1962 in rail transport

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This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 1962.

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

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[edit] January events

• January 8 - The Harmelen train disaster, the worst railway accident in the history of The Netherlands, occurs when one passenger train driver misses a warning signal and passes a red signal to collide nearly head-on with another passenger train.

[edit] February events

• February 1 - Nordlandsbanen in Norway is completed and opened to Bodø.

[edit] March events

• March 15 - Canadian Pacific Railway receives authorization to discontinue passenger train service between Ottawa and Chalk River.^[1]

[edit] July events

• July 17 - Canadian National Railway debuts a new paint scheme on its transcontinental passenger train, the Super Continental.

[edit] September events

• September 7 - The Buckfastleigh, Totnes and South Devon Railway, in England, is closed by the Western Region of British Railways.

[edit] October events

• October 11 - Colorado and Southern Railroad 2-8-0 number 641 pulls the last steam locomotive-operated regular daily service revenue train on a standard gauge railroad in the United States when it pulls a train from Leadville to Climax, Colorado.

[edit] Unknown date events

• New York Central purchases the first electric multiple unit passenger cars from Pullman-Standard for use on the Metro-North railroad.
• Union Pacific 3985, the largest operable steam locomotive in the world, is removed from revenue service on the Union Pacific Railroad.
• ALCO closes the ALCO Thermal Products Division (formerly Brooks Locomotive Works) plant in Dunkirk, New York.
• Harry A. deButts is succeeded by D. William Brosnan as president of the Southern Railway.
• The Northern Refrigerator Car Line is combined with Merchants Despatch.

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[edit] Deaths

[edit] Unknown date deaths

• Ralph Budd, president of the Great Northern Railway 1919–1932 and Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad 1932–1949 (b. 1879).

[edit] References

• (2000), American Experience / Streamliners / People & Events / Ralph Budd. Retrieved February 22, 2005.
• Norfolk Southern Railway. Retrieved February 22, 2005.
• President and Fellows of Harvard College (2004), 20th century great American business leaders - Ralph Budd. Retrieved February 22, 2005.
• Rivanna Chapter, National Railway Historical Society (2005), This Month in Railroad History - October. Retrieved October 11, 2005.
• (April 3, 2005), Significant dates in Canadian railway history. Retrieved July 12, 2005.
• White, John H., Jr. (Spring 1986). "America's most noteworthy railroaders". Railroad History 154: pp. 9-15. ISSN 0090-7847. OCLC 1785797.