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EVENTS

March events

March 27 - Black demonstrators stage a "ride-in" on Charleston, South Carolina , Streetcar s.

May events

May 24 - The Milwaukee Road 's '' Olympian Hiawatha '' Passenger Train makes its final run between Chicago, Illinois , and Seattle, Washington .

May 28 - The '' Orient Express '' makes its last run between Paris , France , and Bucharest , Romania .

June events

June - The last of the Bradshaw railway Timetable s, first published by George Bradshaw in 1839 , is published.

August events

August 31 - Portland, Maine 's Union Station is demolished to make room for a shopping plaza.

September events

September 23 - Maritime, Coal Railway And Power Company , in Nova Scotia , ceases operations.

October events

October 18 - General Motors Electro-Motive Division completes construction of the first GP30 Diesel Locomotive .

November events

November 20 - Union Pacific 844 makes its first excursion run following retirement from regular revenue service on the Union Pacific Railroad .

Unknown date events

Richard Beeching is appointed chairman of the British Railways Board .

Atlantic Coast Line 's headquarters are moved from Wilmington, North Carolina , to Jacksonville, Florida .

The first Sulzer Type 2 diesel locomotive, later British Rail Class 25 , is completed at BR Doncaster.

Construction is completed on Mexico 's Chihuahua Al Pacífico which linked the city of Chihuahua , Chihuahua , to the town of Los Mochis , Sinaloa , near the Pacific coast.

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REFERENCES

Rivanna Chapter, National Railway Historical Society ( 2005 .

Rivanna Chapter, National Railway Historical Society ( 2005 .

Smith, Ivan ( 2005 .