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1933 in rail transport

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This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 1933.

Events

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January events

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February events

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April events

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May events

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Fliegender Hamburger

June events

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July events

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August events

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  • August 15 – The first broadcast of the passing “Pan American” on radio station WSM. This will become a daily feature, popularizing “train” rhythms in country music, a Hank Williams song and making celebrities out of the Louisville & Nashville crews.

September events

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October events

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November events

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December events

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Unknown date events

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  • The Cache-Two Rivers trestle on the Ottawa, Arnprior & Parry Sound Railway is severely damaged by flood waters. Repairs prove too costly and it is closed, effectively cutting the railway into two pieces, leading to its demise in 1959.

Accidents

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Births

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Deaths

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References

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  1. ^ Garland, Ken (1994). Mr Beck's Underground Map. Harrow Weald: Capital Transport. ISBN 978-1-85414-168-2.
  2. ^ Hill, Keith (2005). "Brighton's Belle Époque". BackTrack. 19: 70–9.
  3. ^ San Diego Railroad Museum (May 8, 2003), San Diego's "Impossible Railroad" Archived 2005-12-31 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved January 23, 2006.
  4. ^ Ferris, Tom (1993). The Irish Narrow Gauge, Volume 2: The Ulster Lines. Midland Publishing. ISBN 1-85780-017-6.
  5. ^ ja:山陰本線#歴史 (Japanese language) Retrieved January 13, 2017.
  6. ^ Stroud, John (1987). Railway Air Services. London: Ian Allan. ISBN 978-0-7110-1743-6.
  7. ^ Armitage, Merle (1973). Homage to the Santa Fe; The many facets of big time railroading (reprinted 1986 ed.). Hawthorne, California: Omni Publications. p. 139.
  8. ^ Bryant, Keith L. Jr. (1982). History of the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway. University of Nebraska Press. pp. 260–261. ISBN 978-0-8032-6066-5.
  9. ^ Waters, Lawrence Leslie (1950). Steel Trails to Santa Fe. Lawrence, Kansas: University of Kansas Press. p. 421.
  10. ^ ja:大阪市営地下鉄御堂筋線#歴史 (Japanese language) Retrieved January 13, 2017.
  11. ^ Jones, Robert C.; Register, David L. (1987). Two Feet to Tidewater. Pruett Publishing. p. 219. ISBN 978-0-87108-729-4.
  12. ^ Johnson, Ron (1985). The Best of Maine Railroads. Portland Litho. p. 111.
  13. ^ "South Shore Railroad history". Chicago Post-Tribune. 2008-06-29. Retrieved 2008-06-30.[dead link]