1957 in rail transport
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This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 1957.
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[edit] Events
[edit] January events
- January 1 - The Chicago and North Western Railway leases the Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis and Omaha Railway (the Omaha Road).
- January 12 - Operations of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway's Super Chief and El Capitan passenger trains are combined during off-peak seasons.
- January 22 - Last day of steam locomotive operations on the Southern Pacific Railroad.
[edit] February events
- February 7 - Southern Pacific 2-6-4 number 2472 (now preserved) is retired from revenue service.[1]
[edit] March events
- March 17 - The Milwaukee Road operates its last steam locomotive.
- March 29 - The New York, Ontario and Western Railway is abandoned, the largest single railroad abandonment in the United States (541 mi (871 km)).[2]
- March 29 - The Central Vermont Railway dieselizes.
[edit] April events
- April 7 - New York City trolleys run for the last time.
[edit] May events
- May 7 - The Flying Yankee trainset is retired from revenue service on the Boston & Maine and Maine Central railroads.
- May 17 - Canadian National Railway opens a new track alignment between Toronto and Montreal to make way for construction of the St. Lawrence Seaway.[3]
[edit] June events
- June 2 - First Trans Europ Express diesel trains run on the continent.
- June 6 - Pere Marquette Railroad steam locomotive 4-8-2 number 1225 is given to Michigan State University for display on campus.
[edit] July events
- July 3 - The Chicago Aurora and Elgin Railroad abruptly ceases to carry passengers at 12:13pm.
- July 11 - Southern Pacific Railroad’s Colton Cutoff around Los Angeles is opened to traffic.
- July 27 - The Musquodoboit Railway ends steam locomotive operations with a round trip between Dartmouth and Upper Upper Musquodoboit, Nova Scotia, behind CN number 3409.
[edit] August events
- August 27 - The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway retires its last steam locomotive.[4]
[edit] October events
- October 31 - Canadian National Railway receives authorization to operate the former New York Central Railroad (NYC) lines in Ottawa, Ontario, to reach industries that were originally served by NYC.
[edit] November events
- November 1 - Class I railroads report they roster 27,108 diesel and 2,697 steam locomotives. An additional 721 steam locomotives are in storage.
[edit] December events
- December 31 - The Southern Railway (US) runs its last steam locomotive.
[edit] Unknown date events
- William N. Deramus III becomes president of the Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad.
- Estación Federico Lacroze in Buenos Aires, Argentina, opens.
- The California State Legislature establishes the five-county San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District.
- Pandrol clip patented by Norwegian railway engineer Per Pande Rolfsen.[5]
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[edit] Deaths
[edit] July deaths
- July 13 - Sim Webb, Casey Jones' fireman on the famous run (b. 1874).
[edit] References
- Colin Churcher's Railway Pages (September 7, 2005), Significant dates in Ottawa railway history. Retrieved October 31, 2005.
- Katy Railroad Historical Society, Katy Frequently Asked Questions. Retrieved February 9, 2005.
- Smith, Ivan (1998), Significant Dates in Nova Scotia's Railway History (After 1950). Retrieved July 22, 2005.
- ^ Diebert, Timothy S. and Strapac, Joseph A. (1987). Southern Pacific Company Steam Locomotive Conpendium. Shade Tree Books. ISBN 0-930742-12-5. p 178.
- ^ Balkwill, Richard; Marshall, John (1993). The Guinness Book of Railway Facts and Feats (6th ed.). Enfield: Guinness Publishing. ISBN 0-85112-707-x.
- ^ "Significant dates in Canadian railway history". Colin Churcher's Railway Pages. 2006-03-17. http://www.railways.incanada.net/candate/candate.htm. Retrieved 2006-05-17.
- ^ Rivanna Chapter, National Railway Historical Society (2005). "This Month in Railroad History: August". http://avenue.org/nrhs/histaug.htm. Retrieved 2006-08-25.
- ^ "e-CLIP". Pandrol. 2007. http://www.pandrol.com/html/products/eclip.htm. Retrieved 2011-11-11.
