FROM ARCAMAX HISTORY AND QUOTES:
On Dec. 21, 1995, a commuter train rammed the rear end of a passenger train in heavy fog, near Cairo, Egypt, killing 75 people.
Carl
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DECEMBER 21, 1829
The first stone arch railroad bridge in the world, the Carrollton Viaduct, is officially opened on the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad over Gwynn's Falls at Baltimore, Maryland.
DECEMBER 21, 1833
The Georgia Railroad is chartered.
DECEMBER 21, 1836
The Georgia Legislature charters the Western & Atlantic Railroad.
DECEMBER 21, 1907
F.B. Clarke becomes President of the Spokane, Portland & Seattle Railway.
DECEMBER 21, 1949
Operations cease on the Gales Creek & Wilson River Railway.
DECEMBER 21, 1962
The last Budd RDC (Rail Diesel Car) manufactured is delivered to the Reading.
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CANADIANPACIFIC2816 wrote:DECEMBER 20, 191741 people are killed in a train accident at Louisville, Kentucky.
DECEMBER 20, 1917
41 people are killed in a train accident at Louisville, Kentucky.
The wreck occured in Shepherdsville,KY,which is a few miles outside of the current Louisville city limits(The south end of Osborn Yard is milepost 8/9).Shepherdsville is milepost 20-22 I'd guess.(with the wreck occurring near #21 if I'm guessing right.)
http://www.kystandard.com/cgi-bin/storyviewnew.cgi?091+News.20071219-2029-091-091010.Full+News
DECEMBER 20, 1883
The Internationa cantilever railway bridge opens at Niagara Falls.
DECEMBER 20, 1918
All government owned railroads in Canada are brought under the management of the Canadian National Railways.
DECEMBER 20, 1919
Canadian National Railways formally established.
DECEMBER 19, 1882
The Denver & Rio Grande reaches the Utah border. Because the D&RG had no charter to operate in Utah, William Palmer incorporated in that state seperately as the Denver & Rio Grande Western Railway.
DECEMBER 19, 1898
The Colorado & Southern incorporates.
DECEMBER 19, 1906
James J. Hill the A&CR for the P&S. Does anyone know what these two roads were?
DECEMBER 19, 1911
The California Western line is completed.
DECEMBER 19, 1916
In Canada, an order in council gives authority for the shipment of rails and fastenings from Canadian railways to France for war service. Under this and a subsequent order, some 800 miles were taken up from sidings and divisional yards of the eastern division of the National Transcontinental Railway (98.2 miles from between Moncton and Diamond Junction; 11.8 miles east of Levis; 206.6 miles from between Quebec and Winnipeg) and a further 300 miles from the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway, partly from the portion of the line running through Yellowhead Pass which closely parallelled the Canadian Northern Railway.
DECEMBER 19, 1997
The Milwaukee Road files for bankruptcy.
DECEMBER 18, 1949
The Rio Grande Southern Railroad operates it's last passenger train.
DECEMBER 18, 1983
In the Canadian province of Ontario: Canadian National abandons the Renfrew subdivision between Renfrew and Whitney.
DECEMBER 17, 1908
Bridges across the Willamette and Columbia Rivers open on the Spokane, Portland & Seattle Railway.
DECEMBER 17, 1924
The first diesel-electric locomotive is placed in service on the Central Railroad of New Jersey.
DECEMBER 17, 1954
The Elgin, Joliet & Eastern Railway's Kirk Yard at Gary, Indiana becomes the first fully automatic freight yard.
DECEMBER 17, 1956
In the Canadian province of Ontario: Canadian Pacific opens the 4.67 mile Hilton Mines Spur from Wyman, mile 33.62, Waltham subdivision. This used the trackbed of the Pontiac and Renfrew Railway, which was abandoned in 1891. A connection is also constructed at Wamo to allow trains from the Waltham line to run directly on to the Prince of Wales Bridge.
