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EVENTS

February events

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March events

March 2 - The Nickel Plate Railroad runs its first mainline Freight Train powered by Diesel Locomotives , as two yard switchers are pressed into service to handle a train from Peru, Indiana , to Michigan City .

May events

May 6 - Pacific Electric quits the Los Angeles to San Bernadino Railway Post Office , the last Interurban RPO in the United States .

May - ALCO introduces the ALCO RS-3 .

June events

June 16 - Copper Range Railroad 's Coal unloading dock at Houghton, Michigan , is razed. {Link without Title}

July events

July 13 - The East Tennessee And Western North Carolina Railroad (ET&WNC) officially ceases operations.

August events

August 8 - Illinois Central retires the '' Green Diamond '' passenger trainset from active service; the trainset will soon be scrapped.

August 22 - Canada 's railroad workers go on Strike , crippling operations across the country.

August 27 - United States President Harry Truman orders the Army to take control of U.S. railroads to prevent a Strike .

September events

September 15 - The first Diesel Locomotive s produced at General Motors Electro-Motive Division 's London, Ontario , works are delivered to the Canadian Pacific Railway .

November events

November 21 - A Canadian National Railway train carrying Korea -bound Troop s is given incorrect orders and collides with a passenger train at Canoe River, British Columbia , killing 21, including 17 soldiers.

November 30 - Baldwin Locomotive Works becomes Baldwin-Lima Hamilton Corporation .

BIRTHS

DEATHS

February 11 - Victor V. Boatner , president of Peoria And Pekin Union Railway 1921-, Chicago Great Western Railway 1929-1931, dies (b. 1884 ).

REFERENCES

MichiganRailroads.com ( 2005 .

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