1936 in rail transport
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This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 1936.
Events
March events
May events
- May 11 - Deutsche Reichsbahn-Gesellschaft's BR 05 class locomotive number 05 002 sets the world's speed record for steam locomotives at 200.4 km/h (124.5 mph) on a run between Hamburg and Berlin.
- May 12 - The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway inaugurates the all-diesel powered Super Chief passenger train between Chicago, Illinois, and Los Angeles, California.
- May 15 - The first City of Los Angeles passenger train makes its debut, using the streamliner trainset M-10002, running from Chicago, Illinois, to Los Angeles, California, on the Chicago and North Western Railway and the Union Pacific Railroad.
- May 17 - Illinois Central’s streamliner “Green Diamond” makes its debut, running between Chicago, Illinois and St. Louis, Missouri.
- May 20 - The first diesel locomotive rolls out of EMD’s LaGrange plant in McCook, Illinois: a 100-ton, 600-horsepower switcher built for the Santa Fe Railroad.
- May - Union Pacific Railroad takes delivery of the first of the M-10003-6 streamliner power cars.
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