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

[GN-Rick]

"I hear the train a-comin', but I'm goin' round the bend. . . ."[:D][:o)]

[Murphy Siding]

1867: Pullman Car Company was chartered. (Did Johnny Cash ever sing a song about Pullman cars?)

[Murphy Siding]

Today, Feb. 22nd, in railroad histoty

History, with a Johnny Cash soundtrack:[:p]

1854: Rock Island becomes first railroad to build to the Mississippi River ( And she's a mighty fine line.)

1856: First railroad operating in California-from Sacamento to Folsum ( I here the train a comin' )

Anybody else?

[nanaimo73]

QUOTE: Originally posted by Murphy Siding

QUOTE: Originally posted by nanaimo73
Feb 21, 2002- DME announces it will purchase the 1700 mile I&M Rail Link.

Boy, those DM&E guys seem to keep busy in February![;)]

Perhaps if February came 3 or 4 times a year, their coal line would be finished by now.

[Murphy Siding]

QUOTE: Originally posted by nanaimo73
Feb 21, 2002- DME announces it will purchase the 1700 mile I&M Rail Link.

Boy, those DM&E guys seem to keep busy in February![;)]

[nanaimo73]

Feb 21, 1999- Amtrak begins service from Sacramento south to Bakersfield.

Feb 21, 2002- DME announces it will purchase the 1700 mile I&M Rail Link.

[Murphy Siding]

Today, Feb. 21st, in railroad history..........

1968:Last run for Southern Pacific-Rock Island Golden State.

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[Murphy Siding]

QUOTE: Originally posted by nanaimo73

Feb 20, 1998- Dakota, Minnesota and Eastern applies to the Surface Transportation Board to build a rail line into Wyoming’s Powder River Basin. Sounds like a simple project, it will probably be completed by 2003.[;)]

Five years to complete? No way! This is a slam-dunk. What could possibly happen to slow this down?[:p]

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[Murphy Siding]

QUOTE: Originally posted by dmoore74

QUOTE: Originally posted by Murphy Siding

Today, Feb. 20th, in railroad history...

1973: Patrick B. McGinnis, former head of Central of Georgia, New Haven, and Boston&Maine dies. A controversial figure, one of the positives associated with him was the flashy New Haven paint job, that now bears his name.
Anybody else?
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He was a great role model for the management of Enron.

[(-D] How right you are.[xx(]
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[nanaimo73]

Feb 20,1893- The Philadelphia and Reading Rail Blues
http://www.historychannel.com/tdih/tdih.jsp?category=wallstreet&month=10272954&day=10272985

Feb 20, 1998- Dakota, Minnesota and Eastern applies to the Surface Transportation Board to build a rail line into Wyoming’s Powder River Basin. Sounds like a simple project, it will probably be completed by 2003.[;)]

[dmoore74]

QUOTE: Originally posted by Murphy Siding

Today, Feb. 20th, in railroad history...

1973: Patrick B. McGinnis, former head of Central of Georgia, New Haven, and Boston&Maine dies. A controversial figure, one of the positives associated with him was the flashy New Haven paint job, that now bears his name.

Anybody else?

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He was a great role model for the management of Enron.

[Murphy Siding]

Today, Feb. 20th, in railroad history...

1973: Patrick B. McGinnis, former head of Central of Georgia, New Haven, and Boston&Maine dies. A controversial figure, one of the positives associated with him was the flashy New Haven paint job, that now bears his name.

Anybody else?

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[Murphy Siding]

Today, Feb. 19th, in railroad history

1985: Soo Line approved as purchaser Milwaukee Road (or what's left of it.)

(Thanks to cherokee woman. Sometimes, we forget that there are railroads in other countries too.)

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[nanaimo73]

QUOTE: Originally posted by Murphy Siding

Seems like the GN boys did alright in the cold weather. You'd think the Canadians, being the hardy souls that they are, would have accomplished a lot in February.

Hmmm...
The Great Northern was built by a Canadian.

