1962 in rail transport
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This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 1962.
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[edit] Events
[edit] January events
- January 4 – New York City Subway introduces a driverless train.
- January 8 – The Harmelen train disaster, the worst railway accident in the history of the Netherlands, occurs when one passenger train driver misses a warning signal and passes a red signal to collide nearly head-on with another passenger train. 93 are killed.
- January 28 – The last lines of streetcars in Washington, D.C., end operations.[1][2]
[edit] February events
- February 1 - Nordlandsbanen in Norway is completed and opened to Bodø.
[edit] March events
- March 15 - Canadian Pacific Railway receives authorization to discontinue passenger train service between Ottawa and Chalk River.[3]
[edit] May events
- May 3 - Mikawashima train crash in Japan kills 160.
- May 23 - Drilling for the new Montreal Metro system commences.
[edit] July events
- July 17 - Canadian National Railway debuts a new paint scheme on its transcontinental passenger train, the Super Continental.
[edit] September events
- September 7 - The Buckfastleigh, Totnes and South Devon Railway, in England, is closed by the Western Region of British Railways.
[edit] October events
- October 11 - Colorado and Southern Railway 2-8-0 number 641 pulls the last steam locomotive-operated regular daily service revenue train on a standard gauge railroad in the United States when it pulls a train from Leadville to Climax, Colorado.
- October 28 - The Lake Street Elevation of the Chicago Transit Authority rail system is placed in operation, relocating 2.6 miles of the former at-grade portion of the route onto the Chicago and North Western Transportation Company's elevated right-of-way, with new above-ground stations at Central, Austin, Ridgeland, Oak Park and Harlem/Lake. The improvement eliminated a total of 22 grade crossings in Chicago, Oak Park and Forest Park.
[edit] Unknown date events
- New York Central purchases the first electric multiple unit passenger cars from Pullman-Standard for use on the Metro-North railroad.
- Union Pacific 3985, the largest operable steam locomotive in the world, is removed from revenue service on the Union Pacific Railroad.
- First Indian Railways Class WDM-2, from ALCO, introduced. The class will eventually exceed 2,800 units.[4]
- ALCO closes the ALCO Thermal Products Division (formerly Brooks Locomotive Works) plant in Dunkirk, New York.
- Harry A. deButts is succeeded by D. William Brosnan as president of the Southern Railway.
- The Northern Refrigerator Car Line is combined with Merchants Despatch.
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[edit] Births
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[edit] Deaths
- February 2 - Ralph Budd, president of the Great Northern Railway 1919–1932 and Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad 1932–1949 (b. 1879).
[edit] References
- (2000), American Experience / Streamliners / People & Events / Ralph Budd. Retrieved February 22, 2005.
- Norfolk Southern Railway. Retrieved February 22, 2005.
- President and Fellows of Harvard College (2004), 20th century great American business leaders - Ralph Budd. Retrieved February 22, 2005.
- Rivanna Chapter, National Railway Historical Society (2005), This Month in Railroad History - October. Retrieved October 11, 2005.
- (April 3, 2005), Significant dates in Canadian railway history. Retrieved July 12, 2005.
- White, John H., Jr. (Spring 1986). "America's most noteworthy railroaders". Railroad History 154: pp. 9–15. ISSN 0090-7847. OCLC 1785797.
- ^ Washington D.C. Chapter of the National Railway Historical Society. "Washington, D.C. Railroad History: Railroad History Timeline". Archived from the original on 2007-06-23. http://www.webcitation.org/5PotjAJbj. Retrieved January 28, 2010.
- ^ Rivanna Chapter, National Railway Historical Society (January 15, 2006). "This Month in Railroad History: January". http://nrhs.avenue.org/histjan.htm. Retrieved January 28, 2010.
- ^ "Significant dates in Ottawa railway history". Colin Churcher's Railway Pages. 2007-02-23. http://www.railways.incanada.net/candate/ottawa.htm. Retrieved 2007-03-15.
- ^ Dutta, Joydeep (2001). "The WDM-2 loco - a tribute". Indian Railways Fan Club. http://www.irfca.org/articles/jdutta-20010523-tribute.html. Retrieved 2009-12-21.