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Posted by mhurley87f on Friday, March 23, 2007 7:59 AM

I know this entry will be out of sequence, and I apologise to CP2816 for that, but I don't have Internet Access on weekends.

Sunday 25th March, 2007, will be the two hundredth anniversary of the world's first rail passenger service, see www.welshwales.co.uk/mumbles_railway_swansea.htm

Born 25th. March, 1807, and killed off (by amongst others,the local Council) 5th. January, 1960. Just imagine the Tourism spin-off were it to be still operating this weekend !!!

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Posted by CANADIANPACIFIC2816 on Friday, March 23, 2007 7:36 AM

MARCH 23, 1858

Eleazer Gardner issued the first cable car patent.

MARCH 23, 1874

Iowa becomes the third state to enact Granger Laws which regulate railroad freight rates.

MARCH 23, 1907

26 killed in train accident at Colton, California.

MARCH 23, 1937

Los Angeles Railway Co. starts using PCC streetcars.

MARCH 23, 1970

Last run for the California Zephyr.

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Posted by CANADIANPACIFIC2816 on Thursday, March 22, 2007 8:06 AM

MARCH 22, 1897

In United States v. Trans-Missouri Freight Association, the Supreme Court rules that 18 railroads are violating the Sherman Antitrust Act by banding together to fix rates.

MARCH 22 1913

Oregon Electric Corvallis branch opens.

MARCH 22, 1942

Wreck of no. 3 at Eavan, Washington. (SP&S RY)

MARCH 22, 1967

Jersey Central files for bankruptcy.

MARCH 22, 1970

California Zephyr service ends on the Western Pacific, leaving the railroad freight-only.

MARCH 22, 1985

Toronto Transit Commission opens the Scarborough rapid transit line using linear induction technology.

MARCH 22, 1999

RaiLink Ltd. takes over operation of the Canadian National's Coronado, Bonnyville, and Lac La Biche subdivisions, northeast of Edmonton. The line extends from St. Paul Junction, immediately north to Edmonton, to Boyle and northeast to Grande Centre and Elk Point. It also connects with RaiLink's existing Lakeland and Waterways line at Boyle.

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Posted by CANADIANPACIFIC2816 on Wednesday, March 21, 2007 7:48 AM

MARCH 21, 1910

55 killed in train accident at Green Mountain, Iowa.

MARCH 21, 1911

Cornelius Pass tunnel formally opened. (UR or SP&S)

MARCH 21, 1918

The Railroad Control Act is adopted which provides the determination of how railroads under government control are compensated.

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Posted by CANADIANPACIFIC2816 on Tuesday, March 20, 2007 7:12 AM

MARCH 20, 1896

The Grand Trunk Railway obtains control of the Central Vermont Railway, which retained it's corporate identity.

MARCH 20. 1949

California Zephyr begins service over the Burlington, D&RGW and Western Pacific railroads.

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Posted by CANADIANPACIFIC2816 on Monday, March 19, 2007 7:28 AM

MARCH 19, 1855

The vehicular suspension bridge across the Niagara Gorge (built in 1848) is strengthened for the passage of railway trains. The original wooden trusses were replaced by steel in 1880.

MARCH 19, 1895

Los Angeles Railway established to provide streetcar service.

MARCH 19, 1917

US Supreme Court upholds 8-hour workday for railroad employees.

MARCH 19, 1918

Congress passes the Standard Time Act.

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Posted by CANADIANPACIFIC2816 on Sunday, March 18, 2007 6:26 AM

MARCH 18, 1834

First railroad tunnel in US completed, in Pennsylvania.

MARCH 18, 1855

World's first railway suspension bridge completed across the Whirlpool Rapids, below Niagara Falls.

MARCH 18, 1858

Rudolph C.K. Diesel, inventor of the diesel engine, is born.

MARCH 18, 1983

Chicago & Northwestern acquires former Rock Island's Twin Cities - Kansas City trackage.

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Posted by CANADIANPACIFIC2816 on Saturday, March 17, 2007 8:34 AM

MARCH 17, 1853

The New York Central Railroad is formed.

MARCH 17, 1881

First train to cover a mile in less than a minute,

MARCH 17, 1909

A train runs out of control into the Canadian Pacific's Windsor Street station in Montreal. (track 7) A broken spring hanger on locomotive no. 2102 caused it to lurch and a driving wheel struck a washout plug. The escaping steam scalded the crew who were forced off the locomotive. The train brake was applied by a brakeman, but it hit the stop blocks at about 25 mph. There were 6 fatalities.

MARCH 17, 1974

A CP Rail freight train hits a rock slide and derails at Spences Bridge, British Columbia, killing two crew members. This lead to the eventuall installation of ditch lights on Canadian trains.

MARCH 17, 1975

Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad declares bankruptcy.

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Posted by CANADIANPACIFIC2816 on Friday, March 16, 2007 5:37 AM

MARCH 16, 1836

Andrew S. Hallidie, inventor of the cable car, is born.

MARCH 16, 1906

35 killed in train accident at Florence, Colorado.

MARCH 16, 1908

Vancouver, Washington to Lyle, Washington opened (SP&S Ry).

