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EVENTS

January events

January 1 - The national railway operator in the Republic Of Ireland , Great Southern Railways , with responsibility for the southern part of the Irish Railway Network is merged into a new national transport operator, Córas Iompair Éireann (CIÉ).

January 10 - Los Angeles Streetcars make their last run.

January 12 - Bituminous Coal Research Incorporated’s Locomotive Study Group, made up of representatives from eastern railroads and locomotive manufacturers, meets to find ways to combat the rise of the Diesel Locomotive . They decide reciprocating steam is dead, and to explore coal-fired Turbines .

February events

February - General Motors Electro-Motive Division introduces the EMD E7 .

March events

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May events

May 11 - Western Maryland Railway places an order with Lima Locomotive Works for what will be the last Shay Locomotive . It will wear number 6.

July events

July - General Motors Electro-Motive Division introduces the EMD F3 .

July 16 - Canadian National Railway opens its ore dock at Port Arthur, Ontario .

August events

August 24 - The Yosemite Valley Railroad , which had operated between Merced, California , and Yosemite National Park , runs its last trains.

September events

September 27 - The Aalberg-Orient Express resumes operations after World War II .

December events

December 13 - The New York Central Railroad places what is until then the largest single order for passenger equipment: 420 cars.

Unknown date events

The Milwaukee Road enters Bankruptcy for the third time in its history

Matthew S. Sloan steps down from the presidency of the Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad .

BIRTHS

DEATHS

October deaths

October 12 - Charles Fairburn , Chief Mechanical Engineer of the London, Midland And Scottish Railway 1944 – 1945 (b. 1887 ).

October 27 - George Hughes , Chief Mechanical Engineer for the Lancashire And Yorkshire Railway 1904 – 1922 , the London And North Western Railway 1922 – 1923 and the London, Midland And Scottish Railway 1925 – 1931 (b. 1865 ).

REFERENCES

Katy Railroad Historical Society, '' Katy Frequently Asked Questions ''. Retrieved February 9 2005 .

Rivanna Chapter National Railway Historical Society ( 2005 .

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