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EVENTS

February events

February - General Motors Electro-Motive Division completes construciton on Union Pacific Railroad 's M-10000 Streamlined passenger trainset.

February 12 - Union Pacific takes delivery of M-10000 , later known as the “City of Salina”.

April events

April 9 - The Budd Company completes construction of the Chicago, Burlington And Quincy Railroad 's '' Pioneer Zephyr ''.

April 18 - The Chicago, Burlington And Quincy Railroad 's '' Pioneer Zephyr '' is first christened as the ''Zephyr'' at Pennsylvania Railroad 's Broad Street Station .

May events

May 26 - Chicago, Burlington And Quincy Railroad 's '' Pioneer Zephyr '' makes its "dawn-to-dusk" nonstop run between Denver, Colorado , and Chicago, Illinois .

June events

June 29 - The Southern Railway renames the '' Southern Belle '' Passenger Train (between London and Brighton , England ) to ''Brighton Belle''.

September events

September 23 - The Broadway-Rensselaer Streetcar line in Albany, New York , operated by United Traction Company , is abandoned.

September 28 - The Winwick Rail Crash occurs when a busy signalman lines an express passenger train onto a track occupied by a stationary local train; 12 people die in the collision as three of the train's Passenger Car s are telescoped.

October events

October 12 - The Association Of American Railroads (AAR) is created from the merger of five industry organizations.

October 22 - The M-10001 , still in its original 900 Hp incarnation, sets an as-yet unbroken record from coast to coast of the United States , running from Oakland Pier to Grand Central Station in 57 Hour s.

November events

November 11 - Chicago, Burlington And Quincy Railroad inaugurates regular passenger service between Lincoln, Nebraska , and Kansas City, Missouri , using the '' Pioneer Zephyr '' trainset.

December events

December 14 - The New York Central Railroad unveils the “Commodore Vanderbilt”, the first Streamline Steam Locomotive and the inspiration for one of Lionel’s more popular toy locomotives.

December 26 - The Pullman Car & Manufacturing Co. merges with its subsidiary Standard Steel Car Company to become Pullman-Standard .

Unknown date events

The first PRR GG1 Electric Locomotive s enter service on the Pennsylvania Railroad .

30th Street Station (originally known as Pennsylvania Station) in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania is built by the Pennsylvania Railroad .

The first 2-6-6-4 Steam Locomotive s in the world are delivered to the Pittsburgh And West Virginia Railroad .

ALCO renames the Brooks Works plant, formerly Brooks Locomotive Works , in Dunkirk, New York , to ALCO Thermal Products Division.

The San Diego And Arizona Eastern Railway discontinues operation of the railroad's three gasoline-electric units.

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REFERENCES

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

Mohawk and Hudson Chapter National Railway Historical Society ( 2005 .