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Posted by CANADIANPACIFIC2816 on Thursday, March 15, 2007 6:56 AM

MARCH 15, 1915

Great Northern Pacific Steamship Co. begins service Flavel, Oregon to San Francisco, California.

MARCH 15, 1944

New 39-room crew quarters opens at Wishram, Washington (SP&S Ry).

MARCH 15, 1946

Wartime restrictions on sleeping car service under 450 miles ends.

MARCH 15, 1958

Santa Fe Doodlebug service between Atchison and Topeka ends.

MARCH 15, 1974

The 73 mile Black Mesa & Lake Powell Railroad becomes fully operational. This fully automated, electrified line delivers coal from the Black Mesa coal mining area to the Navajo power station near Page, Arizona.

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Posted by CANADIANPACIFIC2816 on Wednesday, March 14, 2007 6:47 AM

MARCH 14, 1894

The Dalton gang robs the Woodward, Oklahoma train station, but leave an entire safe filled with money.

MARCH 14, 1940

27 killed, 15 injured when a truck full of migrant workers collides with a train outside McAllen, Texas.

MARCH 14, 1948

Freedom Train arrives in San Francisco. (not to be confused with the American Freedom Train which toured the nation during America's Bicentennial years behind former SP 4449 and two other steam locomotives. This train was entirely different.)

MARCH 14, 1960

14 die in a train crash in Bakersfield, California.

MARCH 14, 1977

W. Graham Claytor retires as Southern Railway Chairman to become Secretary of the Navy.

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Posted by CANADIANPACIFIC2816 on Tuesday, March 13, 2007 6:52 AM

MARCH 13, 1967

Last run of the Twentieth Century Limited.

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Posted by CANADIANPACIFIC2816 on Monday, March 12, 2007 6:37 AM

MARCH 12, 1857

A Great Western Railway train breaks an axle while crossing a swing bridge and plunges into the Desjardins Canal near Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, 59 people are killed.

MARCH 12, 1912

Congress agrees to fund construction and operation of a railroad from Seward to Fairbanks, Alaska.

MARCH 12, 1914

George Westinghouse dies.

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Posted by CANADIANPACIFIC2816 on Sunday, March 11, 2007 6:05 AM

MARCH 11, 1908

Golden Spike ceremony at Sheridan's Point, Washington (SP&S Ry).

MARCH 11, 1939

Ottawa's Elgin Street streetcar line is abandoned. This is the first major rail abandonment in the city.

MARCH 11, 2004

10 bombs exploded almost simultaneously on four commuter trains in Madrid, Spain, killing 191 people and injuring 1400.

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Posted by CANADIANPACIFIC2816 on Saturday, March 10, 2007 5:53 AM

MARCH 10, 1902

U.S. Attorney General Philander Knox files an antitrust suit against Northern Securities Company, a railroad holding company that controls the Great Northern, Northern Pacific and Burlington Railroads.

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Posted by CANADIANPACIFIC2816 on Friday, March 9, 2007 7:25 AM

MARCH 09, 1949

The Illinois Central Railroad places the first all-electric dining car, the Cafe St. Louis into service between Chicago and St. Louis, Missouri.

MARCH 09, 1954

The Santa Fe completes dieselization.

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Posted by cherokee woman on Friday, March 9, 2007 6:57 AM
On March 9, 1824, Leland Stanford, railroad builder and founder of California's Stanford University, was born.
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Posted by CANADIANPACIFIC2816 on Thursday, March 8, 2007 5:42 AM

MARCH 08, 1827

Baltimore & Ohio Railroad incorporated in Virginia.

MARCH 08, 1855

The first train crosses the first railroad suspension bridge at Niagara Falls.

MARCH 08, 1904

Lucin cut-off across the Great Salt Lake in Utah opens.

MARCH 08, 1920

The management of the Grand Trunk Pacific is entrusted to the Board of Directors appointed for the Canadian National Railways.

MARCH 08, 1982

Last steam-heated Amtrak train, the Silver Star, departs Washington, D.C.

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Posted by CANADIANPACIFIC2816 on Wednesday, March 7, 2007 6:59 AM

MARCH 07, 1823

The New Jersey Railroad & Transportation Co. was chartered to build across the state.

MARCH 07, 1919

The Minister of Railways in Canada is appointed as receiver for the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway.

MARCH 07, 1990

3 passengers killed and 162 injured as subway train derails in Philadelphia.

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Posted by CANADIANPACIFIC2816 on Tuesday, March 6, 2007 6:43 AM

MARCH 06, 1884

Northern Illinois Railway incorporated. The 76-mile railroad was sold to the Chicaco & North Western on June 6th, 1888.

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Posted by CANADIANPACIFIC2816 on Monday, March 5, 2007 6:04 AM

MARCH 05, 1831

A locomotive with a four-wheeled truck makes a first trip on the South Carolina Railroad.

MARCH 05, 1850

Louisville & Nashville Railroad incorporated in Kentucky.

MARCH 05, 1856

First state railroad legislation is passed by the Georgia legislature. The law made railroad companies liable for injuries caused by negligence to employees and others.

