1963 in rail transport
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This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 1963.
Events
January events
- January 21 - The Chicago North Shore and Milwaukee Railroad ceases all operation.
- January 26 - The last passenger train on
March events
- March 27 - First Beeching cuts Reshaping of British railways report published.
- March 31 -
May events
- May 4 - Nickel Plate 765is retired.
- May 20 - The right-of-way is officially abandoned after ICCapproval earlier in the year.
June events
- June 28
- The
- Caerphilly railway works in Wales closes.[4]
July events
- July 15 – Yabitsu Station in Yokote, Akita Prefecture, Japan, is opened for regular service.
- July 23 - The Rochester 400, cease operation following approval from the Interstate Commerce Commission.[5]
August events
- August 8 - Great Train Robbery (1963) £2.6 million train robbery. (£57.9 million in 2021 adjusted for inflation)
- August 20 - The one millionth railroad carload of lettuce is shipped from Salinas, California.
- August 31 - Ann Arbor Railroad, in Michigan.
September events
- September - General Electric introduces the GE U25C.
October events
- October 16 - The Norfolk & WesternRailway (N&W).
November events
- November - General Motors Electro-Motive Division introduces the EMD GP30.
- November 9 - Two Yokohama rail crashresults in 161 deaths.
December events
- Mitsubishi Heavy Industries of Japan ship a final batch of ten 2-10-2 steam locomotives to a design improved by Livio Dante Porta for the isolated Ramal Ferro Industrial Río Turbio (RFIRP) 750 mm gauge railway in the southern Patagonian Desert of Argentina to haul coal from Río Turbio for shipping from Río Gallegos, Santa Cruz.[6] See also Rio Turbio Railway.
Unknown date events
- Mauritania Railway opened.
- The Central of Georgia Railway is merged into the Southern Railway (U.S.)
- ALCO introduces the ALCO Century 628.
- SNCF Class BB 67000 diesel locomotives introduced in France.
- Eritrean Railway assembles 0-4-4-0T R442.61 in its shops at Asmara, the last Mallet locomotive built in the world.[7]
Accidents
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Births
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References
- Railroad history of Northumberland County. Retrieved June 28, 2005.
- Railroad history timeline: 1960-1969. Retrieved August 31, 2005.
- ^ Colin Churcher's Railway Pages (January 8, 2006), Significant dates in Ottawa railway history Archived 2007-02-05 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved January 25, 2006.
- ^ "March 31: This Date in Los Angeles Transportation History". Dorothy Peyton Gray Transportation Library and Archive. Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved 16 February 2021.
- ^ "Railroad History of Northumberland County". Lower Anthracite Model Railroad Club. Archived from the original on 6 August 2007. Retrieved 2007-08-08.
- ^ "Great Western Railway Caerphilly Locomotive Works". Rail UK. Archived from the original on 2014-04-15. Retrieved 2014-04-14.
- ISBN 978-0-8166-5449-9.
- ^ "90 tonne engines on 75cm gauge". Railways of the Far South. Retrieved 2015-11-13.
- ^ "The Eritrean Railway". The International Steam pages. Retrieved 2010-01-26.