1967 in rail transport
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This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 1967.
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[edit] Events
[edit] January events
- January - General Electric introduces the GE U30C.
[edit] February events
- February 21 - Retiral of last shunting horse to work on British Rail, "Charlie" at Newmarket.[1]
- February 28 – Stechford rail crash on British Rail at Stechford railway station in Birmingham: a diesel locomotive collides with a passenger train as a result of a shunting error, killing the driver and 8 passengers and injuring 16.[2]
[edit] March events
- March 5 – Connington South rail crash on the British Rail East Coast Main Line near Conington, Huntingdonshire: 5 passengers killed and 18 injured as the result of a deliberate act by the signalman.[3]
- March 6 - Railways between Cambridge and Sudbury via Haverhill closed after British Rail Eastern Region closed it under the Beeching Report.
- March 20 - British Rail reopens the remaining section of line on the Isle of Wight, from Ryde Pier Head to Shanklin, after electrification to the Southern Region standard (750 V DC third rail) using former London Underground "Tube" stock.[4]
- March 24 - Soo Line Railroad discontinues passenger train operations.[5]
[edit] April events
- April 1 - The United States National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) begins work.[6]
- April 20 - The Interstate Commerce Commission grants its initial approval of the proposed CNW/CGW merger.[7]
[edit] July events
- July 3 - Closure of Nottingham Victoria Railway Station, Nottingham,U.K
- 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.
- July 31 - Thirsk rail crash on the British Rail East Coast Main Line at Thirsk: an express train collides with a derailed freight. 7 passengers are killed, 45 injured, and prototype diesel locomotive DP2 is written off.[8][9]
[edit] September events
- September 30 - The Monon Railroad ceases all passenger train operations.
[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.[10]
[edit] November events
- November 5 – Hither Green rail crash on the Southern Region of British Rail in south-east London: derailment caused by a broken rail; 49 killed.[11]
[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.[12]
[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.
[edit] Births
[edit] Deaths
[edit] Unknown date deaths
- Wayne A. Johnston, president of Illinois Central Railroad 1945-1966 (b. 1897).[13]
[edit] References
- Norfolk Southern Railway. Retrieved February 22, 2005.
- Rivanna Chapter, National Railway Historical Society (2005), This Month in Railroad History: July. Retrieved July 22, 2005.
- ^ Holden, Bryan (1985). The Long Haul – the life and times of the railway horse. London: J. A. Allen. ISBN 0-85131-395-7.
- ^ Ministry of Transport (1968). Railway accident:, Report on the collision that occurred on 28th February 1967 at Stechford in the London Midland Region British Railways. London: H.M.S.O.
- ^ Ministry of Transport; Lt-Col. I. K. A. McNaughton (1969). Railway accident: Report on the derailment that occurred on 5th March, 1967 at Connington South in the Eastern Region British Railways. London: H.M.S.O. ISBN 0-11-550079-0.
- ^ Gillham, J. C. (1988). The Age of the Electric Train. London: Ian Allan. ISBN 0-7110-1392-6.
- ^ Rivanna Chapter National Railway Historical Society. This Month in Railroad History: March. Retrieved on 2006-03-24.
- ^ National Transportation Safety Board (March 15, 2005). New NTSB publication examines 30-year history of transportation safety improvements. Retrieved on 2005-03-15.
- ^ "Week at a glance: Chicago roads get merger reaffirmed" (June 17, 1968). Railway Age 164 (23): p 11.
- ^ Ministry of Transport; Col. D. McMullen (1968). Railway accident: Report on the Derailment and subsequent Collision that occurred on 31st July, 1967, at Thirsk in the Eastern Region British Railways. London: H.M.S.O. ISBN 0-11-550036-7.
- ^ Brown, Murray (August 2007). "Disaster at Thirsk – DP2 destroyed". Rail Express 135: 20-23.
- ^ Colin Churcher's Railway Pages (September 7, 2005). Significant dates in Ottawa railway history. Retrieved on 2005-10-28.
- ^ Derailment at Hither Green (Summary). Railways Archive.
- ^ Illinois Railway Museum (May 5, 2005). History of the IRM. Retrieved on 2005-11-07.
- ^ University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Archives. Wayne A. Johnston Papers, 1945-1967. Retrieved on 2006-02-09.
