January 22, 1912
Florida East Coast Railway, opens overseas railroad service to Key West.
January 22, 1956
Santa Fe RDCs derail on curve in Los Angeles, killing 30.
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FROM ARCAMAX HISTORY & QUOTES:
On January 22, 2006, more than 100,000 passengers were reported stranded by heavy snow, that paralyzed part of China's railway network, for 24 hours.
January 23, 1890
A new American speed record of 78.1 MPH is set by an Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe train.
January 23, 1902
Columbia River & Northern Railway (CR&N) incorporated.
January 23, 1963
Florida East Coast is struck by 11 non-operating unions.
January 24, 1854
Chicago linked by rail to eastern cities.
January 24, 1900
New York City Mayor Van Wyck breaks ground for the city's first subway.
January 25, 1875
The Pinkerton Detective Agency bombs the home of bank and train robbers, Jesse and Frank James. Neither of the brothers is there, but their half brother, Archie is killed and their mother is injured.
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cherokee woman wrote: FROM ARCAMAX HISTORY AND QUOTES: (For January 18, 2007)In 1993, seven people were killed and nearly 70 more injured, when two commuter trains collided on a bridge, in Gary, Ind.
FROM ARCAMAX HISTORY AND QUOTES: (For January 18, 2007)
In 1993, seven people were killed and nearly 70 more injured, when two commuter trains collided on a bridge, in Gary, Ind.
I remember seeing this wreck while we were driving past on the Toll Road. It was on the South Shore Line. One train didn't stop for the signal, and the line was double-track except for the bridge.
C.W., You and "CanadianPacific2816" do a great job of keeping this up. Others maybe can help, if they remember things on specific dates. Then if either of you gets a life, we will still have a reference to use.
Forty-two wrote: cherokee woman wrote: FROM ARCAMAX HISTORY AND QUOTES: (For January 18, 2007)In 1993, seven people were killed and nearly 70 more injured, when two commuter trains collided on a bridge, in Gary, Ind. I remember seeing this wreck while we were driving past on the Toll Road. It was on the South Shore Line. One train didn't stop for the signal, and the line was double-track except for the bridge.C.W., You and "CanadianPacific2816" do a great job of keeping this up. Others maybe can help, if they remember things on specific dates. Then if either of you gets a life, we will still have a reference to use.
I don't know what Forty-two means when he says "Then if either of you gets a life,", but the only reason why I spend my time posting these bits of railroad historical information is because I enjoy reading about them and I enjoy having the oportunity to share them with others out there.
I'll stand up for you, Ray!
I remember that South Shore wreck, too. The bridge had a gantlet track--separate rails for each track, but barely wider than a single track. They've since replaced it with two separated tracks over the NS and former PRR rights-of-way.
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)
January 26, 1869
Colorado Central Railroad incorporated.
January 26, 1901
The Great Western Railway (owned by the Great Western Sugar Company) begins operation. This Colorado short line operated steam locomotives into the 1960's. One of these steam locomotives was preserved and continued to operate into the mid 1970's to early 1980's, #75, a 2-8-0 was built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works in 1907. I think #75 was privately owned by someone in the state of Colorado, and I wonder if anyone out there knows what her current disposition is. I think she might have ended up in the hands of the Colorado Railroad Museum, but I am not sure of that.
I did some research regarding Great Western Sugar Company's #75 which I had mentioned in my previous post and this is what I found out; #75 served Great Western until 1965 when it was sold to the Intermountain Chapter of the National Railway Historical Society, which then sold it to Mr. Everett Roher of Denver in 1966. Following Mr. Roher's death in 1999, #75 was sold to the Heber Valley Railroad in Utah. I am glad that someone got their hands on her and that she did not end up being scrapped.
January 27, 1902
5 workers killed in explosion during subway construction in New York City.
January 27, 1903
Collision on Central of New Jersey at Graceland, New Jersey kills 23.
