1963 in rail transport
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1962 in rail transport
1963 in rail transport
1964 in rail transport
This article lists events related to
rail transport
that occurred in
1963
.
Contents
1
Events
1.1
January events
1.2
May events
1.3
June events
1.4
August events
1.5
September events
1.6
October events
1.7
November events
1.8
Unknown date events
2
Births
3
Deaths
4
References
Events
January events
January 21
- The
Chicago North Shore and Milwaukee Railroad
ceases all operation.
January 26
- The last passenger train on
Canadian Pacific Railway
between
Ottawa
and
Maniwaki, Quebec
, departs using CP
RDCs
9105 and 9023.
[
1
]
May events
May 4
-
Nickel Plate 765
is retired.
May 20
- The
Rutland Railroad
, in
New York
and
Vermont
, ceases operations; the
right-of-way
is officially abandoned after
ICC
approval earlier in the year.
June events
June 28
- The
Philadelphia and Reading Railroad
's
King Coal
passenger train
makes its final run to
Shamokin, Pennsylvania
.
[
2
]
August events
August 20
- The one millionth railroad carload of
lettuce
is shipped from
Salinas, California
.
August 31
-
Detroit, Toledo and Ironton Railroad
takes control of
Ann Arbor Railroad
, in
Michigan
.
September events
September -
General Electric
introduces the
GE U25C
.
October events
October 16
- The
Nickel Plate Road
together with the
Wabash Railroad
and several smaller carriers are merged with the profitable
Norfolk & Western
Railway (N&W).
November events
November -
General Motors Electro-Motive Division
introduces the
EMD GP30
.
November 9
- Two
passenger trains
collide with a derailed freight train on the
Tōkaidō Main Line
in
Yokohama
,
Japan
; the
Yokohama rail crash
results in 161 deaths.
Unknown date events
The
Central of Georgia
is merged into the
Southern Railway
.
ALCO
introduces the
ALCO Century 628
.
Births
Deaths
References
Railroad history of Northumberland County
. Retrieved
June 28
,
2005
.
Railroad history timeline: 1960-1969
. Retrieved
August 31
,
2005
.
^
Colin Churcher's Railway Pages (
January 8
,
2006
),
Significant dates in Ottawa railway history
. Retrieved
January 25
,
2006
.
^
"
Railroad History of Northumberland County
".
Lower Anthracite Model Railroad Club
. Retrieved on 2007-08-08.
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