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Events
January
- January 1 – The Chicago and North Western Railway leases the Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis and Omaha Railway (the Omaha Road).
- January 12 – Operations of the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway's Super Chief and El Capitan passenger trains are combined during off-peak seasons.
- January 22 – Last day of steam locomotive operations on the Southern Pacific.
February
- February 7 – Southern Pacific 4-6-2 #2472 (now preserved) is retired from revenue service.
March
- March 17 – The Milwaukee Road operates its last steam locomotive.
- March 21 – Deutsche Bundesbahn puts in operation its first E 40 locomotive.
- March 29 – The New York, Ontario & Western Railway is abandoned, the largest single railroad abandonment in the United States ().
- March 29 – The Central Vermont Railway dieselized.
April
- April 7 – New York City trolleys run for the last time.
May
- May 7 – The Flying Yankee trainset is retired from revenue service on the Boston & Maine and Maine Central railroads.
- May 17 – Canadian National opens a new track alignment between Toronto and Montreal to make way for construction of the St Lawrence Seaway.
- May 24 – The Pacific Electric Bellflower Line ceases operation.
June
- June 2 – First Trans Europ Express diesel trains run in Europe.
- June 6 – Pere Marquette Railroad steam locomotive 2-8-4 number 1225 is given to Michigan State University for display on campus.
July
- July 3 – The Chicago Aurora and Elgin Railroad abruptly ceases to carry passengers at 12:13pm.
- July 11 – Southern Pacific's Colton Cutoff around Los Angeles is opened to traffic.
- July 27 – The Musquodoboit Railway ends steam locomotive operations with a round trip between Dartmouth and Upper Upper Musquodoboit, Nova Scotia, behind Canadian National number 3409.
August
- August 27 – The Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway retires its last steam locomotive.
September
- September 1 – 175 die in Jamaica's worst railway disaster.
- September 7 – The Pennsylvania Railroad discontinues the Morning Steeler passenger train between Pittsburgh and Cleveland.
- September 28 – Newtown Tram Depot in Sydney is closed.
October
- October 6 – The Chicago "L" Stock Yards branch serving Union Stock Yards is closed.
- October 21 – Two trains collide in Turkey; 95 die.
- October 31 – Canadian National receives authorization to operate the former New York Central Railroad (NYC) lines in Ottawa to reach industries that were originally served by NYC.
November
- November 1 – Class I railroads report they roster 27,108 diesel and 2,697 steam locomotives. An additional 721 steam locomotives are in storage.
- November 15 – A first section of Nagoya Municipal Subway, Nagoya Station to Sakae Station route start operation in Aichi Prefecture, Japan.
Unknown date
- The WDM-1 locomotives, which were imported from ALCO, became the first mainline diesel locomotives of Indian Railways.
- William N. Deramus III becomes president of the Missouri–Kansas–Texas Railroad.
- Estación Federico Lacroze in Buenos Aires, Argentina, opens.
- The California State Legislature establishes the five-county San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District.
- Pandrol clip patented by Norwegian railway engineer Per Pande Rolfsen.
Accidents
Deaths
March deaths
- March 9 – Robert Whitelegg, locomotive superintendent for London, Tilbury and Southend Railway 1910-1912, and for Glasgow & South Western Railway 1918-1923, general manager of Beyer, Peacock & Company 1923-1929, dies (b. 1871).
July deaths
- July 13 - Sim Webb, Casey Jones' fireman on the famous run (born 1874).
References
- Colin Churcher's Railway Pages (September 7, 2005), Significant dates in Ottawa railway history. Retrieved October 31, 2005.
- Katy Railroad Historical Society, Katy Frequently Asked Questions. Retrieved February 9, 2005.
- Smith, Ivan (1998), Significant Dates in Nova Scotia's Railway History (After 1950). Retrieved July 22, 2005.