DECEMBER 16, 1936
The world's longest railroad bridge, the Huey P. Long Bridge in New Orleans, Louisiana opens. The 23,235-foot bridge crosses the Mississippi River.
DECEMBER 16, 1941
Union Pacific removes it's first streamliner (M-10000) from service.
DECEMBER 16, 1943
A derailment and collision of Atlantic Coast Line's Tamiami Champions kill 72 at Lumberton, North Carolina.
DECEMBER 16, 1967
Delaware & Hudson buys four Santa Fe Alco PA's.
DECEMBER 15, 1880
Southern Pacific begins train service to Deming, New Mexico.
DECEMBER 15, 1907
The Spokane, Portland & Seattle Railway opens it's line between Pasco and Cliffs, Washington.
DECEMBER 15, 1944
United Railways is purchased by the Spokane, Portland & Seattle Railway.
DECEMBER 15, 1986
VIA receives it's first GM F-40PH's.
DECEMBER 14, 1894
Eugene Debs is sentenced to six months in prison for his role in the Pullman strike.
DECEMBER 14, 1911
The Brockville and North-Western Railway is purchased by the Canadian Northern Ontarion Railway.
DECEMBER 14, 1934
The first streamlined steam locomotive, the Commodore Vanderbilt, is placed in service on the New York Central.
DECEMBER 14, 1966
Canadian Pacific is authorized to abandon the Montreal and Ottawa subdivision from Ottawa Union Station (m. 87.7) across the Interprovincial Bridge to Hull Beemer (m. 89.3).
On December 14, 1896, the Glasgow Underground Railway was opened.
On December 14, 2004, two passenger trains in India's Punjab district collided at high speed, killing at least 27 people and injuring scores of others. Some reports put the death toll at 50.
DECEMBER 13, 1913
L.C. Gilman becomes President of the Spokane, Portland & Seattle Railway.
DECEMBER 13, 1946
19 people are killed in a train accident at Guthrie, Ohio.
DECEMBER 13, 1998
Ottawa Central Railway, a subsidiary of RailLink's Quebec Railway Corporation, commences operation over the Canadian National Beachburg subdivision between Ottawa and Pembroke, Ontario as well as the Walkley line in Ottawa. The Ottawa Central alslo received running rights over the Alexandria subdivision between Ottawa and Coteau.
DECEMBER 12, 1906
James J. Hill, the founder of the Great Northern Railway announces his retirement from the railroad business.
DECEMBER 12, 1859
The first train was operated over the Victoria Railway Bridge, Montreal. The first passenger train crossed the structure on December 17, 1859 and it was formally opened by the Prince of Wales, later to become King Edward VII, on August 25, 1860. The original structure was a single-track iron tubular bridge. The tube, when first constructed, was entirely enclosed and there were ventilation problems. Later a slit 20" wide was cut in the tube the full length of the bridge to permit the emission of smoke.
DECEMBER 12, 1968
Canadian National begins Turboliner service for Montreal-Toronto.
DECEMBER 12, 1986
Canadian Pacific abandons the Kingston subdivision between Tichborne and Kingston (m. 100.87 to m. 101.10 and m. 101.85 to m. 102.09 were transferred to Canadian National on the same day to allow continued service to customers in Kingston). This is the last part of the Kingston and Pembroke Railway to be abandoned.
DECEMBER 12, 1988
The New York City Subway system adds new stations (Z line).
DECEMBER 12, 1989
The first revenue train runs through the CP Rail 9.1 mile Mount MacDonald Tunnel. This is the longest rail tunnel in the Americas.
DECEMBER 12, 2001
VIA Rail Canada retires the last of it's 6900 series LRC locomotives, as a result of the delivery of 700 series General Electric Genesis locomotives.
DECEMBER 11, 1845
The Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis Railroad is chartered.
DECEMBER 11, 1887
Operations begin on Colorado's 2-foot gauge Gilpin Tramway.
DECEMBER 11, 1905
Ground broken for Willamette Valley Traction Co.
