1959 in rail transport

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This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 1959.

Contents 1 Events 1.1 January events 1.2 February events 1.3 March events 1.4 April events 1.5 June events 1.6 July events 1.7 August events 1.8 October events 1.9 December events 1.10 Unknown date events 2 Births 3 Deaths 4 References

[edit] Events

[edit] January events

• January 4 - Passenger service resumes on the Strasburg Rail Road for tourists.
• January 5 - Foulridge railway station closes on the Midland Railway (originally the Leeds and Bradford Extension Railway) in Lancashire.^[1]

[edit] February events

• February 28 - The Eastern Region of British Railways closes most of the former Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway.^[2]

[edit] March events

• March 28 - The Niagara, St. Catharines and Toronto Railway, the last interurban railroad in Canada, operates its last revenue train.

[edit] April events

• April 3 - Construction begins on Japanese National Railways’ Tōkaidō Shinkansen between Osaka and Tokyo.
• SAFEGE test monorail built in France.

[edit] June events

• June 9 - The Chicago, Aurora and Elgin Railroad, interurban railway serving Chicago's western suburbs, ceases freight operations, thus bringing an end to all of the railroad's operations.
• June 15 - The Disneyland Monorail System built by Alweg opens, making it the first daily operating monorail system in the western hemisphere.
• June 21 - Soo Line 2719 hauls the last of Soo Line Railroad's steam locomotive-powered trains in revenue service on a round-trip excursion between Minneapolis, Minnesota, and Ladysmith, Wisconsin.^[3]

[edit] July events

• July 14 - Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR) 0-6-0 number 5244, class B-6sb, becomes the last steam locomotive to operate on the PRR.
• July 18 - The last steam locomotive runs on the Nickel Plate Road as a pair of 0-8-0 switchers are called out to cover a traffic surge.

[edit] August events

• August 30 - Streetcar service in Montreal, Canada is discontinued.

[edit] October events

• October 6 - The Carmelit, Haifa's underground funicular railway, opens.
• October 28 - The Canadian National Railway line between St. Felicien and Chibougamau, Quebec, opens.

[edit] December events

• December 1 - The Virginian Railway is merged into the Norfolk and Western Railroad.
• December 29 - First section of Lisbon Metro (Metropolitano de Lisboa) opens in Lisbon, Portugal, first metro (subway) system in the country.

[edit] Unknown date events

• General Electric announces that it will begin manufacturing diesel locomotives on its own.
• ACF Industries completes the last passenger car that it is to build.
• The Ottawa, Arnprior & Parry Sound Railway runs its last train, ending 62 years of service.

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[edit] Deaths

[edit] References

1. ^ Binns (2005). Midland Lines Railway Stations Past and Present. Trackside Publications. ISBN 1900095262. 
2. ^ Wrottesley, A. J. F. (1970). The Midland & Great Northern Joint Railway. Newton Abbot: David & Charles. ISBN 0-7153-4340-8. 
3. ^ Gilchinski, Steve (February 1997). "Soo Line 2-8-2 back in steam". Trains magazine 57 (2): 24–25. 

• Colin Churcher's Railway Pages (August 16, 2005), Significant dates in Canadian railway history. Retrieved August 30 and October 28, 2005.
• Suspended - SAFEGE Technical Page - Safege. Retrieved May 25, 2008.