1967 in rail transport

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This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 1967.

Contents 1 Events 1.1 January events 1.2 March events 1.3 April events 1.4 July events 1.5 October events 1.6 September events 1.7 December events 1.8 Unknown date events 2 Births 3 Deaths 3.1 Unknown date deaths 4 References

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[edit] January events

• January - General Electric introduces the GE U30C.

[edit] March events

• March 24 - Soo Line Railroad discontinues passenger train operations.^[1]

[edit] April events

• April 1 - The United States National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) begins work.
• April 20 - The Interstate Commerce Commission grants its initial approval of the proposed CNW/CGW merger.^[2]

[edit] July events

• July 19 - The New York City Subway introduces its first air conditioned passenger car.
• July 25 - Construction begins in San Francisco, California, on the Market Street Subway.

[edit] October events

• October 2 - Canadian Pacific Railway removes the diamond crossing at Bedell, Ontario, the junction of the railway's Winchester and Prescott subdivisions.
• October 28 - Canadian Pacific Railway moves the last of its equipment out of its Ottawa West yard to the new Walkley Yard.

[edit] September events

• September 30 - The Monon Railroad ceases all passenger train operations.

[edit] December events

• December 3 - The New York Central's 20th Century Limited is discontinued just before the railroad's merger with the Pennsylvania Railroad to form the Penn Central.
• December 29 - The first steam locomotive powered train operates at Illinois Railway Museum using a Shay locomotive.

[edit] Unknown date events

• The Seaboard Air Line and Atlantic Coast Line railroads merge to form the Seaboard Coast Line railroad..
• Southern Pacific Railroad opens the longest stretch of new railroad construction in a quarter century as the first trains roll over the Palmdale Cutoff through Cajon Pass.
• The Central Railroad of New Jersey declares bankruptcy.
• General Motors Electro-Motive Division introduces the EMD FP45.
• D. William Brosnan is succeeded by W. Graham Claytor as president of the Southern Railway.

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[edit] Deaths

[edit] Unknown date deaths

• Wayne A. Johnston, president of Illinois Central Railroad 1945-1966 (b. 1897).^[3]

[edit] References

• Colin Churcher's Railway Pages (September 7, 2005), Significant dates in Ottawa railway history. Retrieved September 30 and October 28, 2005.
• Illinois Railway Museum (May 5, 2005), History of the IRM. Retrieved November 7, 2005.
• National Transportation Safety Board (March 15, 2005), New NTSB publication examines 30-year history of transportation safety improvements. Retrieved March 15, 2005.
• Rivanna Chapter, National Railway Historical Society (2005), This Month in Railroad History: July. Retrieved July 18, 2005.
• Norfolk Southern Railway. Retrieved February 22, 2005.
• Rivanna Chapter, National Railway Historical Society (2005), This Month in Railroad History: July. Retrieved July 22, 2005.

1. ^ Rivanna Chapter National Railway Historical Society, This Month in Railroad History: March. Retrieved March 24, 2006.
2. ^ (June 17, 1968) "Week at a glance: Chicago roads get merger reaffirmed". Railway Age 164 (23): p 11.
3. ^ University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Archives, Wayne A. Johnston Papers, 1945-1967. Retrieved February 9, 2006.