1947 in rail transport

Events

January events

* January 19 – The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad inaugurates the "Cincinnatian" passenger train between Baltimore, Maryland, and Cincinnati, Ohio.

February events

* February 28 – The Illinois Central Railroad withdraws its specialized Green Diamond passenger trainset from 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 27 – After a complete overhaul, Illinois Central's Green Diamond trainset re-enters active service, this time between Jackson, Mississippi, and New Orleans, Louisiana, as the "Miss-Lou" passenger train.

May events

* 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 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 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.

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. [cite book|author=Bonavia, Michael R.|title=The Birth of British Rail|publisher=George Allen & Unwin|location=London|year=1979|isbn=0-04-385071-5]

eptember 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. [cite web|author=Alaska Railroad|url=http://www.akrr.com/ARRC119.html|title=Alaska Railroad History|accessdate=2006-07-20]

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.
* William Neal succeeds D'Alton Cory Coleman as president of Canadian Pacific Railway.
* The last United States Fish and Wildlife Service fish car is taken out of service. [cite web|author=U.S. Government Printing Office|date=1979|url=http://www.catskillarchive.com/rrextra/fishcar.Html|title=The Fish Car Era of the National Fish Hatchery System|accessdate=2005-03-28]
* The Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad inaugurates its "Old Dominion" passenger train between Washington, DC, and Richmond, Virginia.

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