1947 in rail transport

none 1946 1947 1948 1940 Events January events January 1 – The Companhia dos Caminhos de Ferro Portugueses is reconstituted and takes over concessions of most private railway companies in Portugal. January 19 – The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad inaugurates the Cincinnatian passenger train between Baltimore, Maryland, and Cincinnati, Ohio. February events February 1 – William Neal succeeds D'Alton Corry Coleman as president of Canadian Pacific Railway.CPR Director Dies At Montreal October 18, 1956 Medicine Hat News Medicine Hat, Alberta 4 https://newspaperarchive.com/sports-clipping-oct-18-1956-1845239/ February 18 – Pennsylvania Railroad's Red Arrow passenger train derails at Gallatin, Pennsylvania; 24 people are killed in the accident.http://nrhs.avenue.org/histfeb.htm This Month in Railroad History: February Rivanna Chapter, National Railway Historical Society 2008 February 18, 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20110722144358/http://nrhs.avenue.org/histfeb.htm 2011-07-22 dead February 25 – Hachikō Line derailment: The worst-ever train accident in Japan kills 184 people. February 28 – The Illinois Central Railroad withdraws the Illinois Central 121 streamlined trainset from the Green Diamond Chicago-St. Louis service. March events March 4 – Ms. Friedel Klussman launches a drive to preserve the San Francisco cable car system. April events April 7 – Ellis D. Atwood completes the original Edaville Railroad on his cranberry plantation at South Carver, Massachusetts, United States. This 2ft narrow gauge line, using equipment from Maine, is generally regarded as the world’s first tourist railroad.http://members.cox.net/oldedaville/index.html The Old Edaville Railroad November 16, 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20090417050821/http://members.cox.net/oldedaville/index.html 2009-04-17 deadLinwood W. Moody Edaville Railroad: the Cranberry Belt Ellis D. Atwood South Carver 1947 April 27 – After a complete overhaul, the Illinois Central 121 trainset re-enters active service, this time between Jackson, Mississippi, and New Orleans, Louisiana, as the Miss-Lou passenger train. May events May – Baldwin Locomotive Works completes the last two steam locomotives built for the narrow gauge White Pass and Yukon Route.Cy Martin 1974 Gold Rush Narrow Gauge https://archive.org/details/goldrushnarrowga0000mart registration 2nd 93 Trans-Anglo Books Corona del Mar, California 0-87046-026-9 May 5 – Sixteen people die in the Camp Mountain train disaster when a crowded picnic train derails on a sharp left-hand curve between Ferny Grove and Camp Mountain stations on the now-closed Dayboro line, approximately 20 km(12.4 miles) northwest of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. May 18 – Seaboard Air Line Railroad inaugurates the Silver Comet passenger train between New York City and Birmingham, Alabama. May 26 – General Motors Electro-Motive Division and Pullman-Standard's streamlined Train of Tomorrow enters demonstration passenger service in North America.Ric Morgan The Train of Tomorrow Bloomington Indiana University Press 2007 978-0-253-34842-5Train of Tomorrow visits the Monon http://www.monon.org/TOT.html Monon Railroad Historical Technical Society 2013-01-28 2015-05-15 https://web.archive.org/web/20150515001032/http://www.monon.org/TOT.html dead May 31 – The Gulf, Mobile and Ohio Railroad acquires the Chicago and Alton Railroad. June events June 6 – The Pere Marquette Railroad is merged into the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway. June 16 – The last passenger service is operated on the Nickey line.The Harpenden to Hemel Hempstead Railway – The Nickey Line 1996 Sue Woodward Geoff Woodward Oakwood Press 0-85361-502-0 91 June 29 – The Milwaukee Road inaugurates the Olympian Hiawatha passenger train between Chicago, Illinois and Tacoma, Washington. Simultaneously, the railroad revives the Columbian, operating on the same route. July events July 1 – The Maine Central Railroad begins operation of EMD E7 locomotives with stainless steel passenger cars.The Best of Maine Railroads Johnson, Ron Portland Litho 1985 112 August events August 6 – The Transport Act 1947 is passed by the Parliament of the United Kingdom providing for the nationalisation of all major British railways in 1948.Bonavia, Michael R. The Birth of British Rail George Allen & Unwin London 1979 978-0-04-385071-8 thumb|Refugees at a railway station in Punjab following the Partition of India August 14–15 – The Partition of India leads to transfer of large parts of the North Western, Bengal Assam and Jodhpur Railways to a new Pakistan Railways organisation, and large-scale population transfer between the two countries by rail.http://irse.bravehost.com/IRHTML.htm Saxena, R. P. Indian Railway History Time Line 2008 December 21, 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20120229092028/http://irse.bravehost.com/IRHTML.htm 2012-02-29 dead The Jammu–Sialkot Line is abandoned as a through route. September events September 1 – Dugald, Manitoba, Canada: A Canadian National Railway passenger train fails to take the siding and collides with the No. 4 Transcontinental that is standing on the main line. Thirty-one people are killed. September 17 – The American Freedom Train, carrying the original versions of the United States Constitution, Declaration of Independence and the Bill of Rights, begins a two-year tour of the United States starting in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. See also American Freedom Train - 1947-1949 station stops October events October 1 – The Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) begins operating the local transit (buses and 'L'-Subway rapid transit) systems in Chicago after acquiring the properties of the former Chicago Surface Lines and the Chicago Rapid Transit Company. October 18 – Alaska Railroad inaugurates the Aurora passenger train service between Fairbanks and Anchorage.Alaska Railroad http://www.akrr.com/ARRC119.html Alaska Railroad History July 20, 2006 https://web.archive.org/web/20060710032602/http://www.akrr.com/arrc119.html 10 July 2006 dead December events December 3 – French communist strikers derail the Paris-Tourcoing express train because of false rumours that it is transporting soldiers – 21 dead. Unknown date events The first diesel locomotives enter mainline operation on the Southern Pacific Railroad. The Southern Pacific Railroad is reincorporated in Delaware. The City of Los Angeles train frequency is upgraded to daily. The Super Chief train frequency is upgraded to daily. Lima Locomotive Works is merged with General Machinery Corporation of Hamilton, OH. The new company is named Lima-Hamilton. The components of the former M-10002 streamliner trainset are scrapped. The last United States Fish and Wildlife Service fish car is taken out of service.U.S. Government Printing Office 1979 http://www.catskillarchive.com/rrextra/fishcar.Html The Fish Car Era of the National Fish Hatchery System March 28, 2005 https://web.archive.org/web/20050407082631/http://www.catskillarchive.com/rrextra/fishcar.Html 7 April 2005 live The Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad inaugurates its Old Dominion passenger train between Washington, DC, and Richmond, Virginia. Accidents uncollapsed References