FEBRUARY 26, 1870
First New York City subway openes (pneumatic powered).
FEBRUARY 26, 1973
The Chessie System incorporporated by a combination of the Baltimore & Ohio, Chesapeake & Ohio and the Western Maryland railroads.
FEBRUARY 26, 1979
Amtrak Superliner cars begin operation.
CANADIANPACIFIC2816
FEBRUARY 25, 1832
Ground broken for New York City's first street railway system.
Incorporation of the Champlain & St. Lawrence Railroad, the first Canadian railroad charter.
FEBRUARY 25, 1908
The Hudson & Manhattan Railroad officially opens the first tunnel under the Hudson River.
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.
Datafever wrote:FEBRUARY 23, 1947The first post-war streamlined train, Great Northern's new Empire Builder, is introduced. These five streamliners, each of 12 cars and a 4,000 horsepower, two-unit diesel-electric locomotive, began daily service between Chicago and Seattle/Portland on a 45-hour schedule.
FEBRUARY 23, 1947The first post-war streamlined train, Great Northern's new Empire Builder, is introduced. These five streamliners, each of 12 cars and a 4,000 horsepower, two-unit diesel-electric locomotive, began daily service between Chicago and Seattle/Portland on a 45-hour schedule.
You'll get a bit of argument over this one--the Pere Marquette streamliners began service between Detroit and Grand Rapids on August 10, 1946, with all new lightweight equipment (including head-end cars) and brand-new E7s.
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)
FEBRUARY 20, 1852
Completion of the Michigan Southern Railway enables trains to reach Chicago from the east.
FEBRUARY 20, 1877
Construction completed on the first Cantilever bridge. The 1,125 foot bridge was built for the Cincinnati Southern Railroad to span the Kentucky River.
FEBRUARY 20, 1893
Panic of 1893 is foreshadowed by the bankruptcy of the Philadelphia and Reading Railroads with debts exceeding $125 million.
FEBRUARY 20, 1894
Virginia legislature grants charter to the Southern Railway Company.
FEBRUARY 19, 1831
The York, America's first coal-burning locomotive makes trial run.
FEBRUARY 19, 1903
Congress enacts the Elkins Act, which removes rebates on freight rates. The rebates had bred corruption and were detrimental to fair trade competition.
FEBRUARY 19, 1912
Tunnel no. 7 caves in (SP&S Ry).
FEBRUARY 19, 1951
Pennsylvania Railroad indicted for manslaughter for wreck two weeks previously.
FEBRUARY 19, 1985
Soo Line approved as purchaser for the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific.
FEBRUARY 18, 1947
24 killed when the Pennsylvania Railroad's Red Arrow derails at Gallatin, Pennsylvania.
FEBRUARY 18, 1991
One person was killed and 40 more were injured when the IRA bombed two railroad stations in central London.
FEBRUARY 18, 2003
Around 200 people died and many more were hurt in a South Korea Subway fire set by a man authorities say apparently was upset by his doctors.
FEBRUARY 18, 2004
40 chemical and fuel-laden runaway railcars derailed in northeastern Iran, producing a massive explosion that killed at least 265 people.
FEBRUARY 17, 1871
William J. Palmer announces that the Denver & Rio Grande Railroad will be built using a 3 foot gauge.
FEBRUARY 17, 1950
32 killed in Long Island Railroad collision at Rockville Center, New York.
FEBRUARY 17, 1961
Application for Hill lines merger made to ICC.
CANADIANPACIFIC2816 wrote: FEBRUARY 16, 1909 First subway car with side doors goes into service in New York City.
First subway car with side doors goes into service in New York City.
Wait a minute...
For at least five years, then, people got off the platforms and into the subway cars some other way?
Ramps leading to end doors?
Roof hatches and manhole covers?
Do tell!
cherokee woman wrote: FROM BELLSOUTH.NET 'ON THIS DATE IN HISTORY':In 1996, 11 people were killed in a fiery collision between an Amtrak passenger train and a Maryland commuter train in Silver Spring, MD.
FROM BELLSOUTH.NET 'ON THIS DATE IN HISTORY':
In 1996, 11 people were killed in a fiery collision between an Amtrak passenger train and a Maryland commuter train in Silver Spring, MD.
Yep, that crash was the result of the driver of the MARC train ignoring a yellow signal and not having enough time to stop, as the Amtrak Capitol Limited was crossing over to the adjacent track.
FEBRUARY 16, 1881
Canadian Pacific Railway Company chartered.
FEBRUARY 16, 1907
22 killed in train accident at New York City.
FEBRUARY 16, 1909
FEBRUARY 15, 1838
Patent #605 issued for leaf springs for locomotives.
FEBRUARY 15, 1870
Ground broken for Northern Pacific Railway near Duluth, Minnesota.
