacific Corporation

[Murphy Siding]

Today, January 1, in railroad history...

Weather permitting, we are heading out of town for the weekend, so here is Jan. 1

1945: N & W J-class 4-8-4, on loan to PRR's Fort Wayne Division for testing,pulls Broadway Limited eastbound from Chicago.[:)]

1946: Atlanta, Birmingham & Coast merged into Atlantic Coast Line

1948: Rock Island emerges from long and acrimonious reorganization.

1951: David P. Morgan named Trains editor.

1969: Pullman Company ends staffing of sleeping cars.

1974: Norfolk Southern Railway bought by Southern.

1979: Railroad Magazine ceases publication after 72 years; rights to name acquired by Railfan.

1981: Northern Alberta Railways becomes Peace River Division of CN.

1982: Southern absorbs Kentucky & Indiana.

1984: GTW merges DT&I.

1987: Toronto,Hamilton & Buffalo merged into CP Rail.

Whew...

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[Murphy Siding]

Today, December 31st, in railroad history

1940:Chicago & Eastern Illinois emerges from receivership into private management.

1957: N & W Jawn Henry retired.

1959: Charleston & Western merged into Atlantic Coast Line.

1962: Detroit, Toledo & Ironton assumes control of Ann Arbor from Wabash.

1963: EMD delivers last E unit, Seaboard Air Line E9 3060.

1968: Penn Central aquires railroad assets of New Haven.

1995(?): ATSF merged into BN to form BNSF.

1922(?)([:)]): Ed Blysard born-see post elsewhere. (1922:[;)] joke to if anyone noticed)

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[ironhorseman]

QUOTE: Originally posted by Murphy Siding

QUOTE: Originally posted by Modelcar

....Was that the famous 1027 address....? Or was that specifically the TRAINS address..?

I believe "yes" on the 1027 address, but I'm ignorant as to why it's famous?

If I remember correctly from a recent Trains Magazine article there was a on going challege to all readers to photograph any locomotive numbered '1027' and submit it.

[Murphy Siding]

QUOTE: Originally posted by Modelcar

....Was that the famous 1027 address....? Or was that specifically the TRAINS address..?

I believe "yes" on the 1027 address, but I'm ignorant as to why it's famous?

[Modelcar]

....Was that the famous 1027 address....? Or was that specifically the TRAINS address..?

[Murphy Siding]

Today, December, 30th in railroad history

1942: Kalmbach Publishing Co. moves to N. 7th st., Milwaukee

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[Murphy Siding]

QUOTE: Originally posted by nanaimo73

This is on the History Channel website
http://www.historychannel.com/tdih/tdih.jsp?category=wallstreet
I don't know how much it affected railroads.

1950 Passage of Celler-Kefauver Anti-merger Act

Trusts and would-be monopolies were put on notice on this day in 1950, as the Celler-Kefauver Anti-merger Act, a potent piece of anti-trust legislation, made its way into the law books. Drafted by Senate stalwart Estes Kefauver and Emanuel Celler, a trust-busting Congressman from Brooklyn, the legislation was designed to expand and enhance the landmark Clayton Anti-Trust Act and help staunch monopolistic mergers and acquisitions, as well as reign in super-sized corporations that threaten competition. Along with barring corporations from monopolizing other company's land, equipment and/or property, Celler-Kefauver extended the Clayton Act to cover competition-killing, cross-industry mergers. While the Celler-Kefauver Act no doubt warmed the hearts of anti-trust advocates, it represented the last major anti-monopoly legislation meted out during the century.

On this day in 1845 Texas joined the Union.
During 2003 Texas was the only State with over 10,000 route miles of railroad track.
http://www.aar.org/PubCommon/Documents/AboutTheIndustry/RRState_Rankings.pdf

I wonder if this did effect railroads' ownership of trucking lines, steamship lines and airlines?.

[nanaimo73]

This is on the History Channel website
http://www.historychannel.com/tdih/tdih.jsp?category=wallstreet
I don't know how much it affected railroads.

1950 Passage of Celler-Kefauver Anti-merger Act

Trusts and would-be monopolies were put on notice on this day in 1950, as the Celler-Kefauver Anti-merger Act, a potent piece of anti-trust legislation, made its way into the law books. Drafted by Senate stalwart Estes Kefauver and Emanuel Celler, a trust-busting Congressman from Brooklyn, the legislation was designed to expand and enhance the landmark Clayton Anti-Trust Act and help staunch monopolistic mergers and acquisitions, as well as reign in super-sized corporations that threaten competition. Along with barring corporations from monopolizing other company's land, equipment and/or property, Celler-Kefauver extended the Clayton Act to cover competition-killing, cross-industry mergers. While the Celler-Kefauver Act no doubt warmed the hearts of anti-trust advocates, it represented the last major anti-monopoly legislation meted out during the century.

On this day in 1845 Texas joined the Union.
During 2003 Texas was the only State with over 10,000 route miles of railroad track.
http://www.aar.org/PubCommon/Documents/AboutTheIndustry/RRState_Rankings.pdf

[Murphy Siding]

Today, December, 29th in railroad history

1982: L & N merged into Seaboard Coast Line, whose name is changed to Seaboard System, a unit if CSX. Family Lines System label was dropped. I can see that these people (CSX, and its ancestors) spent a lot of money on paint ant stationary.[;)]

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[Murphy Siding]

QUOTE: Originally posted by GN-Rick

1917: President Wilson directs the Federal takeover of the nation's railroads.
This heralds the formation of the U.S.R.A.

