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EVENTS

March events

March 25 - The 200-inch mirror blank for the Palomar Observatory begins its cross-country trip aboard a special railroad car.

May events

May 11 - The German Steam Locomotive 05 002 sets a world speed record of 125.25 mph.

May 12 - The Atchison, Topeka And Santa Fe Railway inaugurates the all- Diesel powered '' Super Chief '' Passenger Train between Chicago, Illinois , and Los Angeles, California .

May 15 - The first '' City Of Los Angeles '' Passenger Train makes its debut, using the Streamliner trainset M-10002 , running from Chicago, Illinois , to Los Angeles, California , on the Chicago And North Western Railway and the Union Pacific Railroad .

May 17 - Illinois Central ’s Streamliner “Green Diamond” makes its debut, running between Chicago, Illionos and St. Louis Missouri .

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May - Union Pacific Railroad takes delivery of the first of the M-10003-6 Streamliner power cars.

June events

June 14 - The M-10004 Streamliner trainset enters service on the '' City Of San Francisco '' Passenger Train .

June 18 - The first '' City Of Denver '' Passenger Train makes its debut running from Chicago, Illinois , to Denver, Colorado , on the Chicago And North Western Railway and the Union Pacific Railroad .

July events

July 15 - The New York Central introduces the '' Mercury '' Passenger Train between Detroit, Michigan , and Cleveland, Ohio .

August events

August 1 - The New Haven Railroad tests a new Streamliner : a two-car Besler steam motor train.

September events

September 18 - Canadian Pacific Railway 4-4-4 number 3003 pulls a newly-designed lightweight Passenger Train at 112.5 Mph (181 Km/h ) near St. Telesphore, Quebec , Canada .

October events

October - Chicago, Burlington And Quincy Railroad inaugurates the '' Sam Houston Zephyr '' Passenger Train .

November events

November 8 - Chicago, Burlington And Quincy Railroad inaugurates the '' Denver Zephyr '' Passenger Train .

December events

December 18 - The '' Twin Cities Zephyr '', an articulated trainset pulled by an EMD E5 , is placed into service between Chicago, Illinois , and Minneapolis-St. Paul .

December - Chicago, Burlington And Quincy Railroad inaugurates the '' Ozark State Zephyr '' Passenger Train .

Unknown date events

Illinois Central 's Green Diamond trainset is built by Pullman-Standard .

Bruce Church , T. R. Merrill , Gene Harden and Ken Nutting form the Growers Ice Company to ship bulk carloads of lettuce by rail from Salinas, California

BIRTHS

DEATHS

Unknown date deaths

Oris Paxton Van Sweringen , American Financier who, with his brother Mantis , controlled the Nickel Plate Road and other eastern United States railroads (b. 1879 ).

REFERENCES

Colin Churcher's Railway Pages ( 2005 .