1948 in rail transport
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This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 1948.
In 1948, 14 railroads in North America owned more than 1,000 steam locomotives each. See also: Historical sizes of railroads
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Events
January events
- January 4 - Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad and Southern Pacific Railroad debut a new lightweight passenger car consist for the Golden State passenger train between Chicago, Illinois, and Los Angeles, California.
February events
- February 29 - Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway upgrades its El Capitan passenger train service frequency to daily.
October events
- October 26 - The American Freedom Train, carrying the original versions of the United States Constitution, Declaration of Independence and the Bill of Rights, makes its final public display in Havre de Grace, Maryland before the official end of tour. See also American Freedom Train - 1947-1949 station stops
Unknown date events
- The Automatic Warning System is first installed on British railways.
- George Walker succeeds William Neal as president of Canadian Pacific Railway.
- In order to avoid import tariffs into Canada, Baldwin Locomotive Works contracts the Canadian Locomotive Company to be Baldwin's Canadian representatives and locomotive builders.
Births
Deaths
March deaths
- March 5 - H.P.M. Beames, Chief Mechanical Engineer of the London and North Western Railway 1920–1922 (b. 1875).
