1963 in rail transport
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This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 1963.
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[edit] January events
- January 21 - The Chicago North Shore and Milwaukee Railroad ceases all operation.
- January 26 - The last passenger train on Canadian Pacific Railway between Ottawa and Maniwaki, Quebec, departs using CP RDCs 9105 and 9023.[1]
[edit] May events
- May 4 - Nickel Plate 765 is retired.
- May 20 - The Rutland Railroad, in New York and Vermont, ceases operations; the right-of-way is officially abandoned after ICC approval earlier in the year.
[edit] June events
- June 28 - The Philadelphia and Reading Railroad's King Coal passenger train makes its final run to Shamokin, Pennsylvania.[2]
[edit] July events
- July 15 – Yabitsu Station in Yokote, Akita Prefecture, Japan, is opened for regular service.
- July 23 - The Chicago and North Western Railway's passenger trains from Chicago, Illinois to Minnesota, the Twin Cities 400 and the Rochester 400, cease operation following approval from the Interstate Commerce Commission.[3]
[edit] August events
- August 20 - The one millionth railroad carload of lettuce is shipped from Salinas, California.
- August 31 - Detroit, Toledo and Ironton Railroad takes control of Ann Arbor Railroad, in Michigan.
[edit] September events
- September - General Electric introduces the GE U25C.
[edit] October events
- October 16 - The Nickel Plate Road together with the Wabash Railroad and several smaller carriers are merged with the profitable Norfolk & Western Railway (N&W).
[edit] November events
- November - General Motors Electro-Motive Division introduces the EMD GP30.
- November 9 - Two passenger trains collide with a derailed freight train on the Tōkaidō Main Line in Yokohama, Japan; the Yokohama rail crash results in 161 deaths.
[edit] Unknown date events
- The Central of Georgia is merged into the Southern Railway.
- ALCO introduces the ALCO Century 628.
- Eritrean Railway assembles 0-4-4-0T R442.61 in its shops at Asmara, the last Mallet locomotive built in the world.[4]
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[edit] References
- Railroad history of Northumberland County. Retrieved June 28, 2005.
- Railroad history timeline: 1960-1969. Retrieved August 31, 2005.
- ^ Colin Churcher's Railway Pages (January 8, 2006), Significant dates in Ottawa railway history. Retrieved January 25, 2006.
- ^ "Railroad History of Northumberland County". Lower Anthracite Model Railroad Club. http://www.trainweb.org/lamrrc/history.html. Retrieved 2007-08-08.
- ^ Scribbins, Jim (2008). The 400 Story. Minneapolis/London: University of Minnesota Press (originally published by PTJ: Park Forest, IL, 1982). ISBN 978-0-8166-5449-9.
- ^ "The Eritrean Railway". The International Steam pages. http://www.internationalsteam.co.uk/trains/eritrea1.htm. Retrieved 2010-01-26.