FEBRUARY 15, 1881
Canadian Pacific Railway Company incorporated.
FEBRUARY 15, 1942
Final run on the nation's first commercially successful cable car line, the Clay Street Hill Railroad in San Francisco.
FEBRUARY 14, 1886
First trainload of California oranges to be shipped east departs Los Angeles.
FEBRUARY 14, 1895
Trolley workers in Brooklyn go on strike. The Brooklyn Militia suppresses the riots that ensue.
FEBRUARY 13, 1934
Construction started on SP&S grain elevator at Vancouver, Washington.
FEBRUARY 13, 1954
Construction completed on the Quebec, North Shore & Labrador.
FEBRUARY 12, 1849
The Aurora Branch Railroad incorporated, providing the origin of the 11,000 mile Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad.
FEBRUARY 12, 1934
The Union Pacific aluminum alloy streamliner M-10000, later christened the City of Salina, equipped with a distillate-electric motive power unit, was delivered to the Union Pacific by the manufacturer at Chicago.
FEBRUARY 11, 1861
President-elect Lincoln takes train from Springfield, Illinois to Washington, D.C.
FEBRUARY 11, 1874
Milwaukee Road predecessor, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Company is incorporated.
FEBRUARY 10, 1830
The first interstate railroad in the U.S., the Petersburg Railroad, is chartered in Virginia. In 1833 the line opens in Petersburg, Virginia to Blaneley, North Carolina.
FEBRUARY 10, 1890
The Farmer's Railway, Navigation & Steamboat Portage Company (TFRN&SP) changes their name to the Farmer's Transportation Company. The now almost five year old company proposes to lay tracks from the mouth of the Columbia River to the Dalles, and then eastward to connect with another unnamed, railroad.
FEBRUARY 10, 1935
Pennsylvania Railroad's electric GG-1's are placed in service.
dmoor74 has informed me that the information regarding my previous post is a bit inaccurate. And the following is what he had to say about the Boston & Maine's Hoosac Tunnel:
To be historically correct, the tunnel was completed by the Troy and Greenfield Railroad. This road and tunnel were later purchased by the Fitchburg Railroad. The Fitchburg was leased by the Boston & Maine in 1900 and eventually merged.
And I want to thank dmoor74 for this bit of information!
FEBRUARY 09, 1875
The Boston & Maine Railroad completes construction of it's tunnel under Hoosac Mountain in Massachusetts.
FEBRUARY 09, 1911
Pacific & Eastern Railway acquired by the SP&S Railway.
Martin, my friend,
No offense was taken by your remarks. Some of the information that I obtain from railwaystation.com is often inaccurate or just plain wrong. And I appreciate it when other members of the forums point out to me these inacurracies.
Ray Loftesness CANADIANPACIFIC2816
Dear CP 2816,
Please don't think I was nit picking, and I hope I haven't offended you. Your thread is very interesting, and I appreciate that you're conscientious about maintaining daily entries.
Keep up the (very) good work,
Martin.
FEBRUARY 08, 1951
Railroad workers return to work by order of the U.S. Army.
FEBRUARY 08, 1986
A head on collission between a freight train and a passenger train near Hinton, Alberta, Canada claims 23 lives.
mhurley87f wrote: CANADIANPACIFIC2816 wrote: FEBRUARY 07, 1940British railroads were nationalized.CANADIANPACIFIC2816I think this should be read as the date that the UK's Railway Companies (and in all probability their associated Docks, Harbours, and Canals) came under the Government's direction and control.Nationalisation/ Nationalization meant something further along the public control continuum, and that happened on 1st. January 1948.While there was no opposition to the first step, there was much debate and opposition to the second step.Martin
CANADIANPACIFIC2816 wrote: FEBRUARY 07, 1940British railroads were nationalized.CANADIANPACIFIC2816
FEBRUARY 07, 1940
British railroads were nationalized.
I think this should be read as the date that the UK's Railway Companies (and in all probability their associated Docks, Harbours, and Canals) came under the Government's direction and control.
Nationalisation/ Nationalization meant something further along the public control continuum, and that happened on 1st. January 1948.
While there was no opposition to the first step, there was much debate and opposition to the second step.
Martin
Railroad history in the United Kingdom is something that I simply do not have a good grasp on, and I appreciate your comments, Martin. My two sources of information are www.railwaystation.com and the daily newsletter from ArcaMax Publishing which I receive in an e-mail format, and I quoted the piece about the railroads being nationalized in Great Britain exactly as I saw it in this morning's addition of "History & Quotes" from ArcaMax.
Almost all of the information that I get from railwaystation.com pertains to railroading in the U.S. and Canada. If anyone out there knows of any other sources of historical material pertaining to railroading in North America or elsewhere, I would appreciate hearing about it.
FEBRUARY 07, 1915
First wireless message sent from a moving train to a station.
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