QUOTE: They seem to be doing alright in the Winter Olympics.[:)]

Only if we get 3 of the 4 Gold medals in Hockey and Curling.[;)]

[cherokee woman]

This one came from the ArcaMax History and Quotes for today, Sat., Feb. 18,
2006:

In 1991, one person was killed and 40 more injured when the IRA bombed
two railroad stations in Central London.

That's all the info they gave.

[Murphy Siding]

QUOTE: Originally posted by nanaimo73

QUOTE: Posted by a hardy Norwegian-American
Anybody else? February looks to have been a "slow" month, as far as history-making railroad events.

It's too dam cold outside to make history !

Seems like the GN boys did allright in the cold weather. You'd think the Canadians,being the hardy souls that they are, would have accomplished a lot in February. They seem to be doing allright in the Winter Olympics.[:)]


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[nanaimo73]

QUOTE: Posted by a hardy Norwegian-American
Anybody else? February looks to have been a "slow" month, as far as history-making railroad events.

It's too dam cold outside to make history !

Feb 19, 1873- Oakes Ames and the Credit Mobilier Scandal.
http://www.historychannel.com/tdih/tdih.jsp?category=wallstreet&month=10272954&day=10272983

Feb 19, 1985- Milwaukee Road sold to the Soo Line. The merger took place on December 31st.

[Murphy Siding]

Today, Feb. 18th, in railroad history...

1945: AT&SF completes new Colorado River bridge at Topock, AZ.

Anybody else? Febtuary looks to have been a "slow" month, as far as history-making railroad events.

[Murphy Siding]

QUOTE: Originally posted by GN-Rick

Nothing for the 16th. 2/17/1961-The merger application that would ultimately
lead to the formation of the Burlington Northern Railroad was filed with the
ICC. Took 9 years and several court fights, but it finally did happen.

Unfortunately, this meant the demise of the Great Northern, the Northern Pacific,
the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy, and the Spokane, Portland and Seattle.

This time frame almost matches that of the PRR / NYC merger. I'm glad the results weren't anything close to similar.

[nanaimo73]

QUOTE: Originally posted by TheStationmaster

It's been a while since I've updated it, but I have a page on my website for "Today in U.S. RR History:

http://www.railwaystation.com/rrhistory.html

It took a while to fill in 366 days (Don't forget Leap Day!)

That is a really interesting website. You did a good job on that.

QUOTE: Originally posted by GN Rick
Unfortunately, this meant the demise of the Great Northern, the Northern Pacific,
the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy, and the Spokane, Portland and Seattle.

And the Milwaukee Road.[;)]

Feb 17, 2003- B&O Railroad Museum roof collapses after 26” snowfall.
http://www.borail.org/

[Murphy Siding]

Today, Feb 17th, in railroad history...

1871: It was announced that the Denver & Rio Grande Railroad would be built as a narrow gauge ( 3' ? ) line.

1961: See Rick's post directly above this one.

Anybody else?

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[GN-Rick]

Nothing for the 16th. 2/17/1961-The merger application that would ultimately
lead to the formation of the Burlington Northern Railroad was filed with the
ICC. Took 9 years and several court fights, but it finally did happen.

Unfortunately, this meant the demise of the Great Northern, the Northern Pacific,
the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy, and the Spokane, Portland and Seattle.

[TheStationmaster]

It's been a while since I've updated it, but I have a page on my website for "Today in U.S. RR History:

http://www.railwaystation.com/rrhistory.html

It took a while to fill in 366 days (Don't forget Leap Day!)

As for today:
Today in Railroad History Thursday - February 16th...

Events On This Day In History...

1881, Canadian Pacific Railway Company chartered.
1907, 22 killed in train accident at New York City.
1909, First subway car with side doors goes into service in New York City

[nanaimo73]

Feb 16, 1996- MARC commuter train goes through red signal at Georgetown Junction and hits Capitol Limited resulting in 11 fatalities.