January 27, 1948
First locomotive to carry 1,000,000, pounds operates.
CANADIANPACIFIC2816 wrote: January 27, 1948First locomotive to carry 1,000,000, pounds operates.CANADIANPACIFIC2816
I'd be interested in knowing the significance of this. Pulling 500 tons isn't very much; weighing that much might be. If that's the case, what would it be--C&O's M-1 turbines?
CShaveRR wrote: CANADIANPACIFIC2816 wrote: January 27, 1948First locomotive to carry 1,000,000, pounds operates.CANADIANPACIFIC2816I'd be interested in knowing the significance of this. Pulling 500 tons isn't very much; weighing that much might be. If that's the case, what would it be--C&O's M-1 turbines?
Carl, I have no idea what kind of a locomotive this would have been. My source of information is www.railwaystation.com and it does not give any information as to what the locomotive was or which railroad was involved.
Ray CANADIANPACIFIC2816
January 28, 1935
The first streamlined electric locomotive, the GG1, is placed in service on the Pennsylvania Railroad.
January 28, 1962
Washington D.C.'s last streetcar routes, 14th Street and U Street are closed.
January 29, 1873
The Chesapeake & Ohio is completed from Richmond, Virginia to the Ohio River.
January 29, 1884
Patent #292,504 is granted to La Fayette Wilson Page of Shreveport, Louisiana for an Animal Chaser. Page's device was designed to allown an engineer to divert water from the boiler through a nozzle on the front end of the locomotive to clear livestock from the track.
January 29, 1956
Last passenger train on the Virginian Railway.
January 29, 1980
Milwaukee Road ends revenue service west of Miles City, Montana.
January 30, 1905
The San Pedro, Los Angeles & Salt Lake completes line from Los Angeles to Salt Lake City, Utah.
January 31, 1855
Western railroads blocked by snow.
January 31, 1874
Jesse James gang robs train at Gads Hill, Missouri.
January 31, 1932
U.S. railway unions accept 10% wage reduction.
January 31, 1935
The Union Pacific's streamliner M-10000 is placed in daily operation between Salina, Kansas and Kansas City, Missouri.
January 31, 1948
Norfolk & Western becomes freight only.
CANADIANPACIFIC2816 wrote: January 31, 1855Western railroads blocked by snow..
Western railroads blocked by snow..
Keep in mind that there were not too many railroads west of the Mississippi River at this date!
CANADIANPACIFIC2816 wrote: January 31, 1948Norfolk & Western becomes freight only.
Now this one's definitely false--N&W had some trains that lasted until Amtrak Day in 1971. Names like the Powhatan Arrow and Pocahontas were still around into N&W's diesel age (which was much later than almost everyone else's!).
So, could it possibly be the original Norfolk Southern that lost passenger service about 1948?
CShaveRR wrote: CANADIANPACIFIC2816 wrote: January 31, 1855Western railroads blocked by snow..Keep in mind that there were not too many railroads west of the Mississippi River at this date! CANADIANPACIFIC2816 wrote: January 31, 1948Norfolk & Western becomes freight only.Now this one's definitely false--N&W had some trains that lasted until Amtrak Day in 1971. Names like the Powhatan Arrow and Pocahontas were still around into N&W's diesel age (which was much later than almost everyone else's!).So, could it possibly be the original Norfolk Southern that lost passenger service about 1948?
This is my goof-up. When did the Norfolk & Western merge with the Southern take place? If there was an "original" Norfolk Southern, I didn't know about it. I assumed it was a typographical error when I read it at railwaystation.com.
FEBRUARY 01, 1908
P&S name changed to SP&S.
FEBRUARY 01, 1910
Oregon Electric Railway (OE) Woodburn Branch service begins.
FEBRUARY 01, 1918
U.S. Senate limits government control of railroads to 18 months.
FEBRUARY 01, 1935
New York City's first trolley line on Fourth Avenue, is converted to buses.
