1967 in rail transport

none 1966 1967 1968 1960 Events January events January – General Electric introduces the GE U30C. February events February 21 – The last shunting horse to work on British Rail, "Charlie" at Newmarket, is retired.Holden, Bryan The Long Haul – the life and times of the railway horse 1985 J. A. Allen London 0-85131-395-7 registration https://archive.org/details/longhaullifetime0000hold March events March 1 – Hankyū Senri Line, Osaka, Japan, opens. March 6 – Railways between Cambridge and Sudbury via Haverhill are closed by the Eastern Region of British Rail following the Beeching Report. March 20 – British Rail reopens the remaining section of line on the Isle of Wight, from Ryde Pier Head to Shanklin, after electrification to the Southern Region standard (750 V DC third rail) using former London Underground "Tube" stock.July 2025 March 24 – Soo Line Railroad discontinues passenger train operations.Rivanna Chapter National Railway Historical Society http://avenue.org/nrhs/histmar.htm This Month in Railroad History: March March 24, 2006 March 24 – Tanimachi Line, Osaka, Japan, opens. March 29 - In Tokyo, Japan, Tozai Line is extended from Toyocho to Nishi-Funabashi.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 April events April 1 – The United States National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) begins work.National Transportation Safety Board March 15, 2005 http://ntsb.gov/Pressrel/2005/050315.htm New NTSB publication examines 30-year history of transportation safety improvements March 15, 2005 https://web.archive.org/web/20050510102921/http://www.ntsb.gov/pressrel/2005/050315.htm 2005-05-10 dead April 20 – The Interstate Commerce Commission grants its initial approval of the proposed CNW/CGW merger.Railway Age Week at a glance: Chicago roads get merger reaffirmed 164 23 11 June 17, 1968 May events May 23 – GO Transit, Canada's first interregional public transit system, begins operations in Southern Ontario. July events The Seaboard Air Line and Atlantic Coast Line railroads merge to form the Seaboard Coast Line railroad. July 3 – Closure of Nottingham Victoria Railway Station, Nottingham, UK July 9 - Cessation of steam operation on the Southern Region of British Railways. July 19 – The New York City Subway introduces its first air conditioned passenger car. July 25 – Construction begins in San Francisco, on the Market Street subway. August events August 5 – The Illinois Central Railroad discontinues the Land O'Corn passenger train.98 September events September – United States Postal Service announces cancellation of most Railway Mail Service contracts.Bergman, Edwin B. 29 years to oblivion: the last years of Railway Mail Service in the United States 1980 Mobile Post Office Society Omaha, Nebraska September – Grand Trunk Railway ends passenger service between Montreal and Portland, Maine.The Grand Trunk in New England Holt, Jeff Railfare 1985 0-919130-43-7 111 September 14 – Tōyōchō Station, in Kōtō, Tokyo Prefecture, Japan, opens. September 30 – The Monon Railroad ceases all passenger train operations. Its last train is the Chicago–Louisville Thoroughbred.28 October events October 2 – Canadian Pacific Railway removes the diamond crossing at Bedell, Ontario, the junction of the railway's Winchester and Prescott subdivisions. October 5 – The Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad (the "Milwaukee Road") discontinues the Arrow passenger train. October 28 – Canadian Pacific Railway moves the last of its equipment out of its Ottawa West yard to the new Walkley Yard.Colin Churcher's Railway Pages September 7, 2005 http://www.railways.incanada.net/candate/ottawa.htm Significant dates in Ottawa railway history October 28, 2005 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20070205234437/http://www.railways.incanada.net/candate/ottawa.htm February 5, 2007 November events November 27 - Chrystie Street Connection opens on the New York City Subway, connecting the IND Sixth Avenue Line to the Manhattan Bridge December events December 3 – The New York Central's 20th Century Limited is discontinued just before the railroad's merger with the Pennsylvania Railroad to form the Penn Central. December 10 – The Pennsylvania Railroad discontinues its all-Pullman (sleeping car) Broadway Limited, and assigns the train's name and much of its services to the General on the same New York-Chicago run, adding coaches and a separate dining car for coach passengers. December 