1947 in rail transport
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This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 1947.
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[edit] Events
[edit] January events
- January 19 - The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad inaugurates the Cincinnatian passenger train between Baltimore, Maryland, and Cincinnati, Ohio.
[edit] February events
- February 28 - The Illinois Central Railroad withdraws its specialized Green Diamond passenger trainset from Chicago-St. Louis service.
[edit] March events
- March 4 - Ms. Friedel Klussman launches a drive to preserve the San Francisco cable car system.
[edit] April events
- April 27 - After a complete overhaul, Illinois Central's Green Diamond trainset re-enters active service, this time between Jackson, Mississippi, and New Orleans, Louisiana, as the Miss-Lou passenger train.
[edit] May events
- May 5 - Sixteen people die in the Camp Mountain train disaster when a crowded picnic train derails on a sharp left-hand curve between Ferny Grove and Camp Mountain stations on the now-closed Dayboro line, approximately 20 km(12.4 miles) northwest of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
- May 31 - The Gulf, Mobile and Ohio Railroad acquires the Chicago and Alton Railroad.
[edit] June events
- June 6 - The Pere Marquette Railroad is merged into the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway.
- June 29 - The Milwaukee Road inaugurates the Olympian Hiawatha passenger train between Chicago, Illinois and Tacoma, Washington. Simultaneously, the railroad revives the Columbian, operating on the same route.
[edit] August events
- August 6 - The Transport Act 1947 is passed by the Parliament of the United Kingdom providing for the nationalisation of all major British railways in 1948.[1]
[edit] September events
- September 1, 1947 – Dugald, Manitoba, Canada: A Canadian National Railway passenger train fails to take the siding and collides with the No. 4 Transcontinental that is standing on the main line. Thirty-one people are killed.
- September 17 - The American Freedom Train, carrying the original versions of the United States Constitution, Declaration of Independence and the Bill of Rights, begins a two-year tour of the United States starting in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. See also American Freedom Train - 1947-1949 station stops
[edit] October events
- October 1 - The Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) begins operating the local transit (buses and 'L'-Subway rapid transit) systems in Chicago after acquiring the properties of the former Chicago Surface Lines and the Chicago Rapid Transit Company.
- October 18 - Alaska Railroad inaugurates the Aurora passenger train service between Fairbanks and Anchorage.[2]
[edit] Unknown date events
- The first diesel locomotives enter mainline operation on the Southern Pacific Railroad.
- The Southern Pacific Railroad is reincorporated in Delaware.
- The City of Los Angeles train frequency is upgraded to daily.
- The Super Chief train frequency is upgraded to daily.
- Lima Locomotive Works is merged with General Machinery Corporation of Hamilton, OH. The new company is named Lima-Hamilton.
- The components of the former M-10002 streamliner trainset are scrapped.
- William Neal succeeds D'Alton Cory Coleman as president of Canadian Pacific Railway.
- The last United States Fish and Wildlife Service fish car is taken out of service.[3]
- The Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad inaugurates its Old Dominion passenger train between Washington, DC, and Richmond, Virginia.
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[edit] References
- Wayner, Robert J., ed. (1972). Car Names, Numbers and Consists. New York: Wayner Publications.
- ^ Bonavia, Michael R. (1979). The Birth of British Rail. London: George Allen & Unwin. ISBN 0-04-385071-5.
- ^ Alaska Railroad. Alaska Railroad History. Retrieved on 2006-07-20.
- ^ U.S. Government Printing Office (1979). The Fish Car Era of the National Fish Hatchery System. Retrieved on 2005-03-28.