FEBRUARY 01, 1968
The Pennsylvania Railroad and New York Central System merge to form the Penn Central Railroad.
FEBRUARY 01, 1979
The Southern Railway's Southern Crescent service is transferred to Amtrak.
CANADIANPACIFIC2816 wrote: CShaveRR wrote: CANADIANPACIFIC2816 wrote: January 31, 1948Norfolk & Western becomes freight only.Now this one's definitely false--N&W had some trains that lasted until Amtrak Day in 1971. Names like the Powhatan Arrow and Pocahontas were still around into N&W's diesel age (which was much later than almost everyone else's!).So, could it possibly be the original Norfolk Southern that lost passenger service about 1948?This is my goof-up. When did the Norfolk & Western merge with the Southern take place? If there was an "original" Norfolk Southern, I didn't know about it. I assumed it was a typographical error when I read it at railwaystation.com. CANADIANPACIFIC2816
CShaveRR wrote: CANADIANPACIFIC2816 wrote: January 31, 1948Norfolk & Western becomes freight only.Now this one's definitely false--N&W had some trains that lasted until Amtrak Day in 1971. Names like the Powhatan Arrow and Pocahontas were still around into N&W's diesel age (which was much later than almost everyone else's!).So, could it possibly be the original Norfolk Southern that lost passenger service about 1948?
The old Norfolk Southern became a subsidiary of the Southern by 1980. The current Norfolk Southern merger took place in 1991, IIRC.
FEBRUARY 02, 1886
Representatives from the Louisville & Nashville Railroad, Cincinnati Southern, and other southern railroads meet in Atlanta, where they agree to a mass conversion of 13,000 miles of track to a standard gauge of 4' 8 1/2" on May 31 to June 1, 1886.
FEBRUARY 02, 1910
Oregon Electric (OR) acquired by Hill interests.
FEBRUARY 03, 1898
In a blinding snow storm on the New Haven Railroad, engine #684, pulling a two-car milk train to Fitchburg, Massachusetts, colides with engine #823 which was pushing a snow plow. Fortunately, engine #684 ran up the plow and ended up on top of #823 and no one was seriously hurt. Later, engine #823 carried #684 piggyback to the depot. (I'm thinking that must have been a wild sight to have been a witness to back then!)
FEBRUARY 03, 1973
Providence & Worcester resumes independent operation.
FEBRUARY 03, 2005
More than 50 people died when a train slammed into trailer carrying a wedding party at a railroad crossing in India.
FEBRUARY 04, 1887
President Grover Cleveland signs the Interstate Commerce Act of 1887 creating the Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC). The ICC regulated rates, service and abandonment of railroads and insures that all the interests of farmers and businessmen are represented.
FEBRUARY 04, 1930
First tieless, soundless, shockless streetcar tracks installed in New Orleans.
FEBRUARY 04, 1941
Santa Fe #100 becomes the first diesel-electric locomotive to be used in road freight service.
FEBRUARY 04, 1961
With the last run of the Buffalo to New York Maple Leaf, Lehigh Valley becomes freight only.
FEBRUARY 04, 1963
Chesapeake & Ohio acquires control of the Baltimore & Ohio.
FEBRUARY 05, 1836
4-4-0 American type steam locomotive patented by Henry R. Campbell.
FEBRUARY 05, 1950
Passenger service ends on the Baltmore & Annapolis Railroad.
FEBRUARY 05, 2005
A Moroccan family of four was charged in Spain in the March 11 Madrid train bombings that killed 191 people.
FEBRUARY 06, 1815
First American railroad charter obtained by inventor and steamboat designer, John Stevens to build a railroad from Trenton to New Brunswick, New Jersey. The railroad was never built.
FEBRUARY 06, 1891
First great train robbery by Dalton Gang. They robbed Southern Pacific's train #17.
FEBRUARY 06, 1951
The Pennsylvania Railroad's "Broker" derails in Woodbridge, New Jersey, killing 84.
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