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EVENTS

March events

March 1 - Sixty-nine railroads buy the American Railway Express Company and rename it Railway Express Agency .

May events

May - Charles E. Denny succeeds John J. Bernet as president of the Erie Railroad .

July events

July 7 - The Atchison, Topeka And Santa Fe Railway and the Pennsylvania Railroad begin air/rail service between New York and Los Angeles. Trip time is cut from 100 to 80 hours.

August events

August 6 - The Ghan begins operation in Australia under its current name.

August 26 - For the first time, Canadian National Railway uses Diesel Locomotive s to power a Passenger Train , with unit number 9000 on the second section of the International Limited between Montreal and Toronto .

November events

November 1 - The London, Brighton And South Coast Railway celebrates the 21st "birthday" of the '' Southern Belle '' Passenger Train with ceremonies at each end of the train's route between London and Brighton .

December events

December 10 - Ottawa Electric Railway discontinues Streetcar service between Carling Avenue and the Experimental Farm.

Unknown date events

Paul Shoup takes over the presidency of the Southern Pacific Company, parent company of the Southern Pacific Railroad .

Henry DeForest assumes the position of Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Southern Pacific Company.

ALCO purchases McIntosh And Seymour Diesel Engine Company for further manufacturing of Diesel Engine s that will be installed in subsequent ALCO Locomotive s.

The Lake Superior And Ishpeming Railroad ends Passenger Train operations.

BIRTHS

DEATHS

REFERENCES

Colin Churcher's Railway Pages ( 2005

'' Erie Railroad presidents ''. Retrieved March 15 2005 .

Hill, Keith (February 2005 ), "Brighton's Belle Époque", ''BackTrack'' 19 (2), 70-79.

'' A Short History of the Lake Superior & Ishpeming Railroad ''. Retrieved May 9 2005 .