1947 in rail transport
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This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 1947.
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Events
January events
- January 19 - The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad inaugurates the Cincinnatian passenger train between Baltimore, Maryland, and Cincinnati, Ohio.
February events
- February 28 - The Illinois Central Railroad withdraws its specialized Green Diamond passenger trainset from Chicago-St. Louis service.
April events
- April 27 - After a complete overhaul, Illinois Central's Green Diamond trainset re-enters active service, this time between Jackson, Mississippi, and New Orleans, Louisiana, as the Miss-Lou passenger train.
May events
- May 5 - Sixteen people die in the Camp Mountain train disaster when a crowded picnic train derails on a sharp left-hand curve between Ferny Grove and Camp Mountain stations on the now-closed Dayboro line, approximately 20 km(12.4 miles) northwest of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
June events
- June 6 - The Pere Marquette Railroad is merged into the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway.
September events
- September 1 1947 – Dugald, Manitoba, Canada: A Canadian National Railway passenger train failed to take the siding and collided with the No. 4 Transcontinental that was standing on the main line. Thirty-one people were killed.
- September 17 - The American Freedom Train, carrying the original versions of the United States Constitution, Declaration of Independence and the Bill of Rights, begins a two-year tour of the United States starting in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. See also American Freedom Train - 1947-1949 station stops
October events
- October 18 - Alaska Railroad inaugurates the Aurora passenger train service between Fairbanks and Anchorage.
Unknown date events
- The first diesel locomotives enter mainline operation on the Southern Pacific Railroad.
- The Southern Pacific Railroad is reincorporated in Delaware.
- The City of Los Angeles train frequency is upgraded to daily.
- The Super Chief train frequency is upgraded to daily.
- Lima Locomotive Works is merged with General Machinery Corporation of Hamilton, OH. The new company is named Lima-Hamilton.
- The components of the former M-10002 streamliner trainset are scrapped.
- William Neal succeeds D'Alton Cory Coleman as president of Canadian Pacific Railway.
- The last United States Fish and Wildlife Service fish car is taken out of service.
- The Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad inaugurates its Old Dominion passenger train between Washington, DC, and Richmond, Virginia.
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References
- Alaska Railroad, Alaska Railroad History. Retrieved October 18 2005.
- U.S. Government Printing Office (1979), The Fish Car Era of the National Fish Hatchery System. Retrieved March 28 2005.
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