1930 in rail transport

1930 in rail transport

Events

January events

* January 1 – The Cincinnati, Hamilton and Dayton Railway, Indiana, Columbus and Eastern and the Lima-Toledo Railroad merge to form the Cincinnati and Lake Erie Railroad
* January 31 – Trains begin using the new elevated tracks and platform at Toronto Union Station. [cite web| work=Colin Churcher's Railway Pages| date=2005-08-16| url=http://www.railways.incanada.net/candate/candate.htm| title=Significant dates in Canadian railway history| accessdate=2006-01-30| ]

February events

* February 18 – The Pullman Company buys the Osgood-Bradley Car Company, which has been making trolley and other transit cars since 1833.
* February 24 – The Standard Steel Car Company is incorporated as a Pullman subsidiary.

March events

* March 30 – Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad inaugurates "The Sportsman" passenger service. [cite web| author=Rivanna Chapter National Railway Historical Society| url=http://avenue.org/nrhs/histmar.htm| title=This month in railroad history: March| accessdate=2006-03-29| ]

June events

* June 20 – General Motors purchases Winton Engine, a major supplier of diesel locomotive prime movers.

July events

* July – The Atlantic City Railroad (a predecessor of the Pennsylvania-Reading Seashore Lines) purchases the Wildwood and Delaware Bay Short Line Railroad.

December events

* December 31 – General Motors buys Electro-Motive Corporation and combines it with Winton Engine to form General Motors Electro-Motive Division..

Unknown date events

* General American Transportation Corporation assumes ownership of Swift Refrigerator Line.

Births

Unknown date births

* Robert Bandeen, president of Canadian National Railway 1974-1982, is born in 1930.

Deaths

References


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