And what a fiasco that turned out to be......[xx(]

[GN-Rick]

1917: President Wilson directs the Federal takeover of the nation's railroads.
This heralds the formation of the U.S.R.A.

[Modelcar]

....I remember reading about that someplace a coupe of years ago....Wonder, was it in TRAINS magazine...?

[Murphy Siding]

Today, December 28th, in railroad history

1879: Tay Bridge( in Scotland) collapses, dropping 6 carriages and 75 people into The Firth of Tay, during a gale.

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[GN-Rick]

I think that is correct. It was a big reason the Government found it unnecessary
to continue its control. I suppose that Pearl Harbor could have had an effect
on the RRs' attitudes as well.

[Murphy Siding]

QUOTE: Originally posted by GN-Rick

On this day in1943, the United States' War Department took over control
of U.S. railroads. Sort of similar to the U.S.R.A. during WWI. If I recall correctly,
this takeover didn't last long, as the railroads were operating efficiently on
their own in support of the war effort--unlike 1917.

I thought the railroad executives also took something of a more pro-active position when the war started. They'd *been there, done that* once, and perhaps were a little bit sharper for the experience?

[GN-Rick]

On this day in1943, the United States' War Department took over control
of U.S. railroads. Sort of similar to the U.S.R.A. during WWI. If I recall correctly,
this takeover didn't last long, as the railroads were operating efficiently on
their own in support of the war effort--unlike 1917.

[Murphy Siding]

QUOTE: Originally posted by dmoore74

QUOTE: Originally posted by Murphy Siding

Today, December 25th, in railroad history....

* Off track* a little perhaps:On this date in year.....um....."0", a baby was born that had profound effect on the entire world.[:)]

Other historic events in railroad history that happened today: Nothing,zilch, zero. NADA,at least as far as I could find.

Anybody else?

Actually ther was no year "0". Our current calendar starts with the year "1 AD (Anno Domini)" or "1 CC (Common Calendar)" while the prior calendar would have ended with "1 BC (Before Christ)" or "1 BCE (Before Christian Era)". The lack of a "0" year would explain why the 21st century actually started in 2001. Years 1 to 1000 were the first millenium while years 1001 to 2000 were the second millenium.
Not railroad related I realize, just a technical point.

Thanks for the clarification. Notice my....um....hesitation when I wrote "0" originally.[;)]

[dmoore74]

QUOTE: Originally posted by Murphy Siding

Today, December 25th, in railroad history....

* Off track* a little perhaps:On this date in year.....um....."0", a baby was born that had profound effect on the entire world.[:)]

Other historic events in railroad history that happened today: Nothing,zilch, zero. NADA,at least as far as I could find.

Anybody else?

Actually ther was no year "0". Our current calendar starts with the year "1 AD (Anno Domini)" or "1 CC (Common Calendar)" while the prior calendar would have ended with "1 BC (Before Christ)" or "1 BCE (Before Christian Era)". The lack of a "0" year would explain why the 21st century actually started in 2001. Years 1 to 1000 were the first millenium while years 1001 to 2000 were the second millenium.
Not railroad related I realize, just a technical point.

[Murphy Siding]

found another one:

1929: The last Willamette geared locomotive delivered to J. Neils Lumber Co., Klicitat, Washington.

[Murphy Siding]

Today, December 27th, in railroad history

1940: Three new alternate-day streamliners debut in Chicago-Florida service:City of Miami, Southwind, and Dixie Flagler.

Anybody else have something to add? Thanks

[Murphy Siding]

Today, December, 26th, in railroad history....

1956: Last steam standard-gauge D&RG steam run.

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[Murphy Siding]

Today, December 25th, in railroad history....

* Off track* a little perhaps:On this date in year.....um....."0", a baby was born that had profound effect on the entire world.[:)]

Other historic events in railroad history that happened today: Nothing,zilch, zero. NADA,at least as far as I could find.

Anybody else?

[GN-Rick]

Modelcar, you're right. It was a massive undertaking-especially for the time.
In fact, the Cascade Tunnel project established new methods for constructing
long tunnels and set several records doing so. A thing to know is that the new
tunnel, though almost 3 times the length of the first one (7.79 miles as opposed
to 2.63) took roughly the same amount of time to construct. Granted, in 30 years
some technologic advances had been made, but that doesn't answer all of that.
And, yes, the GN needed to do this.

[Modelcar]

....Boy that sounds interesting....That whole project would have been right up at the top in massive undertaking of construction. But it sounds like it must have been so badly needed they just had to do it....

[GN-Rick]

Murphy, you and rrandb are both correct. The GN (and some lumber companies)
both contributed to ther denuded conditions around Wellington and the high
line. The forest fires which occurred during the summer of 1909 only made
a dangerous situation worse. What were they thinking? Economic thoughts-
like free timber for the taking-all virgin and huge trees-an inexhaustible
supply (right!!!). The powers that were, back in the early 1900s did not often
think ahead. They exploited what was at hand, before someone else got
to the resources first. Sometimes that bit 'em in the @$$.

Oh, and to modelcar, I enjoy sharing my knowledge of this area. I have the
great fortune to own an original 1929 copy of "Railway and Engineering News"
that was entirely dedicated to the construction of the New Cascade Tunnel.
It is just filled with excellent and very detailed information on the new line, as
well as what was replaced.

[rrandb]

They may have used the lumber for the snow sheds. Tress just become debris in an avalanche. They can not hold back the snow and become part of the problem.

[Murphy Siding]

Rick- I went back and found pictures taken near the tunnel. They seem to have cut down every tree in sight. I can see why there would be avalanche possibitities. What were those guys thinking?