MARCH 05, 1872

George Westinghouse Jr. patents triple air brake for trains.

MARCH 05, 1944

Portland, Oregon to Eavan, Washington commuter service discontinued (SP&S Ry).

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Posted by CANADIANPACIFIC2816 on Sunday, March 4, 2007 7:25 AM

MARCH 04, 1826

The first American railroad, the Granite Railway Company of Massachusetts is incorporated. The railroad would use horse and oxen to pull wagons from the Quincy granite quarry along a 3-mile long track.

MARCH 04, 1839

William F. Harnden became the first to carry express freight on a train through a contract with the Boston & Providence RR. Service was begun for cities as far apart as Boston and New York, and later extended to Philadelphia.

MARCH 04, 1853

Congress passes Army Appropriation Act, which includes funds for the War Department to survey possible routes for a transcontinental railroad.

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Posted by CANADIANPACIFIC2816 on Saturday, March 3, 2007 5:48 AM

MARCH 03, 1831

George Pullman born in Brooklyn, New York.

MARCH 03, 1863

President Lincoln signs a bill favoring the standard gauge of 4' 8 1/2" for the transcontinental railroad.

MARCH 03, 1871

The Texas & Pacific Railroad is incorporated by an act of Congress as the Texas Pacific Railroad Company.

MARCH 03, 1934

Union Pacific tests light weight high-speed passenger train at Omaha, Nebraska.

MARCH 03, 1968

Santa Fe ends use of Alco PA's. Sad [:(]

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Posted by CANADIANPACIFIC2816 on Friday, March 2, 2007 6:29 AM

MARCH 02, 1877

Rutherford B. Hayes became (probably) the only president to recieve news of his election while riding on a train. He was en route to Washington, D.C, at the time.

MARCH 02, 1893

Safety Appliance Act passes. It requires common carriers engaged in interstate commerce to equip their cars with automatic couplers and continuous brakes and locomotives with driving wheel brakes.

MARCH 02, 1970

The Burlington Northern is formed from the merger of the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy, the Northern Pacifc, the Great Northern, and the Spokane, Portland & Seattle railroads.

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Posted by CANADIANPACIFIC2816 on Thursday, March 1, 2007 7:35 AM

MARCH 01, 1863

Union Pacific adopts 4' 8 1/2" gauge.

MARCH 01, 1877

The U.S. Supreme Court rules in Munn V. Illinois that states can regulate interstate transportation rates if it affects the public interest.

MARCH 01, 1886

Railroad workers belonging to the Knights of Labor wage an unsuccessful two month strike against railroads controled by Jay Gould.

MARCH 01, 1910

96 killed in train accident at Wellington, Washington.

MARCH 01, 1910

Worst snow slide in U.S. history kills 118 when three passenger trains are buried at Stevens Pass in CascADE Range.

MARCH 01, 1920

Transportation Act of 1920 returns control of U.S. railroads to railroad owners. The govenment had taken over control of the railroads during World War I. The act also establishes the Railroad Labor Board.

MARCH 01, 1943

Inaugural of  commuter train service, Portland, Oregon to Eavan, Washington (SP&S Ry).

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Posted by CANADIANPACIFIC2816 on Wednesday, February 28, 2007 7:28 AM

FEBRUARY 28, 1827

Baltimore & Ohio Railroad chartered.

FEBRUARY 28, 1920

Esh-Cummins Act, which restores private control of the railroads and sets up the Railway Labor Board, is approved by Congress.

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Posted by blhanel on Wednesday, February 28, 2007 7:28 AM
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General Electric's 6800 h.p. EL-2B electric locomotive #125 is placed into operation on the Virginian Railway. It had 16 driving axles and a length of 150 feet, 8 inches.

Shock [:O]

Anybody have a link to a picture of this monster?  It's not listed on rrpicturearchives...

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Posted by cherokee woman on Wednesday, February 28, 2007 6:53 AM
On February 28, 1827, the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad was chartered.  (This is listed in ArcaMax History & Quotes).
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Posted by CANADIANPACIFIC2816 on Tuesday, February 27, 2007 6:13 AM

FEBRUARY 27, 1917

20 killed in train accident at Penn, Pennsylvania.

FEBRUARY 27, 1921

37 killed in train accident at Porter, Indiana.

FEBRUARY 27, 1928

Moffatt Tunnel opens in Colorado, replacing the original line over 11,660 foot Rollins Pass.

FEBRUARY 27, 1948

General Electric's 6800 h.p. EL-2B electric locomotive #125 is placed into operation on the Virginian Railway. It had 16 driving axles and a length of 150 feet, 8 inches.

FEBRUARY 27, 1965

All-steam Buffalo Creek & Gauly ends operations.Sad [:(]

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Posted by Datafever on Monday, February 26, 2007 11:06 PM
 CANADIANPACIFIC2816 wrote:

Datafever did a good job in filling in a lot of historical information while I was absent, and I am a bit curious as to what his or her source or sources of information were.

Thank you.  I did not have any particular sources of information, other than what you use.  I just did extensive research on the internet each day, and I just threw out there what I found (no verification). 

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