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