DECEMBER 10, 1852
The Pennsylvania Railroad's tracks reached the Ohio River at Pittsburgh via the famous Horseshoe Curve.
DECEMBER 10, 1858
The Pennsylvania Railroad connects Philadelphia and Pittsburgh.
DECEMBER 10, 1970
500,000 railroad workers begin a nationwide walkout. Within hours President Nixon signs a bill providing a 13.5% wage increase and postponing the strike for 80 days.
DECEMBER 08, 1874
The Jesse James gang takes a train at Muncie, Kansas.
DECEMBER 09, 1852
The Pacific makes the first demonstration west of the Mississippi River, from St. Louis to Cheltenham, a distance of 5 miles.
DECEMBER 09, 1885
The Farmer's Railway, Navigation & Steamboat Portage Company (TFRN&SP) is incorporated in Washington Territory. Their goal was to build a railroad around the many rapids on the Columbia River between The Dalles and Celilo Falls. The line would be used to transport steamboat and barge cargoes around the rapids.
DECEMBER 09, 1988
Fox River Valley Railroad begins operating on 208 miles of ex-Chicago & Northwestern Railway.
DECEMBER 07, 1891
Passenger service begins through the first international tunnel, under the St. Clair River between Port Huron, Michigan and Sarnia, Ontario, Canada.
DECEMBER 07, 1941
The New York Central streamlines the Empire State Express with 32 new cars from Budd.
DECEMBER 06, 1915
The Connaugh tunnel on the Canadian Pacific Railway opens beneath Mount McDonald. For 70 years, this five-mile tunnel was Canada's longest.
DECEMBER 06, 1968
The last steam revenue run outside of the Silverton branch takes plance on the Denver & Rio Grande Western from Durango to Alamosa, Colorado.
DECEMBER 06, 1971
Auto-Train begins daily service between Lotton, Virginia, outside Washington, DC, and Sanford, Florida. The train transported 100 cars and 400 people.
DECEMBER 05, 1883
The Rock Island, Milwaukee Road and the Union Pacific railroads make an agreement for interchange of traffic at Omaha, Nebraska.
DECEMBER 05, 1968
The Denver & Rio Grande Western runs it's last west-bound narrow gauge train out of Alamosa, Colorado.
DECEMBER 04, 1867
The Grangers, a secret order of farmers, is founded in Washington, DC. It seeks to control railroad shipping rates and middlemen.
DECEMBER 04, 1967
Kansas City Southern tells the ICC it plans to abandon passenger service.
DECEMBER 03, 1855
The Great Western Railway "branch" between Hamilton, Ontario and Toronto is opened to traffic.
DECEMBER 03, 1863
The ground breaking for the Union Pacific Railroad took place at Omaha, Nebraska.
DECEMBER 03, 1909
The Canadian Northern Ontario Railway line from Hawkesbury to Ottawa passes inspection and through service between Montreal and Ottawa commences December 5th. The official first train, hauled by locomotive #180, ran on December 12th, 1909. A temporary station at Henderson Avenue, adjacent to the Ottawa and New York Railway depot, had to be built because the company was unable to obtain agreement to cross Hurdman Road and run into Central Depot. This line was originally incorporated as the James Bay Railway in 1895. It became the Canadian Northern Ontario Railway in 1906. Hawkesbury was reachd from Montreal via the Carillon and Greenville Railway and a bridge over the Ottawa River at Hawkesbury. The line was opened in sections as follows:
*Hawkesbury to South Nation River - June 8, 1909, (following an inspection by special train on the 31st of May)
*South Nation River to Rockland - July 10, 1909
*Rockland to Ottawa, Hurdman's Bridge - December 3, 1909 (following an inspection on the 30th of November)
There was a delay in bridging the South Nation River because the contractor used inferior concrete. The original piers had to be removed and new piers constructed on a slightly different location.