The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) report provides the following executive summary of the collision that forms the case study for this paper:

QUOTE:
"About 5:39 pm on February 16, 1996, Maryland Rail Commuter (MARC) train 286 collided with National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak) passenger train 29 near Silver Spring, Maryland. En route from Brunswick Maryland to Union Station, Washington DC, MARC train 286 was travelling under CSX Transportation Inc (CSXT) operation and control on CSXT tracks. MARC train 286 passed an APPROACH signal before making a station stop at Kensington, Maryland; proceeded as if the signal had been CLEAR; and then, could not stop for the STOP signal at Georgetown Junction, where it collided with Amtrak train 29. All 3 CSXT operating crew members and 8 of the 20 passengers on MARC train 286 were killed in the derailment and subsequent fire. Eleven passengers on MARC train 286 and 15 of the 182 crewmembers and passengers on AMTRAC train 29 were injured. Estimated damages exceeded $7.5 million" (page vii, NTSB, 1997).

If only...
A tragedy’s aftermath brings sorrow, self-doubt, and ultimately renewal, as engineer Doug Riddell explains
by Doug Riddell
http://www.trains.com/Content/Dynamic/Articles/000/000/001/364mquow.asp

Feb 16, 1881, Canadian Pacific Railway Company chartered.

[Zwingle]

Here are a few things I found...

Feb. 16, 1831 Saratoga & Schenectady Railroad: Chartered . Completed Saratoga to Schenectady (22.0 mi.) 1832: Leased to Rensselaer & Saratoga April 13, 1860 http://www.bridge-line.org/blhs/history.html

Feb. 16, 1855 Panama Railroad officially opened. http://www.cprr.org/Museum/Transcon_Dates.html

Feb 16, 1885 Charles Dow modifies "Dow Dozen" to include twelve railroads and two industries. New railroads include Central Pacific, Central RR of New Jersey, and Delaware & Hudson. http://www.coxrail.com/database/timeline.asp

[Murphy Siding]

Today, Feb 16th, in railroad history

I could find nothing of substance, railroadwise, that happened today. How 'bout you, Rick-which GN branch line was finished today?[;)]

Anybody else?

[GN-Rick]

Murphy, that's an interesting question. Out here in Washington, there is no doubt
that more ex-GN lines are still active-except for the 'Funnel' area between Spokane
and Sand Point, Idaho, which is both NP and BN new construction. BNSF still
operates the GN hi-line across the Northern Tier, though the branches have largely
been spun off or abandoned. Most of the ex-NP in Montana is operated by MRL,
of course, so it's still there, at least. East of there, I am less certain. I do know that
there are certain revisionists on the forum who believe that the GN lines are all
a mistake-poorly located, too much curvature, and that other lines-like MILW-
were the ones that should have survived. Well, IMHO, the proof is in the actuality.
There's a lot of ex-GN trackage out there still being run on, a lot of NP, too and where
is the Milwaukee? [Back to the point, Rick] As far as lines I have seen, there seems
to be more ex-GN still up than NP, though back in the Dakotas and points east
there seems to be lots of both. And that's what I think.[:D]

[Murphy Siding]

QUOTE: Originally posted by GN-Rick

1891. Final spike driven on Great Northern's branch line to Vancouver B.C. at
Blaine, Washington.

Rick: those GN boys sure were busy in their heyday! They must have kept a bucket of golden spikes on hand, just for occasions like that. Would you guess there are more GN lines, or NP lines still in use?

[Murphy Siding]

QUOTE: Originally posted by nanaimo73

Feb 15, 1977- Amtrak's Arrowhead extended from Superior to Duluth.

While this distance is maybe 3-4 miles(?), it might have involved 2 or more railroads,and perhaps another half hour to 45 minutes?

Coburn35: do you knoe if Amtrak would have come into Duluth at the depot / museum where you volunteer?



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[nanaimo73]

Feb 15, 1977- Amtrak's Arrowhead extended from Superior to Duluth.

Feb 15, 1997- Indiana and Ohio completes purchase of former DT&I from Canadian National.