20 The Pennsylvania Railroad achieves its highest speed on their New York Division (a.k.a. Northeast Corridor) while operating one of their Turbo Liners. In Tokyo, Japan, the Chiyoda Line is opened between Kita-Senju and Otemachi. December 29 – The first steam locomotive powered train operates at Illinois Railway Museum using a Shay locomotive.Illinois Railway Museum May 5, 2005 http://www.irm.org/history/history.html https://web.archive.org/web/19980429091509/http://irm.org/history/history.html dead April 29, 1998 History of the IRM November 7, 2005 Unknown date events Southern Pacific Railroad opens the longest stretch of new railroad construction in a quarter century as the first trains roll over the Palmdale Cutoff through Cajon Pass. The Central Railroad of New Jersey declares bankruptcy. General Motors Electro-Motive Division introduces the EMD FP45. English Electric supplies first batch of CP Class 1400 diesel-electric locomotives from its Vulcan Foundry to Caminhos de Ferro Portugueses, its first mainline locomotive export order for continental Europe. D. William Brosnan is succeeded by W. Graham Claytor as president of the Southern Railway (US). Cessation of steam operation on the Eastern Region of British Railways. Accidents February 28 – Stechford rail crash on British Rail at Stechford railway station in Birmingham: a diesel locomotive collides with a passenger train as a result of a shunting error, killing the driver and 8 passengers and injuring 16.Railway accident:, Report on the collision that occurred on 28th February 1967 at Stechford in the London Midland Region British Railways Ministry of Transport London H.M.S.O 1968 https://www.railwaysarchive.co.uk/docSummary.php?docID=193 March 5 – Connington South rail crash on the British Rail East Coast Main Line near Conington, Huntingdonshire: 5 passengers killed and 18 injured as the result of a deliberate act by the signalman.Ministry of Transport Lt-Col. I. K. A. McNaughton 1969 Railway accident: Report on the derailment that occurred on 5th March, 1967 at Connington South in the Eastern Region British Railways London H.M.S.O 0-11-550079-0 https://www.railwaysarchive.co.uk/documents/MoT_Connington1967.pdf PDF June 18 – A home-made bomb explodes on a Hyōgo-Himeji local commuter train at Shioya Station on the Sanyo Electric Railway Main Line, Kobe, Hyōgo, Japan. No one claims responsibility in this case, which kills two persons with 29 wounded.About The Marshland, note 1 http://standpointjapan.com/non-political-and-unexplained-bombings-1967-68/ Standpoint Japan December 20, 2011September 2018 InternetArchiveBot yes July 31 – Thirsk rail crash on the British Rail East Coast Main Line at Thirsk: an express train collides with a derailed freight. 7 passengers are killed, 45 injured, and prototype diesel locomotive DP2 is written off.Ministry of Transport Col. D. McMullen 1968 Railway accident: Report on the Derailment and subsequent Collision that occurred on 31st July, 1967, at Thirsk in the Eastern Region British Railways London H.M.S.O 0-11-550036-7 https://www.railwaysarchive.co.uk/documents/MoT_Thirsk1967.pdf PDFBrown, Murray Disaster at Thirsk – DP2 destroyed Rail Express 135 20–23 August 2007 November 5 – Hither Green rail crash on the Southern Region of British Rail in south-east London: derailment caused by a broken rail; 49 killed.http://www.railwaysarchive.co.uk/docSummary.php?docID=99&PHPSESSID=a164ffb3ce218023b6c0cbd6bbe54422 Railways Archive Derailment at Hither Green (Summary) uncollapsed Deaths May deaths May 13 – Eric Treacy, English railway photographer, former Anglican bishop (born 1907). December deaths December – Wayne A. Johnston, president of Illinois Central Railroad 1945–1966 (born 1897).University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Archives http://web.library.uiuc.edu/ahx/uaccard/UAControlCard.asp?RG=1&SG=20&RS=3 Wayne A. Johnston Papers, 1945–1967 2006-02-09 https://web.archive.org/web/20060901164139/http://web.library.uiuc.edu/ahx/uaccard/UAControlCard.asp?RG=1&SG=20&RS=3 2006-09-01 dead References http://pages.ivillage.com/generaljim1/theerielackawannalimited/id19.html Norfolk Southern Railway February 22, 2005 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20050206090247/http://pages.ivillage.com/generaljim1/theerielackawannalimited/id19.html February 6, 2005 Rivanna Chapter, National Railway Historical Society 2005 http://avenue.org/nrhs/histjul.htm This Month in Railroad History: July July 22, 2005 2