1961 in rail transport

none February 2012 1960 1961 1962 1960 Events January events January – The American Car and Foundry Company delivers the last passenger car it will build, an R28 (New York City Subway car).IRT SMEE delivery dates R36 Preservation, Inc. http://www.coronayard.com/r36preservation/irtsmeedelivery.html 2020-03-28http://www.nycsubway.org/cars/r262829.html R26/R28/R29 NYCSubway.org 2005 2007-12-03 https://web.archive.org/web/20071202191504/http://www.nycsubway.org/cars/r262829.html 2007-12-02 live January 4 – Lokomotivbau Elektrotechnische Werke delivers the first electric locomotives built in the German Democratic Republic to Deutsche Reichsbahn. January 16 – Eastern Region of British Railways takes delivery of D9001, the first production "Deltic" class diesel locomotive. February events February 4 – Lehigh Valley Railroad discontinues its Black Diamond passenger train service. February 6 – The first automatic level crossing on British Railways is installed at Spath, Staffordshire. March events March 27 – Black demonstrators stage a "ride-in" on Charleston, South Carolina, streetcars. March 28 – Tokyo Metro Hibiya Line opens between Minami-senju and Naka-okachimachi.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 The first railway line in the world without any lineside signals. April events April – D5151, the first Sulzer Type 2 diesel locomotive, later British Rail Class 25, is completed at B.R. Darlington Works. April 9 – The Long Beach Line, the last operating service of the former Pacific Electric Railway, is replaced by buses.Blue Line At 20: Looking Back At Early Service Between Los Angeles And Long Beach (1902-1961) https://metroprimaryresources.info/blue-line-at-20-looking-back-at-early-service-between-los-angeles-and-long-beach-1902-1961/283/ 11 October 2020 LACMTA July 8, 2010 April 25 – Osaka Loop Line, circular line system start operation in Japan.December 2016 May events May 24 – The Milwaukee Road's Olympian Hiawatha passenger train makes its final run between Chicago, Illinois, and Seattle, Washington. May 28 – The Orient Express makes its last run between Paris, France, and Bucharest, Romania. June events June – The last of the Bradshaw railway timetables, first published by George Bradshaw in 1839, is published in Britain. June 1 – Dr Richard Beeching takes office as chairman of the British Transport Commission and British Railways Board. June 17 – A Paris–Strasbourg train derails near Vitry-le-François; 24 are killed, 109 injured. August events August 31 – Portland, Maine's Union Station is demolished to make room for a shopping plaza.The Best of Maine Railroads Johnson, Ron Portland Litho 1985 112 September events September 23 – Maritime, Coal Railway and Power Company, in Nova Scotia, ceases operations.Smith, Ivan March 29, 2005 http://www.littletechshoppe.com/ns1625/railways.html History of Railway Companies in Nova Scotia September 23, 2005 https://web.archive.org/web/20050912094008/http://www.littletechshoppe.com/ns1625/railways.html September 12, 2005 dead mdy-all September 30 – Southern Pacific Railroad closes the Centerville (SP station). October events October 18 – General Motors Electro-Motive Division completes construction of the first GP30 diesel locomotive. October 26 – Two cars of a commuter train operated by Oita Traffic Company are involved in a mudslide during a massive rainstorm at Ōita, eastern Kyūshū, Japan, 31 killed, 36 injured. Most of the passengers are senior high school students. October 28 – Bangor and Aroostook Railroad ends passenger service. October – Work starts on demolition of Euston Arch in London.Hillier, Bevis Betjeman: the bonus of laughter John Murray London 2004 0-7195-6495-6 November events November 20 – Union Pacific 844 makes its first excursion run following retirement from regular revenue service on the Union Pacific Railroad. Unknown date events Atlantic Coast Line's headquarters are moved from Wilmington, North Carolina, to Jacksonville, Florida. Construction is completed on Mexico's Chihuahua al Pacífico which linked the city of Chihuahua, Chihuahua, to the town of Los Mochis, Sinaloa, near the Pacific coast. Nationalization of rail transport in Paraguay. The first eight DC powered VL10 (i.e. Vladimir Lenin class) freight locomotives built at Tbilisi. The introduction in Sweden of the first SJ T43 locomotives opens the way for the phasing out of steam power on Swedish railways. The world's last Mallet locomotive is built in Japan, BB84 for the Indonesian State Railway Corporation's 750mm on gauge Atjeh Tramway on Sumatra.David Joy Engines that Bend: narrow gauge articulated locomotives Southend Atlantic Publishers 2012 978-1-902827-23-0 52 Accidents uncollapsed Deaths 11 November - Behiç Erkin First Director General of the Turkish State Railways References Rivanna Chapter, National Railway Historical Society (2005), This Month in Railroad History: October. Retrieved October 18, 2005. Rivanna Chapter, National Railway Historical Society (2005), This month in railroad history – November. Retrieved November 20, 2005.