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Events

January

  • January
  • Unable to keep his promises to shareholders, Robert Ralph Young suspends dividends on New York Central stock, a factor in his subsequent suicide on January 25.
  • Last steam locomotive operated by Nederlandse Spoorwegen.
  • January 1 &ndash; The Chicago & North Western Railway acquires the Litchfield and Madison Railway.

February

  • February 4 &ndash; Canada's Kellog Commission<!-- note, spelling is the same as it shows in the reference --> releases a report on the use of firemen as part of diesel locomotive crews.
  • February &ndash; The Alaska Railroad sells six ex-USATC S160 Class 2-8-0 locomotives to the standard gauge Ferrocarril de Langreo in northern Spain, where they are used on a new diversion built to avoid a cable railway. This will be the third Transatlantic crossing for #3410.

March

  • March 4 &ndash; The Los Angeles Metropolitan Transit Authority begins operating the remnant passenger services of the Pacific Electric and Los Angeles Railway.
  • March 13 &ndash; Queensland BB18¼ class locomotive No. 1089, completed by Walkers, Maryborough, Queensland, is the last main-line steam locomotive built in Australia.

April

  • April 20 &ndash; The Key System discontinues streetcar service.
  • April 26
  • Last day of regularly scheduled passenger service on the Maine Central Railroad Mountain Division.
  • Last run of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad's Royal Blue.

May

  • May 24 &ndash; The Pacific Electric Bellflower Line, then being operated by the Los Angeles Metropolitan Transit Authority, ceases passenger operations, relegating the West Santa Ana Branch to a freight line.

June

  • June 22 &ndash; The Chicago Transit Authority Congress Branch opens for service in the median of the Eisenhower Expressway, pioneering the first use of rail rapid transit and a multi-lane automobile expressway in the same grade-separated right-of-way. It replaced the 1895-built Garfield Park 'L' route and alignment from Des Plaines Avenue, Forest Park to the Loop.
  • June 25 &ndash; The Pennsylvania Railroad discontinues the Afternoon Steeler passenger train between Pittsburgh and Cleveland.

July

  • July &ndash; General Motors Electro-Motive Division introduces the EMD SD24.
  • July 7 &ndash; The Hudson & Manhattan Railroad reintroduces women-only cars on the railroad's commuter trains in New York City.
  • July 17 &ndash; The Railway Enthusiasts Society is formed to promote rail transportation and preservation in New Zealand
  • July 25 &ndash; Pacific Great Eastern Railway completes construction of the line to Fort St. John, British Columbia.

August

  • August 9 &ndash; The Moccasin, the longest running named passenger train in Canada thus far, is discontinued.
  • August 12 &ndash; The Transportation Act of 1958 passes in the US, loosening Interstate Commerce Commission regulation and guaranteeing loans to railroads.

September

  • September &ndash; On the Drachenfels Railway, Königswinter, Germany, a rack railway train derails, killing 17.
  • September 15 &ndash; A Central Railroad of New Jersey commuter train plunges off the Newark Bay Bridge while raised for water traffic, killing 48.

October

  • October &ndash; After building only 59 examples of the type, Fairbanks-Morse and Canadian Locomotive Company discontinue construction of the H-24-66 model Train Master diesel locomotive.
  • October 1 &ndash; Northern Ireland's Ulster Transport Authority and the Republic of Ireland's Córas Iompair Éireann take over from the Great Northern Railway Board in running the remaining cross-border route (Dublin–Belfast) of the Irish railway system. The GNR assets are split between the two state companies.

November

  • November 1 &ndash; The Strasburg Rail Road is purchased by a non-profit group.

December

  • December 31 &ndash; The Harcourt Street railway line between Dublin and Bray, Ireland, closes.

right|180px|thumb|The last Beyer Garratt, returned from South Africa to the UK for the [[Welsh Highland Railway]]

Unknown date

  • South African Railways takes delivery of its last steam locomotives for the gauge, GMAM class Garratt locomotives.
  • Last Garratt locomotive to be built in Manchester by Beyer, Peacock & Company is delivered as South African Railways NGG16 class no. 143 ( gauge).
  • SNCF electrifies its Paris&ndash;Lille line in France.
  • Ernest S. Marsh succeeds Fred Gurley as president of the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway.

Accidents

Deaths

January deaths

  • January 25 – Robert Ralph Young, financier and controlling stockholder of the New York Central commits suicide after suspending company dividends (born 1897)

References

  • (April 3, 2005), Significant dates in Canadian railway history. Retrieved July 22, 2005 and August 9, 2005.