1940 in rail transport
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This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 1940.
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Events
January events
- January 14 - Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway discontinues the San Francisco-Los Angeles-Chicago Navajo.
- January 27 - The Boston, Revere Beach and Lynn Railroad ceased operations in Massachusetts in preparation for abandonment.
February events
- February - General Motors Electro-Motive Division introduces the EMD E5.
June events
- June - Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad takes delivery of the unique EMD AB6 locomotives.
July events
- July 17 - The last section of the Baghdad Railway's mainline linking Istanbul and Baghdad is completed between El Yaroubieh and Baiji.
September events
- September 2 - Kansas City Southern inaugurates the Southern Belle passenger train service between Kansas City, Missouri, and New Orleans, Louisiana.
Unknown date events
- Norton Fitzwarren train disaster, England: a train driver misreads the signals on a four track line, and drives his train off the end of the track.
Births
Deaths
October deaths
- October 24 - William Benson Storey, president of Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway 1920-1933, dies (b. 1857).
References
- New York Times (October 30 1940), W. B. Storey Dies. Retrieved August 19 2005.
- Trains News Wire (April 27 2005), 'Miss Southern Belle' dies. Retrieved May 4 2005.
- Trains of Turkey (December 1 2004), Baghdad Railway. Retrieved July 12 2005.
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