1941 in rail transport
| Years in rail transport |
| Timeline of railway history |
This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 1941.
Events
January events
- January 4 – Syracuse Transit Corporation ends streetcar service in Syracuse, New York, with the closure of the last four lines.
February events
- February 10–March 11 –
- February 11 – The first Gold record is presented to Glenn Miller for Chattanooga Choo Choo.
March events
- March – road switcher. This model will have the longest production run of any diesel locomotive for the North American market.[2]
- March 31 – The New Orleans, Louisiana.
April events
- April 28 – The African American passengers are entitled to equal accommodations on all passenger trains in the U.S.[3]
May events
- May 4 – streetcar system ceases operations.[4]
- May 22 – Canadian Pacific Railway's Angus Shops in Montreal produce its first tank as part of the war effort for World War II.[5]
June events
- June 13 – The Hauerseter–Gardermoen Line in Norway is opened by the Luftwaffe during the German occupation of Norway.[6]
July events
- July 7 – Deutsche Reichsbahn accepts delivery of an experimental "V-8" steam locomotive from Henschel & Son's works. Nominally a 2-8-2, the locomotive has four sets of two cylinders in a 90 degree "V" shape on the ends of each drive axle, alternating from side to side. Captured by the Allies, it will be tested in the U.S. before being scrapped in 1952.
- July 11 – RENFE, is formed.[7]
- July – Union Pacific Railroad's M-10002 streamliner trainset is removed from active service on the City of Portland and placed in storage.
August events
- August 12 – Atsuta Jingu-mae route officially completed in Aichi Prefecture, Japan, and Meitetsu Gifu to Toyohashi route direct commuter train service to start from May 1948.[citation needed]
- August 14 – Union Pacific Railroad's M-10001 streamliner trainset is sold for scrap.
September events
- September 5 – The first Alco to the Union Pacific Railroad at Omaha.
- September 7 – The last scheduled train runs on the narrow gauge Bridgton and Saco River Railroad.[8]
October events
- October 1 – After a bankruptcy, Spokane International Railway is reorganized as Spokane International Railroad.
- October 26 – The American Car and Foundry.[9]
- October – Robert E. Woodruff becomes president of the Erie Railroad.[10]
November events
- November 17 – The Salt Lake City, Utah.
December events
- December – British USSR.[11]
- December 7 – The New York Central Railroad, with much fanfare, launches a new Empire State Express. The bombing of Pearl Harbor puts an immediate damper on the planned festivities.
- December 9 – Chesapeake and Ohio Railway officials accept the first 2-6-6-6 Allegheny steam locomotive from the Lima Locomotive Works. Despite many claims made by Alco, Union Pacific Railroad and others for the 4-8-8-4 Big Boy, the Alleghenies are the largest steam locomotives ever built for service in the United States.
- December 19 – The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad extends the Columbian passenger train from Jersey City-Washington to Jersey City-Chicago.
Unknown date events
- The first of over 8,000 Deutsche Reichsbahn.[12]
- The Heisler Locomotive Works produces the last Heisler locomotive.
- The Hollywood, a lounge car built for use on the .
- General Motors Electro-Motive Division introduces the EMD TR1.
- Southern Pacific Railroad.[13]
- Sacramento Northern Railway ceases interurban services.[14]
Accidents
Railway accidents in 1941 | |
|---|---|
| Location and date |
|
Births
Deaths
February deaths
- February 1 – William Gibbs McAdoo, American lawyer, statesman and Director General of Railroads during World War I (born 1863).
April deaths
- April 5 – Nigel Gresley, Chief mechanical engineer of the London and North Eastern Railway 1923–1941 (born 1876).[15]
- April 16 –
Unknown date deaths
- Southern Pacific Railroad, 1932–1941 (born 1878).
- Alonzo C. Mather, founder of Mather Stock Car Company, designed the first widely recognized humane stock car (born 1848).[17]
- New York Central railroad, creator of Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives(born 1865).
References
- Wayner, Robert J., ed. (1972). Car Names, Numbers and Consists. New York: Wayner Publications. OCLC 8848690.
- OCLC 1785797.
- ^ Street, Jennie (2007). "Drewry routes from the Sudan". The Narrow Gauge. 198: 26–7.
- ISBN 0-85524-128-4.
- ^ Glass, Andrew (April 28, 2009). "Supreme Court ends railroad discrimination, April 28, 1941". Politico. Archived from the original on 2 May 2009. Retrieved April 30, 2009.
- ^ Robertson, Edwin B. (1982). Remember the Portland, Maine Trolleys. Robertson Books. p. 12.
- ^ "Significant dates in Canadian railway history". Colin Churcher's Railway Pages. February 9, 2007. Archived from the original on 27 May 2007. Retrieved May 22, 2007.
- ISBN 82-91448-00-0.
- ^ Comisión Oficial para la Conmemoración del Primer Centenario del Ferrocarril en España (1948). Cien años de ferrocarril en España, 1. Madrid: Comisión.
- ISBN 0-915713-26-8.
- ISBN 978-0-7385-5074-9.
- ^ "Erie Railroad presidents". Archived from the original on 18 March 2005. Retrieved March 15, 2005.
- ISBN 0-905878-00-0.
- ISBN 0-85112-707-X.
- ^ Yenne, Bill (1985). The history of the Southern Pacific. New York: Bonanza.
- ^ Levy, Daniel. "Sacramento Northern Railway". OB&E. Archived from the original on 10 January 2013. Retrieved 15 September 2012.
- ^ "[Sir] Herbert Nigel Gresley". steamindex.com. December 9, 2004. Retrieved February 9, 2005.
- ^ "Sir Josiah Charles Stamp (later Lord Stamp of Shortlands)". steamindex.com. Retrieved August 22, 2007.
- ^ Dieffenbacher, Jane (2002). "Mather Family of Fairfield, NY". Archived from the original on February 21, 2005. Retrieved March 24, 2005.