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EVENTS

April events

April 6 - Freight transportation on Alaska Railroad between Fairbanks and Anchorage resumes after repairs from an Earthquake that occurred on March 27 .¹

April 20 - The Skokie Swift high-speed rapid transit route of the Chicago Transit Authority 'L' system begins service.

June events

June 19 - United States President Lyndon B. Johnson presides over the Groundbreaking ceremonies for Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART).

Unknown date events

The Wabash , Nickel Plate Road , Pittsburgh And West Virginia and Akron, Canton And Youngstown railroads are all merged into the Norfolk & Western .

Benjamin Biaggini succeeds Donald Russell as president of the Southern Pacific Company, parent company of the Southern Pacific Railroad .

Donald Russell assumes the position of Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Southern Pacific Company, a position that was nonexistent since Hale Holden 's departure in 1939 .

ALCO is purchased by the Worthington Corporation .

The above-ground portion of Pennsylvania Railroad 's Pennsylvania Station in New York City is demolished to make room for Madison Square Gardens , but the tracks remain in use today.

Robert A. "Bob" Emerson succeeds Norris Roy Crump as president of Canadian Pacific Railway .

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