1951 in rail transport

1951 in rail transport

Events

January events

* January - Fairbanks-Morse and Canadian Locomotive Company introduce the H-16-66 model Train Master diesel locomotive.
* January 11 - The San Diego and Arizona Eastern Railway discontinues passenger train service.
* January 20 - Canadian Pacific Railway's eastbound "Dominion" passenger train hits a truck at a level crossing in Ottawa; most of the train remains on the rails, but the engineer is fatally burned in the derailment. [Colin Churcher's Railway Pages, " [http://www.railways.incanada.net/circle/Wrecks.html#ChurchillAveOttawa Railway Accidents in the Ottawa Area: 1951, January 20 - Canadian Pacific, Churchill Avenue, Ottawa] ". Retrieved January 20 2006.]

February events

* February 6 - "The Broker", a Pennsylvania Railroad passenger train derails near Woodbridge Township, New Jersey killing 85 people and injuring over 500 more.
* February 25 - The Chicago Transit Authority's Milwaukee-Dearborn-Congress Subway (3.7 miles/6.0 km), Chicago's second subway route, is placed in operation. Milwaukee 'L' trains are routed into the subway between Division & Milwaukee and the Central Business District, using St. Louis-built 6000-Series rapid transit cars.

May events

* May 3 - General Motors Electro-Motive Division produces its first six-axle freight diesel locomotive, an SD7. It tours as demonstrator number 990 before being sold to the Southern Pacific Railroad, which numbers it 1518. It is preserved at the Illinois Railway Museum.
* May 14 - Talyllyn Railway (Wales) reopened by Talyllyn Railway Preservation Society, generally reckoned to be the first such voluntary body to operate a railway.

August events

* August 23 - The Cangkring (near Cirebon, Indonesia) train station is destroyed by fire.
* August 26 - Railroad operations across Canada are standardized with the introduction of the Uniform Code of Operating Rules.
* August 28 - The last mainline train leaves Berlin, Germany's, Lehrter Bahnhof headed for the Wustermark and Nauen.

eptember events

* September 12 - Baldwin-Lima-Hamilton Corporation brings its last railroad locomotive out of the Lima, Ohio, factory, a 2500 hp transfer diesel, Pennsylvania Railroad number 5683.

October events

* October 26 - Quebec Railway Light and Power Company sells its Montmorency division, mi to km|26 of track between Quebec City and St. Joachim, to Canadian National Railway.cite web| url=http://www.railways.incanada.net/candate/candate.htm| title=Significant dates in Canadian railway history| work=Colin Churcher's Railway Pages| date=2006-09-15| accessdate=2006-10-26| ]

December events

* December 17 - The Rock Island Railroad coverts all of its Chicago-area commuter trains to diesel locomotive power. Seventeen new units replace the 23 Pacific type steam locomotives previously used.
* December 31 - Common-carrier rail service on Cyprus ends.

Unknown date events

* Southern Pacific Railroad subsidiary Sud Pacifico de Mexico is sold to the Mexican government.
* Armand Mercier steps down from the presidency of the Southern Pacific Company, parent company of the Southern Pacific Railroad.
* The New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad's streamlined "Comet" passenger trainset (built in 1935) is retired from revenue service and scrapped.
* Earnest E. Norris is succeeded by Harry A. deButts as president of the Southern Railway.

Births

Deaths

March deaths

* March 2 - Edgar Alcock, general manager and chairman of Hunslet Engine Company (b. 1877).

July deaths

* July 10 - Charles E. Johnston, president of Kansas City Southern Railway 1928-1938 (b. 1881).

References

* " [http://www.steamindex.com/people/engrs.htm Brief biographies of major mechanical engineers] ". Retrieved February 9, 2005.
* Colin Churcher's Railway Pages (August 16, 2005), " [http://www.railways.incanada.net/candate/candate.htm Significant dates in Canadian railway history] ". Retrieved August 26, 2005.
* Kansas City Southern Historical Society, " [http://www.kcshs.org/schedule/subs/images/history/kcs_hist.htm The Kansas City Southern Lines] ". Retrieved August 15, 2005.
* Krishnamurti, Indra (June 25, 2005), " [http://www.indonesiaphoto.com/content/view/106/46/ History of railways in Indonesia] ". Retrieved August 22, 2005.
* " [http://pages.ivillage.com/generaljim1/theerielackawannalimited/id19.html Norfolk Southern Railway] ". Retrieved February 22, 2005.


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