1924 in rail transport
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This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 1924.
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[edit] Events
[edit] March events
- March 31 - American Car and Foundry acquires Pacific Car and Foundry.
[edit] May events
- May 8 - Arthur Honegger’s “Pacifica 231” premieres. The orchestral tone poem reflects Honegger’s impressions of steam engines.
[edit] June events
- June 28 - The streetcar system in Adrian, Michigan, is abandoned. [1]
[edit] August events
- August 7 - Streetcars operate for the last time in Williamsport, Pennsylvania, to be replaced with buses.
- August 14 - The New York Central tests a General Electric Diesel-electric locomotive. The locomotive succeeds in starting a train of 93 cars on level track.
[edit] September events
- September 28 - The Chicago & Alton places "the handsomest train in the world" into Chicago – St. Louis service. The red painted, million dollar train competes with Illinois Central's green and black "Daylight Special" and Wabash's blue "Blue Banner Special".
[edit] October events
- October 23 - Two trolley cars of the Hull Electric Railway in Ottawa collide head-on due to a misunderstanding in operations around track maintenance work.[1]
[edit] December events
- December 17 - The first Diesel-electric locomotive enters service, on the docks in the Bronx.
[edit] Unknown date events
- ALCO produces its first diesel locomotive using electrical components from General Electric.
- The first section of the Barcelona Metro opens.
[edit] Births
[edit] Deaths
[edit] References
- Michiganrailroads.com, Railroad history timeline - 1920s. Retrieved June 28, 2005.
- Williamsport Bureau of Transportation (2005), History of Mass Transit in Williamsport. Retrieved August 7, 2005.
- ^ Head on at Deschenes. Colin Churcher's Railway Pages. Retrieved on October 23, 2006.
