1938 in rail transport

1938 in rail transport

Events

January events

* January 1 - Creation of SNCF (Société Nationale des Chemins de fer Français), bringing the principal railway companies of France together under government control.

February events

* February - A second all-lightweight trainset enters service on the "Super Chief".

March events

* March 27 - Santa Fe Railroad inaugurates "San Diegan" passenger train service between Los Angeles and San Diego. [cite web| author=Rivanna Chapter National Railway Historical Society|title=This Month in Railroad History: March|url=http://avenue.org/nrhs/histmar.htm|accessmonthday=27 March | accessyear=2006]

May Events

* May 15 - The Lake Shore Electric Railway in Ohio ceases operations.

June events

* June 16 - The Pike's Peak Cog Railway in Colorado operates gasoline-powered railcar number 7, the first rack railcar in the world, for the first time. [cite web|author=Manitou & Pike's Peak Cog Railway|date=2005|url=http://www.cograilway.com/history.htm|title=Cog Railway History|accessdate=2005-06-13]

July events

* July 3 - The London and North Eastern Railway 4-6-2 "Mallard" reaches a speed of 126 mph (203 km/h), the highest certified speed for a steam locomotive.
* July 31 - The Pennsylvania Railroad, in its public timetable issued today, boasts that “19% of all passengers are carried on the Pennsylvania Railroad.”

October events

* October - General Motors Electro-Motive Division introduces the EMD E4.

December events

* December 13 - The Reading Railroad's "Crusader" passenger train is introduced.
* December 15 - The first diesel locomotives in the southeast United States, EMD E4s, appear on the "Orange Blossom Special".

Unknown date events

* Pennsylvania Railroad's "Broadway Limited" is completely re-equipped based on an industrial design by Raymond Loewy.
* Overhead wire on the Pennsylvania Railroad's mainline from New York City reaches Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.
* The first passenger car equipped with fluorescent lights was operated on the New York Central Railroad.

Births

Unknown date births

* John H. Kuehl, editor of "Private Varnish" magazine, passenger car historian and photographer (d. 2005). [cite journal|date=May 2005|title=Obituaries|journal=Trains Magazine|pages=p. 21]

Deaths

February deaths

* February 2 - Frederick William Vanderbilt, director of the New York Central system (b. 1856).

October deaths

* October 16 - Sir Henry Fowler, Chief Mechanical Engineer of the Midland Railway 1909–1923 and the London, Midland and Scottish Railway 1925–1931 (b. 1870).

December deaths

* December 1 - David Blyth Hanna, first president of Canadian National Railway (b. 1858).

References


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