1949 in rail transport

none 1948 1949 1950 1940 Events January events January 22 - The American Freedom Train tour, carrying the original versions of the United States Constitution, Declaration of Independence and the Bill of Rights, officially ends in Washington, DC. See also American Freedom Train - 1947-1949 station stops. February events February - General Motors Electro-Motive Division introduces the EMD F7. March events March 19 - The Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad, Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad and Western Pacific Railroad jointly launch the California Zephyr between Chicago, Illinois, and San Francisco, California, as the first train to include Vista Dome cars in regular service. March 20 - The first eastbound California Zephyr departs San Francisco at 9:20 AM, bound for Chicago. April events April 24 - Rail service on the San Diego Electric Railway comes to an end at 5:45 AM as Car number 446 pulls into the Adams Avenue car barn, making San Diego the first major Southwestern United States city to eliminate streetcars and convert to an all-bus transit system. May events thumb|right|B&O’s new Columbian streamlined trainset at Harpers Ferry, West Virginia, in 1949 May 5 – Baltimore and Ohio Railroad introduces new lightweight streamlined Pullman-Standard consists for its Columbian passenger service between Baltimore, Washington and Chicago. The two eight-car trains will be the only all-new consists built for the B&O in the postwar period and the first trains in the eastern U.S. to be equipped with dome cars.Harry Stegmaier Baltimore & Ohio Passenger Service, Vol. 2 – Route of the Capitol Limited Lynchburg, Va. TLC Publishing 1997 978-1-883089-00-9 May 13 - Lima Locomotive Works ships Nickel Plate Road 2-8-4 #779, Lima's last steam locomotive. June events June - General Motors Electro-Motive Division introduces the EMD FP7. June 1 - Japanese National Railways is organized. June 29 - The final day of steam locomotive service on the Monon Railroad as the Monon becomes one of the first Class I railroads in America to fully convert to diesel motive power. August events August - General Motors Electro-Motive Division introduces the EMD E8. August 1 - Gaekwar's Baroda State Railway absorbed by Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway.http://irse.bravehost.com/IRHTML.htm Saxena, R. P. Indian Railway History Time Line 2008 2009-12-23 https://web.archive.org/web/20120229092028/http://irse.bravehost.com/IRHTML.htm 2012-02-29 dead September events September 7 - Deutsche Bundesbahn in Germany is formed as a successor of the Deutsche Reichsbahn-Gesellschaft. September 19 - the Budd Company unveils its first Rail Diesel Car (RDC) at Union Station in Chicago, Illinois.Duke Keilty 1990 50 October events October 7 - Gulf, Mobile and Ohio Railroad converts completely to diesel locomotive power.James H. Lemly The Gulf, Mobile and Ohio Richard D. Irwin, Inc 1953 http://www.acmeme.org/gmo/chapter_xv.htm 2010-01-14 https://web.archive.org/web/20110724223145/http://www.acmeme.org/gmo/chapter_xv.htm 2011-07-24 dead October - General Motors Electro-Motive Division introduces the EMD GP7. October - Paul W. Johnston succeeds Robert E. Woodruff as president of the Erie Railroad.http://erierr.railfan.net/eriepres.html Erie Railroad presidents 2005-03-15 https://web.archive.org/web/20050318171642/http://erierr.railfan.net/eriepres.html 18 March 2005 dead October - Interfrigo set up to manage stock of refrigerated vans on European railways. thumb|SZD П36-001 Unknown date events Budd Rail Diesel Car introduced. First of final steam locomotive class to be built for Soviet Railways, express passenger class P36 4-8-4 П36-001, is turned out of Kolomna Locomotive Works. There will be 251 examples, the most of this wheel arrangement outside the United States. Summer - Construction starts on the ill-fated Salekhard-Igarka Railway in Siberian Arctic. Accidents uncollapsed Births January births January 19 - David Laney, Chairman of the Board of Directors for Amtrak 2003–2007.http://tti.tamu.edu/2010/12/01/texas-transportation-pioneer-inducted-into-hall-of-honor/ Texas Transportation Pioneer Inducted into Hall of Honor Texas Transportation Researcher Texas A&M Transportation Institute January 19, 2015 January 19, 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150119203812/http://tti.tamu.edu/2010/12/01/texas-transportation-pioneer-inducted-into-hall-of-honor/ dead Deaths March deaths March 31 - Grant Stauffer, president of Chicago Great Western Railway 1948–1949, dies. May deaths May - Nathaniel Lamson Howard, president of Chicago Great Western Railway 1925-1929 (born 1887). Notes 30em References Dodge, Richard V. 1975 1960 Rails of the Silver Gate Golden West Books San Marino, CA 978-0-87095-019-3