1961 in rail transport

This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 1961.

Events

February events

• February 4 - Lehigh Valley Railroad discontinues its Black Diamond passenger train service.

March events

• March 27 - Black demonstrators stage a "ride-in" on Charleston, South Carolina, streetcars.

May events

• May 24 - The Milwaukee Road's Olympian Hiawatha passenger train makes its final run between Chicago, Illinois, and Seattle, Washington.
• May 28 - The Orient Express makes its last run between Paris, France, and Bucharest, Romania.

June events

• June - The last of the Bradshaw railway timetables, first published by George Bradshaw in 1839, is published.

August events

• August 31 - Portland, Maine's Union Station is demolished to make room for a shopping plaza.

September events

• September 23 - Maritime, Coal Railway and Power Company, in Nova Scotia, ceases operations.

October events

• October 18 - General Motors Electro-Motive Division completes construction of the first GP30 diesel locomotive.

November events

• November 20 - Union Pacific 844 makes its first excursion run following retirement from regular revenue service on the Union Pacific Railroad.

Unknown date events

• Richard Beeching is appointed chairman of the British Railways Board.
• Atlantic Coast Line's headquarters are moved from Wilmington, North Carolina, to Jacksonville, Florida.
• The first Sulzer Type 2 diesel locomotive, later British Rail Class 25, is completed at BR Doncaster.
• Construction is completed on Mexico's Chihuahua al Pacífico which linked the city of Chihuahua, Chihuahua, to the town of Los Mochis, Sinaloa, near the Pacific coast.

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References

• Rivanna Chapter, National Railway Historical Society (2005), This Month in Railroad History: October. Retrieved October 18 2005.
• Rivanna Chapter, National Railway Historical Society (2005), This month in railroad history - November. Retrieved November 20 2005.
• Smith, Ivan (March 29 2005), History of Railway Companies in Nova Scotia. Retrieved September 23 2005.

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