1962 in rail transport

none February 2012 1961 1962 1963 1960 Events January events January 4 – New York City Subway introduces a driverless train. January 8 – The Harmelen train disaster, the worst railway accident in the history of the Netherlands, occurs when one passenger train driver misses a warning signal and passes a red signal to collide nearly head-on with another passenger train. 93 are killed. January 28 – The last lines of streetcars in Washington, D.C., end operations.http://www.dcnrhs.org/dc_rail_history.htm Washington, D.C. Railroad History: Railroad History Timeline Washington D.C. Chapter of the National Railway Historical Society January 28, 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20070627200958/http://www.dcnrhs.org/dc_rail_history.htm June 27, 2007 dead mdy http://nrhs.avenue.org/histjan.htm This Month in Railroad History: January Rivanna Chapter, National Railway Historical Society January 15, 2006 January 28, 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20110722144342/http://nrhs.avenue.org/histjan.htm July 22, 2011 dead mdy-all February events thumb|right|Bodø railway station February 1 – The Nordland Line in Norway is completed and opened to Bodø. March events March 15 – Canadian Pacific Railway receives authorization to discontinue passenger train service between Ottawa and Chalk River.http://www.railways.incanada.net/candate/ottawa.htm Significant dates in Ottawa railway history Colin Churcher's Railway Pages February 23, 2007 March 15, 2007 https://web.archive.org/web/20070205234437/http://www.railways.incanada.net/candate/ottawa.htm February 5, 2007 dead March 23 – In Tokyo, Japan, the Marunouchi Line branch is extended from Nakano-fujimicho to Honancho.History https://www.tokyometro.jp/lang_en/corporate/profile/history/index.html https://web.archive.org/web/20230605063443/https://www.tokyometro.jp/lang_en/corporate/profile/history/index.html 2023-06-05 2024-07-13 tokyometro.jp May events May 3 – Mikawashima train crash in Japan kills 160. May 22 – SNCF in France completes electrification from Strasbourg through to Paris. May 23 – Drilling for the new Montreal Metro system commences. May 31 Toei Subway Line 1 (present-day Asakusa Line) opens between Asakusabashi and Higashi-Nihonbashi in Tokyo, Japan.東京都交通局,交通局について,都営地下鉄 History of the Transportation Bureau https://www.kotsu.metro.tokyo.jp/about/ayumi/subway.html live https://web.archive.org/web/20240223031608/https://www.kotsu.metro.tokyo.jp/about/ayumi/subway.html 23 February 2024 12 July 2024 kotsu.metro.tokyo.jp ja The Hibiya Line is extended north from Minami-senju to Kita-senju and south from Naka-okachimachi to Ningyocho.History https://www.tokyometro.jp/lang_en/corporate/profile/history/index.html https://web.archive.org/web/20230605063443/https://www.tokyometro.jp/lang_en/corporate/profile/history/index.html 2023-06-05 2024-07-13 tokyometro.jp Through service to the Tobu Isesaki Line also begins. June events June 30 – The Norfolk and Western Railway discontinues electrification on the former Virginian Railway.202 July events July 17 – Canadian National Railway debuts a new paint scheme on its transcontinental passenger train, the Super Continental. August events August 29 – In Tokyo, Japan, the Hibiya Line begins service between Kasumigaseki and Higashi-ginza.History https://www.tokyometro.jp/lang_en/corporate/profile/history/index.html https://web.archive.org/web/20230605063443/https://www.tokyometro.jp/lang_en/corporate/profile/history/index.html 2023-06-05 2024-07-13 tokyometro.jp September events September 1 – Port Authority Trans-Hudson assumes operation of the Hudson & Manhattan Railroad.58https://www.nytimes.com/1962/01/23/archives/2-states-agree-on-hudson-tubes-and-trade-center-new-york-and-jersey.html 2 States Agree On Hudson Tubes And Trade Center Wright George Cable January 23, 1962 The New York Times en-US 0362-4331 May 1, 2017 September 7 – The Buckfastleigh, Totnes and South Devon Railway, in England, is closed by the Western Region of British Railways. September 30 – Toei Subway Line 1 (present-day Asakusa Line) is extended from Higashi-Nihonbashi to Ningyocho in Tokyo, Japan. October events October 3 – British railway unions call a one-day strike in protest of workshop closures.Bagwell Philip Sidney The beeching era and after: the history of the National Union of Railwaymen 2023 Routledge London 9781000818215 https://books.google.com/books?id=xQ-fEAAAQBAJ&q=Bagwell+railwaymen+volume+2 26 August 2024 October 11 – Colorado and Southern Railway 2-8-0 number 641 pulls the last steam locomotive-operated regular daily service revenue train on a standard gauge railroad in the United States when it pulls a train from Leadville to Climax, Colorado. October 28 – The Lake Street Elevation of the Chicago Transit Authority rail system is placed in operation, relocating 2.6 miles of the former at-grade portion of the route onto the Chicago and North Western Transportation Company's elevated right-of-way, with new stations at Central, Austin, Ridgeland, Oak Park and Harlem. The improvement eliminated a total of 22 grade crossings in Chicago, Oak Park and Forest Park. Unknown date events Railway extended to Wau, South Sudan. New York Central purchases the first electric multiple unit passenger cars from Pullman-Standard for use on the Metro-North railroad. Union Pacific 3985, a Challenger locomotive, is removed from revenue service on the Union Pacific Railroad. First Indian Railways Class WDM-2, from ALCO, introduced. The class will eventually exceed 2,800 units.Joydeep Dutta The WDM-2 loco – a tribute Indian Railways Fan Club 2001 https://www.irfca.org/articles/jdutta-20010523-tribute.html December 21, 2009 ALCO closes the ALCO Thermal Products Division (formerly Brooks Locomotive Works) plant in Dunkirk, New York. Harry A. deButts is succeeded by D. William Brosnan as president of the Southern Railway. The Northern Refrigerator Car Line is combined with Merchants Despatch. Accidents uncollapsed Deaths February 2 – Ralph Budd, president of the Great Northern Railway 1919–1932 and Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad 1932–1949 (b. 1879). References 2000 https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/streamliners/peopleevents/p_rbudd.html American Experience / Streamliners / People & Events / Ralph Budd PBS February 22, 2005 March 9, 2005 https://web.archive.org/web/20050309160358/http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/streamliners/peopleevents/p_rbudd.html dead http://pages.ivillage.com/generaljim1/theerielackawannalimited/id19.html Norfolk Southern Railway December 2, 2015 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20050206090247/http://pages.ivillage.com/generaljim1/theerielackawannalimited/id19.html February 6, 2005 President and Fellows of Harvard College 2004 http://www.hbs.edu/leadership/database/leaders/108/ 20th century great American business leaders – Ralph Budd February 22, 2005 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20050205103522/http://www.hbs.edu/leadership/database/leaders/108/ February 5, 2005 mdy Rivanna Chapter, National Railway Historical Society 2005 http://avenue.org/nrhs/histoct.htm This Month in Railroad History – October October 11, 2005 April 3, 2005 http://www.railways.incanada.net/candate/candate.htm Significant dates in Canadian railway history July 12, 2005 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20060125022708/http://www.railways.incanada.net/candate/candate.htm January 25, 2006