1940 in rail transport

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1939, 1940, 1941

Years in rail transport

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This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 1940.

Contents 1 Events 1.1 January events 1.2 February events 1.3 March events 1.4 May events 1.5 June events 1.6 July events 1.7 September events 1.8 October events 1.9 Unknown date events 2 Births 3 Deaths 3.1 October deaths 3.2 Unknown date deaths 4 References

[edit] Events

[edit] January events

• January 14 - Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway discontinues the San Francisco-Los Angeles-Chicago Navajo.
• January 27 - The Boston, Revere Beach and Lynn Railroad ceased operations in Massachusetts in preparation for abandonment.

[edit] February events

• February - General Motors Electro-Motive Division introduces the EMD E5.

[edit] March events

• March 29 - Southern Pacific Railroad runs its last passenger train to Fremont-Centerville, California.

[edit] May events

• May 20 - Sixty-six railroads in the United States, in cooperation with the Travelers' Credit Corporation, begin selling railroad tickets, Pullman accommodations and all-expense tours on an installment basis, known as the Travel Credit Plan. Purchases over $50 could be charged.

[edit] June events

• June 30 - Last day archbar freight trucks could legally operate in U.S. Interchange service, and then only on empty cars returning to their home roads.
• June - Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad takes delivery of the unique EMD AB6 locomotives.

[edit] July events

• July 17 - The last section of the Baghdad Railway's mainline linking Istanbul and Baghdad is completed between El Yaroubieh and Baiji.
• July 29 - Rail traffic is suspended in France between French-retained and German-occupied territories.
• July 30 - The Pennsylvania Railroad orders its first 4-4-4-4 T1 duplex-drive steam locomotives. They were expected to be serious competition for diesel power.

[edit] September events

• September 2 - Kansas City Southern inaugurates the Southern Belle passenger train service between Kansas City, Missouri, and New Orleans, Louisiana.
• September 13 - The Gulf, Mobile and Ohio Railroad is formed by the merger of the Gulf, Mobile and Northern and Mobile and Ohio Railroads.

[edit] October events

• October 1 - The Pennsylvania Turnpike opens, constructed using tunnels and grades originally built for the never-completed West Penn Railroad.

[edit] Unknown date events

• Norton Fitzwarren train disaster, England: a train driver misreads the signals on a four track line, and drives his train off the end of the track.

[edit] Births

[edit] Deaths

[edit] October deaths

• October 24 - William Benson Storey, president of Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway 1920-1933, dies (b. 1857).

[edit] Unknown date deaths

• Leonor F. Loree, president of Baltimore and Ohio Railroad 1901-1903, Delaware and Hudson Railway 1907-1938 and Kansas City Southern Railway 1918-1920 (b. 1858).

[edit] References

• New York Times (October 30, 1940), W. B. Storey Dies. Retrieved August 19, 2005.
• Trains News Wire (April 27, 2005), 'Miss Southern Belle' dies. Retrieved May 4, 2005.
• Trains of Turkey (December 1, 2004), Baghdad Railway. Retrieved July 12, 2005.
• Wayner, Robert J., ed. (1972). Car Names, Numbers and Consists. New York: Wayner Publications.