1960 in rail transport
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This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 1960.
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[edit] Events
[edit] January events
- January 1 - The New York Central Railroad drops its membership in the Railway Express Agency, citing large losses.
- January 3 - Washington, D.C., ends suburban and overhead trolley car operations.
- January 20 - The Cartier Railway opens Canada's northernmost railway to date between Port Cartier and Gagnon, Quebec.[1]
[edit] February events
- February 22 - Canadian Pacific Railway operates its last steam locomotive powered train in regular service as freight train number 76, led by 4-6-2 number 1262, arrives in Montreal.[2]
[edit] March events
- March 18 - Western Region of British Railways 2-10-0 standard class 9F 92220 Evening Star is named at Swindon Works to commemorate its completion as the last steam locomotive built for B.R.
- March 20 - The Pioneer Zephyr trainset makes its final revenue run on a trip from Lincoln, Nebraska, to Kansas City, Missouri. It then continues through Galesburg, Illinois to Chicago, Illinois in preparation for its final disposition.
- March 27 - Last regularly scheduled steam-powered passenger train on a major U.S. railroad runs from Durand to Detroit, Michigan, on the Grand Trunk Western Railway.
[edit] April events
- April 25 - Canadian National operates its last steam locomotive in regular service, 4-8-2 #6043, on train #76 from The Pas to Winnipeg.
[edit] May events
- May 26 - The Pioneer Zephyr trainset is donated to the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago.
[edit] October events
- October 15 - The Erie Railroad and the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad merge to form the Erie Lackawanna Railroad; Harry W. Von Miller, former Erie president, is chosen as the president of the new railroad.
[edit] November events
- November 1 - The Chicago and North Western Railway acquires the assets of the Minneapolis and St. Louis Railway.
- November 14 - Stéblová train disaster, Czech Republic: 118 are killed and 110 injured in a head-on collision.
[edit] Unknown date events
- A new Soo Line railroad is formed through a merger of the original Soo Line, Wisconsin Central Railway and the Duluth, South Shore and Atlantic.
- The Dade County, Florida, Metropolitan Transit Authority (operator of Miami-Dade Transit) is formed.
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[edit] Deaths
[edit] References
- Erie Railroad presidents. Retrieved March 15, 2005.
- Gordon-Gilmore, Randy (2002), Pioneer Zephyr. Retrieved February 24, 2005.
- ^ Colin Churcher's Railway Pages (August 16, 2005), Significant dates in Canadian railway history. Retrieved January 20, 2006.
- ^ Colin Churcher's Railway Pages (February 17, 2006), Significant dates in Ottawa railway history. Retrieved February 22, 2006.
