1934 in rail transport
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This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 1934.
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[edit] Events
[edit] February events
- February - General Motors Electro-Motive Division completes construciton on Union Pacific Railroad's M-10000 streamlined passenger trainset.
- February 12 - Union Pacific takes delivery of M-10000, later known as the “City of Salina”.
[edit] April events
- April 9 - The Budd Company completes construction of the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad's Pioneer Zephyr.
- April 18 - The Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad's Pioneer Zephyr is first christened as the Zephyr at Pennsylvania Railroad's Broad Street station.
[edit] May events
- May 26 - Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad's Pioneer Zephyr makes its "dawn-to-dusk" nonstop run between Denver, Colorado, and Chicago, Illinois.
[edit] June events
- June 29 - The Southern Railway renames the Southern Belle passenger train (between London and Brighton, England) to Brighton Belle.[1]
[edit] September events
- September 23 - The Broadway-Rensselaer streetcar line in Albany, New York, operated by United Traction Company, is abandoned.[2]
- September 28 - The Winwick rail crash occurs when a busy signalman lines an express passenger train onto a track occupied by a stationary local train; 12 people die in the collision as three of the train's passenger cars are telescoped.
[edit] October events
- October 12 - The Association of American Railroads (AAR) is created from the merger of five industry organizations.
- October 22 - The M-10001, still in its original 900 hp incarnation, sets an as-yet unbroken record from coast to coast of the United States, running from Oakland Pier to Grand Central Station in 57 hours.
[edit] November events
- November 11 - Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad inaugurates regular passenger service between Lincoln, Nebraska, and Kansas City, Missouri, using the Pioneer Zephyr trainset.
[edit] December events
- December 14 - The New York Central Railroad unveils the “Commodore Vanderbilt”, the first streamliner steam locomotive and the inspiration for one of Lionel’s more popular toy locomotives.
- December 26 - The Pullman Car & Manufacturing Co. merges with its subsidiary Standard Steel Car Company to become Pullman-Standard.
[edit] Unknown date events
- The first PRR GG1 electric locomotives enter service on the Pennsylvania Railroad.
- 30th Street Station (originally known as Pennsylvania Station) in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania is built by the Pennsylvania Railroad.
- The first 2-6-6-4 steam locomotives in the world are delivered to the Pittsburgh and West Virginia Railroad.
- ALCO renames the Brooks Works plant, formerly Brooks Locomotive Works, in Dunkirk, New York, to ALCO Thermal Products Division.
- The San Diego and Arizona Eastern Railway discontinues operation of the railroad's three gasoline-electric units.
[edit] Births
[edit] Deaths
[edit] September deaths
- September 24 – Jule Murat Hannaford, president of Northern Pacific Railway 1913-1920, dies (b. 1850).[3][4]
[edit] References
- ^ Hill, Keith (February 2005). "Brighton's Belle Époque". BackTrack 19 (2): pp. 70-79.
- ^ Mohawk and Hudson Chapter National Railway Historical Society (2003). Albany Area Railroads: History and Context. Retrieved on September 23, 2005.
- ^ Northern Pacific. Annual Report. St. Paul [Minn.]: Northern Pacific, 1934, p. 17.
- ^ Railway Age, September 29, 1934, p. 390.
