1966 in rail transport
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This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 1966.
Events
January events
March events
- March 7 – The Somerset & Dorset Joint Railway.[2]
- March 25 – Hachinohe Rinkai Railway Line was opened.
April events
- April 20 – The second segment, between Predeal and Câmpina, of Căile Ferate Române's (in Romania) electrification is completed.
May events
- May 28 - Historic Red Clay Valley Incorporated begins operating steam tourist trains on the 10.2-mile Landenberg Branch of the Wilmington & Western Railroad. The operation is the 7th oldest standard gauge tourist heritage railroad operating in the US.[3]
July events
- 15 July – The London Marylebone to Euston, overturning the opposition of National Union of Railwaymen members of the local staff committee.[4][5]
- July 17 – The first passenger operations begin at the Illinois Railway Museum using car number 415.[6]
September events
- September 3 – The London Midland Region of British Railways closes the former Great Central Railway London Extension to passenger traffic between Aylesbury and Rugby Central, bringing an end to its career as "the last main line".[7]
October events
- October 14 – Montreal Metro inaugurated.
December events
Unknown date events
- ALCO introduces the ALCO Century 415.
- The St Louis, Missouri.
- Beyer, Peacock & Company of Manchester, England, turns out its last locomotives, British Rail Class 25/3 diesels.[8]
- Canadian Pacific for a short period, succeeding Robert Emerson. Crump, in turn, is succeeded by Ian David Sinclair.
Accidents
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Births
Deaths
Unknown date deaths
- Martin W. Clement, president of the Pennsylvania Railroad 1935–1948 (b. 1881).[9]
References
- White, John H., Jr. (Spring 1986), America's most noteworthy railroaders, Railroad History, Railway and Locomotive Historical Society, 154, p. 9–15.
- OCLC 59003738.
- ISBN 0-7153-4312-2.
- ^ "Wilmington & Western Railroad". WWRR.
- ^ "Euston staff 'colour bar' ended". On This Day. BBC News. July 15, 1966. Archived from the original on March 7, 2008. Retrieved October 26, 2016.
- ^ Oona King, "Asquith's Fight for Equality", BBC Radio 4, 2016-10-26.
- ^ Illinois Railway Museum (May 5, 2005). "History of the IRM". Archived from the original on April 29, 1998. Retrieved November 7, 2005.
- ^ "Railway Archive". Archived from the original on August 4, 2007. Retrieved July 31, 2007.
- ISBN 1-898432-05-8.
- ^ President and Fellows of Harvard College (2004). "20th century great American business leaders – Martin W. Clement". Archived from the original on February 5, 2005. Retrieved February 23, 2005.