1933 in rail transport
This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 1933.
Events
January events
February events
April events
May events
June events
July events
August events
- August 15 – The first broadcast of the passing “Pan American” on radio station WSM. This will become a daily feature, popularizing “train” rhythms in country music, a Hank Williams song and making celebrities out of the Louisville & Nashville crews.
September events
October events
November events
Unknown date events
- The Cache-Two Rivers trestle on the Ottawa, Arnprior & Parry Sound Railway is severely damaged by flood waters. Repairs proved too costly and it was closed effectively cutting the railway into two pieces. This event would lead to its demise in 1959.
Births
Deaths
References
- ^ Garland, Ken (1994). Mr Beck's Underground Map. Harrow Weald: Capital Transport. ISBN 978-1-85414-168-2.
- ^ Hill, Keith (2005). "Brighton's Belle Époque". BackTrack 19: 70–9.
- ^ San Diego Railroad Museum (May 8, 2003), San Diego's "Impossible Railroad". Retrieved January 23, 2006.
- ^ Stroud, John (1987). Railway Air Services. London: Ian Allan. ISBN 978-0-7110-1743-6.
- ^ Armitage, Merle (1973). Homage to the Santa Fe; The many facets of big time railroading (reprinted 1986 ed.). Hawthorne, California: Omni Publications. p. 139.
- ^ Bryant, Keith L., Jr. (1982). History of the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway. University of Nebraska Press. pp. 260–261. ISBN 978-0-8032-6066-5.
- ^ Waters, Lawrence Leslie (1950). Steel Trails to Santa Fe. Lawrence, Kansas: University of Kansas Press. p. 421.
- ^ Jones, Robert C. and Register, David L. (1987). Two Feet to Tidewater. Pruett Publishing. p. 219. ISBN 978-0-87108-729-4.
- ^ Johnson, Ron (1985). The Best of Maine Railroads. Portland Litho. p. 111.
- ^ "South Shore Railroad history". Chicago Post-Tribune. 2008-06-29. http://www.post-trib.com/news/1026442,SSHISTORY629.article. Retrieved 2008-06-30.