1938 in rail transport
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This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 1938.
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Events
February events
- February - A second all-lightweight trainset enters service on the Super Chief.
June events
- June 16 - The Pike's Peak Cog Railway in Colorado operates gasoline-powered railcar number 7, the first rack railcar in the world, for the first time.
October events
- October - General Motors Electro-Motive Division introduces the EMD E4.
Unknown date events
- Pennsylvania Railroad's Broadway Limited is completely re-equipped based on an industrial design by Raymond Loewy.
- Overhead wire on the Pennsylvania Railroad's mainline from New York City reaches Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.
Births
Unknown date births
- John H. Kuehl, editor of Private Varnish magazine, passenger car historian and photographer (d. 2005).
Deaths
February deaths
- February 2 - Frederick William Vanderbilt, director of the New York Central system (b. 1856).
October deaths
- October 16 - Henry Fowler, Chief Mechanical Engineer of the Midland Railway 1909–1923 and the London, Midland and Scottish Railway 1925–1931 (b. 1870).
December deaths
- December 1 - David Blyth Hanna, first president of Canadian National Railway (b. 1858).
References
- Manitou & Pike's Peak Cog Railway (2005), Cog Railway History. Retrieved June 13, 2005.
- (May 2005), Obituaries, Trains Magazine, p. 21.
