1940 in rail transport

none 1939 1940 1941 1940 Events January events January 9 – The Østfold Line in Norway takes electric traction into use between Ås and Dilling.http://www.jernbaneverket.no/no/dokumenter/Om-oss/Jernbanestatistikk/Jernbanestatistikk-2008/ Railway Statistics 2008 Norwegian National Rail Administration 2009 pdf 28 April 2010 34 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20120302040853/http://www.jernbaneverket.no/no/dokumenter/Om-oss/Jernbanestatistikk/Jernbanestatistikk-2008/ 2 March 2012 January 14 – Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway discontinues the San Francisco-Los Angeles-Chicago Navajo. January 27 – The Boston, Revere Beach and Lynn Railroad ceases operations in Massachusetts in preparation for abandonment. January 29 – Three gasoline-powered trains carrying factory workers crash and explode while approaching Ajikawaguchi Station, Yumesaki Line (Nishinari Line), Osaka, Japan, killing at least 181 people and injuring at least 92. February events February – Electro-Motive Corporation introduces the E5. March events March 29 – Southern Pacific Railroad runs its last passenger train to Fremont-Centerville, California. May events May 1 – The Østfold Line in Norway takes electric traction into use between Dilling and Fredrikstad. May 20 – Sixty-six railroads in the United States, in cooperation with the Travelers' Credit Corporation, begin selling railroad tickets, Pullman accommodations and all-expense tours on an installment basis, known as the Travel Credit Plan. Purchases over $50 can be charged. June events June 21 – East Wind begins summer service over the Pennsylvania, New Haven, Boston & Maine and Maine Central railroads between Washington, D.C., and Maine.The Best of Maine Railroads Johnson, Ron Portland Litho 1985 112 June 29 – Syracuse Transit Corporation closes the South Salina and Nedrow lines in Syracuse, New York. June 30 – Last day archbar freight trucks can legally operate in U.S. Interchange service (and then only on empty cars returning to their home roads). June – Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad takes delivery of the unique EMC AB6 locomotives. July events July 1 – Portions of the SNCF in Alsace-Lorraine are incorporated into the Deutsche Reichsbahn. July 15 – The Østfold Line in Norway takes electric traction into use between Fredrikstad and Sarpsborg. July 17 – The last section of the Baghdad Railway's mainline linking Istanbul and Baghdad is completed between El Yaroubieh and BaijiTrains of Turkey 2004-12-01 http://www.trainsofturkey.com/w/pmwiki.php/History/CIOB CIOB - Chemin de Fer Impérial Ottoman de Baghdad 2015-12-27 and the Compagnie Internationale des Wagons-Lits' Taurus Express begins to run throughout between Haydarpaşa Terminal, Istanbul, and Baghdad Central Station. July 29 – Rail traffic is suspended in France between French-retained and German-occupied territories. July 30 – The Pennsylvania Railroad orders its first 4-4-4-4 T1 duplex-drive steam locomotives. They are expected to be serious competition for diesel power. August events August 1 – Norwegian State Railways runs first through train on the Flåm Line.Flåmsbana Museet http://www.flamsbana-museet.no/visartikkel.asp?art=296 2009-06-06 https://web.archive.org/web/20070708154435/http://www.flamsbana-museet.no/visartikkel.asp?art=296 2007-07-08 dead September events September 2 – Kansas City Southern Railway inaugurates the Southern Belle passenger train service between Kansas City, Missouri, and New Orleans, Louisiana.Trains News Wire (April 27, 2005), 'Miss Southern Belle' dies. Retrieved May 4, 2005. September 13 – The Gulf, Mobile and Ohio Railroad is formed by the merger of the Gulf, Mobile and Northern and Mobile and Ohio Railroads. October events October 1 – The Pennsylvania Turnpike opens, constructed using tunnels and grades originally built for the never-completed South Pennsylvania Railroad. November events November 4 – Norton Fitzwarren, England: a train driver on the Great Western Railway misreads the signals on a four track line, and drives his train off the end of the track. November 11 The Østfold Line in Norway takes electric traction into use between Sarpsborg and Halden. Syracuse Transit Corporation closes the Elm Street line in Syracuse, New York. November 22 – The Newark City Subway in New Jersey opens an extension from Heller Parkway to Grove Street.http://www.urbanrail.net/am/nark/newark.htm Newark Subway, PATH and Light Rail UrbanRail.net 2007-11-22 2007 https://web.archive.org/web/20071118151708/http://www.urbanrail.net/am/nark/newark.htm 2007-11-18 dead December December 15 – The IND Sixth Avenue Line of the New York City Subway is completed and opened throughout. December 17 – The Florida East Coast Railway introduces the Dixie Flagler passenger train between Chicago, Illinois and Miami, Florida, replacing the Henry M. Flagler. Deaths September deaths September 23 – Hale Holden, president of Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad 1914–1918 and 1920–1929, chairman of the board of directors for Southern Pacific Railroad 1932–1939, dies (b. 1869).https://books.google.com/books?id=lEIcAQAAMAAJ Hale Holden Railway Age Gazette 57 10 428 September 4, 1914 December 2, 2013https://books.google.com/books?id=Suu9yUKdA8IC Biographical Dictionary of American Business Leaders 2 Ingham John N. 1983 0-313-23908-8 Greenwood Press Westport, Connecticut 594–5 December 2, 2013 October deaths October 24 – William Benson Storey, president of Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway 1920–1933 (born 1857).New York Times October 30, 1940 http://www.geocities.com/bevshul/OHS/articles/Storey1877.htm W. B. Storey Dies August 19, 2005 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20121114044116/http://www.geocities.com/bevshul/OHS/articles/Storey1877.htm November 14, 2012 November deaths November 9 – Charles Langbridge Morgan, chief engineer for London, Brighton and South Coast Railway, dies (b. 1855). Unknown date deaths Leonor F. Loree, president of Baltimore and Ohio Railroad 1901–1903, Delaware and Hudson Railway 1907–1938 and Kansas City Southern Railway 1918–1920 (born 1858). Accidents uncollapsed References