1966 in rail transport

none February 2012 thumb|right 1965 1966 1967 1960 Events January events January – GM introduces the EMD SD40. January – GE introduces the GE U28B. January 3 – British Rail begins full electric passenger services over the West Coast Main Line from Euston to Manchester and Liverpool with 100 mph (160 km/h) operation from London to Rugby. Services officially inaugurated April 18.Nock O. S. Oswald Nock 1965 Britain's New Railway: Electrification of the London-Midland main lines from Euston to Birmingham, Stoke-on-Trent, Crewe, Liverpool and Manchester Shepperton Ian Allan Publishing 59003738 March events March 7 – The Western Region of British Railways closes the former Somerset & Dorset Joint Railway.Robin Atthill 1967 The Somerset & Dorset Railway Newton Abbot David & Charles 0-7153-4312-2 March 25 – Hachinohe Rinkai Railway Line was opened. April events April 20 – The second segment, between Predeal and Câmpina, of Căile Ferate Române's (in Romania) electrification is completed. May events May 28 - Historic Red Clay Valley Incorporated begins operating steam tourist trains on the 10.2-mile Landenberg Branch of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. The tracks were constructed in 1871–2 by the Wilmington & Western Railroad. The operation is the 7th oldest standard gauge tourist heritage railroad operating in the US.Wilmington & Western Railroad WWRR http://www.wwrr.com July events 15 July – The London Midland Region of British Railways allows West Indian-born Asquith Xavier to transfer as a guard from London Marylebone to Euston, overturning the opposition of National Union of Railwaymen members of the local staff committee.https://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/july/15/newsid_3043000/3043439.stm Euston staff 'colour bar' ended 2016-10-26 1966-07-15 On This Day BBC News https://web.archive.org/web/20080307123432/http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/july/15/newsid_3043000/3043439.stm 2008-03-07 liveOona King, "Asquith's Fight for Equality", BBC Radio 4, 2016-10-26. July 17 – The first passenger operations begin at the Illinois Railway Museum using car number 415.Illinois Railway Museum 2005-05-05 http://www.irm.org/history/history.html https://web.archive.org/web/19980429091509/http://irm.org/history/history.html dead 1998-04-29 History of the IRM 2005-11-07 September events September 3 – The London Midland Region of British Railways closes the former Great Central Railway London Extension to passenger traffic between Aylesbury and Rugby Central, bringing an end to its career as "the last main line".http://www.railwayarchive.org.uk/ Railway Archive July 31, 2007 https://web.archive.org/web/20070804182008/http://www.railwayarchive.org.uk/ August 4, 2007 live October events October 14 – Montreal Metro inaugurated. December events December – GE introduces the GE U30B. Unknown date events ALCO introduces the ALCO Century 415. The Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad removes from service and donates the General Pershing Zephyr power car to the National Museum of Transport in St Louis, Missouri. Beyer, Peacock & Company of Manchester, England, turns out its last locomotives, British Rail Class 25/3 diesels.Hills R. L. Richard L. Hills Patrick, D. Beyer, Peacock, locomotive builders to the world Glossop Venture Publications 1982 1-898432-05-8 Norris Roy Crump returns to the presidency of Canadian Pacific for a short period, succeeding Robert Emerson. Crump, in turn, is succeeded by Ian David Sinclair. Accidents uncollapsed Births births in 1966 Category:1966 births Deaths Unknown date deaths Martin W. Clement, president of the Pennsylvania Railroad 1935–1948 (b. 1881).President and Fellows of Harvard College 2004 http://www.hbs.edu/leadership/database/leaders/154/ 20th century great American business leaders – Martin W. Clement February 23, 2005 https://web.archive.org/web/20050205121925/http://www.hbs.edu/leadership/database/leaders/154/ February 5, 2005 dead mdy-all References White, John H. Jr. (Spring 1986), America's most noteworthy railroaders, Railroad History, Railway and Locomotive Historical Society, 154, p. 9–15.