1952 in rail transport
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This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 1952.
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[edit] Events
[edit] January events
- January 13 - Union Pacific Railroad’s City of San Francisco is stalled in snow on Donner Pass. The train's passengers remain stranded in the train until January 16.
[edit] July events
- July 6 - The last tram (streetcar) runs in London, England.
- July 21 - An earthquake measuring 7.5 on the Richter scale hits just north of Tehachapi, California. Tunnels 3 through 8 are all damaged, and no traffic moves on the Southern Pacific Railroad's Tehachapi Loop for 25 days.
[edit] August events
- August 2 - The Buffalo-Exchange Street Station opens.
[edit] September events
- September 6 - The Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad car ferry Badger is launched. It is the last coal-fired, passenger-carrying steamship built in the United States, and it is still in use for automobile travel.
[edit] October events
- October 8 - Three trains are involved in the Harrow and Wealdstone rail crash in England, a crash that kills 112 and injures 340.
[edit] November events
- November 1 - The Pacific Great Eastern Railway opens its branch from Quesnel, British Columbia, to a nearby junction with the Canadian National Railway.
[edit] December events
- December 1 - Canadian Pacific Railway ushers in the modern intermodal freight transport era with the introduction of Trailer On Flat Car service.
[edit] Unknown date events
- Donald Russell takes over as president of the Southern Pacific Company, parent company of the Southern Pacific Railroad.
