1934 in rail transport
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This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 1934.
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Events
February events
- February - General Motors Electro-Motive Division completes construciton on Union Pacific Railroad's M-10000 streamlined passenger trainset.
April events
- April 9 - The Budd Company completes construction of the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad's Pioneer Zephyr.
- April 18 - The Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad's Pioneer Zephyr is first christened as the Zephyr at Pennsylvania Railroad's Broad Street station.
May events
- May 26 - Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad's Pioneer Zephyr makes its "dawn-to-dusk" nonstop run between Denver, Colorado, and Chicago, Illinois.
June events
- June 29 - The Southern Railway renames the Southern Belle passenger train (between London and Brighton, England) to Brighton Belle.
September events
- September 23 - The Broadway-Rensselaer streetcar line in Albany, New York, operated by United Traction Company, is abandoned.
October events
- October 12 - The Association of American Railroads (AAR) is created from the merger of five industry organizations.
- October 22 - The M-10001, still in its original 900 hp incarnation, sets an as-yet unbroken record from coast to coast of the United States, running from Oakland Pier to Grand Central Station in 57 hours.
November events
- November 11 - Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad inaugurates regular passenger service between Lincoln, Nebraska, and Kansas City, Missouri, using the Pioneer Zephyr trainset.
Unknown date events
- The first PRR GG1 electric locomotives enter service on the Pennsylvania Railroad.
- 30th Street Station (originally known as Pennsylvania Station) in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania is built by the Pennsylvania Railroad.
- The first 2-6-6-4 steam locomotives in the world are delivered to the Pittsburgh and West Virginia Railroad.
- ALCO renames the Brooks Works plant, formerly Brooks Locomotive Works, in Dunkirk, New York, to ALCO Thermal Products Division.
- The San Diego and Arizona Eastern Railway discontinues operation of the railroad's three gasoline-electric units.
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References
- Hill, Keith (February 2005), "Brighton's Belle Époque", BackTrack 19 (2), 70-79.
- Mohawk and Hudson Chapter National Railway Historical Society (2003), Albany Area Railroads: History and Context. Retrieved September 23 2005.
