Events 1946 in rail transport

1 events

1.1 january events
1.2 february events
1.3 march events
1.4 april events
1.5 may events
1.6 june events
1.7 july events
1.8 august events
1.9 september events
1.10 december events
1.11 unknown date events

events
january events

january 1 - lichfield rail crash in england kills 20 people.
january 18 - harvey girls, movie starring judy garland , ray bolger , set in harvey house hotel, makes american debut. movie win best song oscar johnny mercer’s “on atchison, topeka , santa fe”.
january 21 - hull electric railway in ottawa fined $50 violating local law against moving freight on city streets between midnight , 5:00 when delivering loads oil companies along laurier avenue.

february events

february 1 - henry g. ivatt promoted chief mechanical engineer of london, midland , scottish railway, succeeding charles fairburn.
february 20 - pullman standard delivers first passenger car built after world war ii.
february 25 - worst-ever train crash in japan kills 184 people.

march events

march 29 - north end of ottawa s interprovincial bridge destroyed fire, severing château laurier hull electric railway passenger service.

april events

april 5 - temiskaming , northern ontario railway act amended ontario government, change name of temiskaming , northern ontario railway ontario northland railway.
april 26 - naperville train disaster in naperville, illinois, united states: chicago, burlington , quincy railroad s advance flyer, stopped in station, rammed railroad s exposition flyer. 45 killed, more 100 injured.

may events

may 17 - president harry truman seizes control of railroads prevent nationwide strike.
may 30 - after short strike earlier in month, hudson , manhattan railroad trainmen go on strike again when pennsylvania railroad (which owned h&m @ time) management decides recent prr pay increase not apply h&m employees.

june events

june 20 - first use of public address system on passenger train station announcements. system installed in new york city subway car.

july events

july - general motors electro-motive division introduces emd f2.
july 1 - opening of replacement hawkesbury river railway bridge north of sydney, australia.

august events

august 10 - pere marquette railway inaugurates pere marquette passenger train between detroit , grand rapids, michigan, first new postwar streamliner.
august 14 - fréjus rail tunnel reopened reconstructed after wartime closure (first public train september 11).
august 24 - boston , maine railroad replaces electric locomotive operation through hoosac tunnel diesel locomotives.
august 27 - last t1 class steam locomotive built baldwin locomotive works pennsylvania railroad enters service.

september events

september - first production alco pa diesel-electric units delivered atchison, topeka , santa fe railway in united states.
september 29 - illinois central railroad dieselizes passenger trains operating between chicago, illinois, , st. louis, missouri.

december events

december 7 - power car m-10002 streamliner trainset sold northrup-hendy gas turbine train testing.
december 8 - general motors electro-motive division introduces emd nw5.
december 23 - 8,872,244 ride new york city subway system, current one-day record.

unknown date events

vulcan foundry of newton-le-willows, england, construct 120 liberation class 2-8-0 steam locomotives british ministry of supply order united nations relief , rehabilitation administration supply eastern europe.
united states builders construct 160 kd7 class 2-8-0 steam locomotives unrra supply china railways; similar design supplied class 29 belgian railways.
general electric builds electric locomotive model become known little joe.
andré chapelon’s 4-8-4 sncf 242a1 prototype compound locomotive completed in france; goes on achieve extraordinary power outputs , efficiencies in coal , water use.
john w. barriger iii becomes president of monon railroad.
the atlanta, birmingham , coast railroad merged atlantic coast line.
the chesapeake , ohio railroad, under direction of robert r. young, places largest single passenger car order pullman-standard 300 cars. these cars entered service beginning in 1950.




^ colin churcher s railway pages (december 3, 2004), significant dates in ottawa/hull street , light railway history. retrieved january 20, 2006.
^ significant dates in ottawa railway history . colin churcher s railway pages. archived original on 27 april 2006. retrieved 28 march 2006. 
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^ rivanna chapter, national railway historical society (2005). month in railroad history: august . retrieved 2006-08-02. 
^ kd7 class 2-8-0 . railography : chinese steam profiles. retrieved 2011-12-16. 
^ french compound locomotives homepage - technical data . chapelon.net. archived original on 11 december 2006. retrieved 2006-11-01. 
^ wayner, robert j., ed. (1972). car names, numbers , consists. new york: wayner publications. oclc 8848690.  p. 69.