1947 in rail transport

1946, 1947, 1948

Years in rail transport

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This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 1947.

Contents 1 Events 1.1 January events 1.2 February events 1.3 March events 1.4 April events 1.5 May events 1.6 June events 1.7 August events 1.8 September events 1.9 October events 1.10 Unknown date events 2 Births 3 Deaths 4 References

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.^[1]

September 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.^[2]

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.^[3]
• The Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad inaugurates its Old Dominion passenger train between Washington, DC, and Richmond, Virginia.

Births

Deaths

References

• Wayner, Robert J., ed. (1972). Car Names, Numbers and Consists. New York: Wayner Publications. 

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