1962 in rail transport

This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 1962.

Events

January events

• January 4 – New York City Subway introduces a driverless train.
• January 8 – The
  passes a red signal
  to collide nearly head-on with another passenger train. 93 are killed.
• January 28 – The last lines of streetcars in Washington, D.C., end operations.^[1][2]

February events

• February 1 – The Nordland Line in Norway is completed and opened to Bodø.

March events

• March 15 – Canadian Pacific Railway receives authorization to discontinue passenger train service between Ottawa and Chalk River.^[3]

May events

• May 3 – Mikawashima train crash in Japan kills 160.
• May 22 –
  Strasbourg
  through to Paris.
• May 23 – Drilling for the new Montreal Metro system commences.

June events

• June 30 – The Norfolk and Western Railway discontinues electrification on the former Virginian Railway.^[4]

July events

• July 17 – Canadian National Railway debuts a new paint scheme on its transcontinental passenger train, the Super Continental.

September events

• September 1 –
  Hudson & Manhattan Railroad.^{[5]: 58 [6]}
• September 7 – The Buckfastleigh, Totnes and South Devon Railway, in England, is closed by the Western Region of British Railways.

October events

• October 11 –
  standard gauge railroad in the United States when it pulls a train from Leadville to Climax, Colorado
  .
• October 28 – The
  Lake Street Elevation of the Chicago Transit Authority rail system is placed in operation, relocating 2.6 miles of the former at-grade portion of the route onto the Chicago and North Western Transportation Company's elevated right-of-way, with new stations at Central, Austin, Ridgeland, Oak Park and Harlem. The improvement eliminated a total of 22 grade crossings in Chicago, Oak Park and Forest Park
  .

• Railway extended to Wau, South Sudan.
• Metro-North
  railroad.
• Union Pacific 3985, a Challenger locomotive, is removed from revenue service on the Union Pacific Railroad.
• First
  ALCO, introduced. The class will eventually exceed 2,800 units.^[7]
• ALCO closes the ALCO Thermal Products Division (formerly Brooks Locomotive Works) plant in Dunkirk, New York
  .
• Southern Railway
  .
• The Northern Refrigerator Car Line is combined with Merchants Despatch.

Accidents

Births

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Deaths

• February 2 – Ralph Budd, president of the Great Northern Railway 1919–1932 and Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad 1932–1949 (b. 1879).

References

• "American Experience / Streamliners / People & Events / Ralph Budd". PBS. 2000. Archived from the original on March 9, 2005. Retrieved February 22, 2005.
• "Norfolk Southern Railway". Archived from the original on February 6, 2005. Retrieved December 2, 2015.
• President and Fellows of Harvard College (2004). "20th century great American business leaders – Ralph Budd". Archived from the original on February 5, 2005. Retrieved February 22, 2005.
• Rivanna Chapter, National Railway Historical Society (2005). "This Month in Railroad History – October". Retrieved October 11, 2005.
• "Significant dates in Canadian railway history". April 3, 2005. Archived from the original on January 25, 2006. Retrieved July 12, 2005.
• OCLC 1785797
  .