DECEMBER 03, 1913
The Canadian Northern Ontario Railway opens from Napanee to Hurdman, the first trhough trip having been completed on October 3, 1913. Freight and mixed trains started running on January 5, 1914. The first through passenger train from Quebec to Toronto via this route ran on May 1, 1914 and regular through passenger train service between Toronto and Ottawa commenced June 29, 1914 (other reports show August 21).
DECEMBER 03, 1967
The last Twentieth Century Limited arrives at Chicago's LaSalle Street Station.
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DECEMBER 02, 1856
The first patent was issued for a sleeping car.
DECEMBER 02, 1892
Railroad financier, Jay Gould dies.
DECEMBER 02, 1926
The Cleveland Railway Company places the first all-aluminum streetcar into service.
DECEMBER 02, 1980
The Pullman Company is dissolved.
DECEMBER 02, 2004
The City of Ottawa agrees to purchase the Canadian Pacific corridor from the Prince of Wales bridge, through the Dows Lake Tunnel and along the Ellwood subdivision to Leitrim Road for O Train expansion.
DECEMBER 01, 1852
The Pacific 4-6-2, becomes the first steam locomotive to operate west of the Mississippi River when it made it's first run for the Pacific of Missouri Railroad.
DECEMBER 01, 1884
The Oregon Short Line and the Oregon Railway & Navigation Company (later forming Union Pacific's route to the northwest) officially open.
DECEMBER 01, 1900
Canadian Pacific opens a new station on Broad Street in Ottawa, known as Union Station, to replace the one destroyed in the Hull-Ottawa fire.
DECEMBER 01, 1903
The first western film, The Great Train Robbery, is released.
DECEMBER 01, 1909
G.B. French becomes President of the Spokane, Portland & Seattle Railway.
DECEMBER 01, 1955
The first remote control railroad passenger car is tested on the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad between New Rochelle and Rye, New York.
DECEMBER 01, 1959
The Norfolk & Western acquires the Virginian.
DECEMBER 01, 1994
The Societe` des chemins de fur du Quebec commences operation over the former Canadian National line from Limoilou to Clermont, Quebec.
DECEMBER 01, 1996
Chemin de fer Baie des Chaleurs, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Quebec Railway Corporation, commences operation over over the former Canadian National line between Matapedia and Chandler, Quebec.
DECEMBER 01, 1998
The St. Lawrence and Atlantic Railroad (Quebec) commences operation over the Canadian National Sherbrooke subdivision between St. Rosalie, Quebec and Norton, Vermont.
NOVEMBER 30, 1944
United Railways dissolved.
NOVEMBER 30, 1959
Passenger service ends on the Cotton Belt (St. Louis Southwestern Railroad).
NOVEMBER 30, 1968
Clinchfield 4-4-0 #1 restored to service.
NOVEMBER 29, 1870
The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe signs contracts to build the railroad from Atchison to Topeka, Kansas.
NOVEMBER 29, 1954
The first Budd dome cars enter service, connecting with the North Coast Limited (SP&S Ry).
NOVEMBER 27, 1873
"The Boston & Maine Railroad makes the first breakthrough in construction of it's tunnel under Hoosac Mountain in Massachusetts." It was actually the Troy & Greenfield Railroad that was responsible for the Hoosac Tunnel. The Boston & Maine did not control the tunnel until 1900 when it leased the Fitchburg Railroad. Prior to this the Fitchburg had purchased the T&G from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Credit for this information should go to dmoore74.
NOVEMBER 28, 1877
The first two-foot gauge railroad in the U.S., the Bedford & Billerica Railroad, opens.
The Boston & Maine Railroad makes the first breakthrough in construction of it's tunnel under Hoosac Mountain in Massachusetts.
NOVEMBER 27, 1910
New York's Penn Station opens as the world's largest railway terminal.
NOVEMBER 27, 1957
Steam operations end on the Pennsylvania Railroad.
NOVEMBER 27, 1964
The Pennsylvania Railroad ends Pittsburgh commuter service.
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