1930 in rail transport
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This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 1930.
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[edit] Events
[edit] January events
- January 1 – The Cincinnati, Hamilton and Dayton Railway, Indiana, Columbus and Eastern and the Lima-Toledo Railroad merge to form the Cincinnati and Lake Erie Railroad
- January 31 – Trains begin using the new elevated tracks and platform at Toronto Union Station.[1]
[edit] February events
- February 18 – The Pullman Company buys the Osgood Bradley Car Company, which has been making trolley and other transit cars since 1833.
- February 24 – The Standard Steel Car Company is incorporated as a Pullman subsidiary.
[edit] March events
- March 30 – Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad inaugurates The Sportsman passenger service.[2]
[edit] May events
- May 6 – The Drammen Line in Norway takes electric traction into use between Drammen and Brakerøya.[3]
[edit] June events
- June 20 – General Motors purchases Winton Engine, a major supplier of diesel locomotive prime movers.
- June 25 – The Glacier Express first runs between St. Moritz and Zermatt in Switzerland following completion of the metre gauge link between Brig and Visp.[4]
[edit] July events
- July – The Atlantic City Railroad (a predecessor of the Pennsylvania-Reading Seashore Lines) purchases the Wildwood and Delaware Bay Short Line Railroad.
[edit] August events
- August 20 – The Kururi Line in Japan is regauged from 762 mm (2 ft 6 in) to 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in).
[edit] December events
- December 18 – Bombay Central station opened by Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway.[5]
- December 31 – General Motors buys Electro-Motive Corporation and combines it with Winton Engine to form General Motors Electro-Motive Division..
[edit] Unknown date events
- General American Transportation Corporation assumes ownership of Swift Refrigerator Line.
[edit] Births
[edit] Unknown date births
- Robert Bandeen, president of Canadian National Railway 1974-1982.
[edit] Deaths
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[edit] References
- ^ "Significant dates in Canadian railway history". Colin Churcher's Railway Pages. 2005-08-16. http://www.railways.incanada.net/candate/candate.htm. Retrieved 2006-01-30.
- ^ Rivanna Chapter National Railway Historical Society. "This month in railroad history: March". http://avenue.org/nrhs/histmar.htm. Retrieved 2006-03-29.
- ^ "Railway Statistics 2008" (pdf). Norwegian National Rail Administration. 2009. p. 34. http://www.jernbaneverket.no/no/dokumenter/Om-oss/Jernbanestatistikk/Jernbanestatistikk-2008/. Retrieved 28 April 2010.
- ^ Moser, Beat; Börret, Ralph; Küstner, Thomas (2005) (in German). Glacier Express: Von St. Moritz nach Zermatt. Fürstenfeldbruck, Germany: Eisenbahn-Journal (Verlagsgruppe Bahn GmbH). p. 102. ISBN 3-89610-057-2.
- ^ Saxena, R. P. (2008). "Indian Railway History Time Line". http://irse.bravehost.com/IRHTML.htm. Retrieved 2009-12-23.
