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April 12 – Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad discontinues its Black Hawk passenger train service between Chicago and Minneapolis–Saint Paul. April 27 – The first double-deck passenger cars to operate in regular service on Canadian passenger trains enter service in Montreal.
December 1: The number of Class I railroads goes up by one, from 58 to 59, due to the start-up of the Michigan Interstate Railway. [3] 1978. April 1: Crown corporation Via Rail Canada takes over operations of intercity passenger trains from the Canadian National Railway and Canadian Pacific Ltd.
Continuing concern over rate discrimination by railroads led Congress to enact additional laws, giving increased regulatory powers to the ICC. The 1906 Hepburn Act gave the ICC authority to set maximum rates and review the companies' financial records. [70] The Mann-Elkins Act of 1910 strengthened the ICC's authority over railroad rates. [71]
The Routledge Historical Atlas of the American Railroads (2001) Stover, John. History of the Illinois Central Railroad (1975) Stover, John. Iron Road to the West: American Railroads in the 1850s (1978) Turner, George E. Victory rode the rails: the strategic place of the railroads in the Civil War (1953) Ward, James Arthur. J.
March 12, 1970: Boston and Maine Corporation June 21, 1970: Penn Central Transportation July 24, 1970: Lehigh Valley Railroad November 23, 1971: Reading Company April 19, 1972: Lehigh and Hudson River Railway
The Burlington Northern Railroad (reporting mark BN) was a United States–based railroad company formed from a merger of four major U.S. railroads. Burlington ...
Alfred E. Perlman and Stuart W. Saunders were Penn Central's first executives, and quickly became enemies. The Penn Central Company came into existence on February 1, 1968, with the Pennsylvania Railroad absorbing the New York Central and adopting the new name, which was subsequently changed to the Penn Central Transportation Company on October 1, 1969. [1]
The Gold Coast Railroad Museum in Florida owns two former Western Pacific Railroad California Zephyr cars: baggage car Silver Stag and dome-observation car Silver Crescent. The Avon Park Depot Museum in Florida owns one former Western Pacific California Zephyr car: the Silver Palm , originally a sleeper car, is now a buffet dining car used by ...