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 The Canadian Pacific Railway (french: Chemin de fer Canadien Pacifique) , also known simply as CPR or Canadian Pacific and formerly as CP Rail (1968–1996), is a Canadian Class I railway incorporated in 1881. The railway is owned by Canadi ...

between

Ottawa Ottawa (, ; Canadian French: ) is the capital city of Canada. It is located at the confluence of the Ottawa River and the Rideau River in the southern portion of the province of Ontario. Ottawa borders Gatineau, Quebec, and forms the core ...

and Maniwaki, Quebec, departs using CP RDCs 9105 and 9023.

March events

* March 27 - First Beeching cuts Reshaping of British railways report published. * March 31 - Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority ends streetcar service on the last of the former Los Angeles Railway lines: J, P, R, S, and V.

May events

* May 4 -

Nickel Plate 765 Nickel Plate Road 765 is a class "S-2" 2-8-4 " Berkshire" type steam locomotive built for the New York, Chicago & St. Louis Railroad, commonly referred to as the "Nickel Plate Road". No. 765 continues to operate in mainline excursion service an ...

is retired. * May 20 - The Rutland Railroad, in

New York New York most commonly refers to: * New York City, the most populous city in the United States, located in the state of New York * New York (state), a state in the northeastern United States New York may also refer to: Film and television * '' ...

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 A passenger train is a train used to transport people along a railroad line. These trains may consist of unpowered passenger railroad cars (also known as coaches or carriages) hauled by one or more locomotives, or may be self-propelled; self pr ...

makes its final run to Shamokin, Pennsylvania. ** Caerphilly railway works in Wales closes.

July events

* July 15 –

Yabitsu Station was a railway station in the city of Yokote, Akita Prefecture, Japan, operated by JR East. The station closed permanently on March 12, 2022. Lines Yabitsu Station is served by the Kitakami Line The is a railway line in Japan. Part of th ...

Yokote is a city located in Akita Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 89,574 in 34,240 households, and a population density of 130 persons per km². The total area of the city is . Geography Yokote is located in southeast c ...

Akita Prefecture is a Prefectures of Japan, prefecture of Japan located in the Tōhoku region of Honshu.Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Provinces and prefectures" in ; "Tōhoku" in . Its population is approximately 966,000 (as of 1 October 2019) and its ge ...

Japan Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...

, is opened for regular service. * July 23 - The Chicago and North Western Railway's passenger trains from Chicago, Illinois to Minnesota, the '' Twin Cities 400'' and the ''

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'', cease operation following approval from the

Interstate Commerce Commission The Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC) was a regulatory agency in the United States created by the Interstate Commerce Act of 1887. The agency's original purpose was to regulate railroads (and later trucking) to ensure fair rates, to eliminat ...

August events

* August 8 - Great Train Robbery (1963) £2.6 million train robbery. (£ in adjusted for inflation) * August 20 - The one millionth railroad carload of lettuce is shipped from

Salinas, California Salinas (; Spanish for "Salt Marsh or Salt Flats") is a city in California and the county seat of Monterey County. With a population of 163,542 in the 2020 Census, Salinas is the most populous city in Monterey County. Salinas is an urban area lo ...

. * August 31 - Detroit, Toledo and Ironton Railroad takes control of Ann Arbor Railroad, in Michigan.

September events

* September - General Electric introduces the

GE U25C The U25C was a diesel locomotive built by General Electric intended for the United States domestic market The term United States domestic market (USDM) is an unofficial term used chiefly by automotive enthusiasts to describe the United States' ec ...

October events

* October 16 - The

Nickel Plate Road The New York, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad , abbreviated NYC&St.L, was a railroad that operated in the mid-central United States. Commonly referred to as the "Nickel Plate Road", the railroad served parts of the states of New York (state), Ne ...

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 The EMD GP30 is a four-axle diesel-electric locomotive built by General Motors Electro-Motive Division of La Grange, Illinois between July 1961 and November 1963. A total of 948 units were built for railroads in the United States and Canada ( ...

. * November 9 - Two

s collide with a derailed freight train on the Tōkaidō Main Line in Yokohama,

; the Yokohama rail crash results in 161 deaths.

December events

* Mitsubishi Heavy Industries of Japan ship a final batch of ten

2-10-2 Under the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, represents the wheel arrangement of two leading wheels, ten powered and coupled driving wheels, and two trailing wheels. In the United States of America and elsewhere the is ...

steam locomotives to a design improved by Livio Dante Porta for the isolated

Ramal Ferro Industrial Río Turbio Metre and gauge lines are found in South America. Some of the gauge lines cross international borders, though not as efficiently as they might. Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil and Chile have gauge lines. Colombia and Peru have gauge lines. Argent ...

(RFIRP) 750 mm gauge railway in the southern Patagonian Desert of Argentina to haul coal from Río Turbio for shipping from Río Gallegos, Santa Cruz. See also

Rio Turbio Railway The Río Turbio Industrial Rail Line ( es, Ramal Ferro Industrial de Río Turbio) is a gauge railway that crosses the breadth of Patagonia, from the mining township of Río Turbio on the Chilean border to Punta Loyola, a port distant 20 km from ...

Unknown date events

* Mauritania Railway opened. * The

Central of Georgia Railway The Central of Georgia Railway started as the Central Rail Road and Canal Company in 1833. As a way to better attract investment capital, the railroad changed its name to Central Rail Road and Banking Company of Georgia. This railroad was cons ...

is merged into the Southern Railway (U.S.) * ALCO introduces the ALCO Century 628. *

SNCF Class BB 67000 The Class BB 67000 are diesel locomotives in service with the SNCF ("French National Railway Company") from the 1960s. History The first of the big diesels introduced by SNCF in the 1960s to replace steam locomotives and an early example of Pau ...

diesel locomotives introduced in France. *

Eritrean Railway The Eritrean Railway is the only railway system in Eritrea. It was constructed between 1887 and 1932 during the Italian Eritrea colony and connects the port of Massawa with Asmara. Originally it also connected to Bishia. The line was partly damag ...

assembles

0-4-4-0 In the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotive wheel arrangement, a 0-4-4-0 is a locomotive with no leading truck, two sets of four driving wheels, and no trailing truck. Examples of this type were constructed as Shay, Heisler ...

T R442.61 in its shops at

Asmara Asmara ( ), or Asmera, is the capital and most populous city of Eritrea, in the country's Central Region. It sits at an elevation of , making it the sixth highest capital in the world by altitude and the second highest capital in Africa. The ...

, the last Mallet locomotive built in the world.

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References

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Railroad history of Northumberland County
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