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EVENTS

January events

January 17 - Riverview station, in Waltham, Massachusetts , on the Boston And Maine Railroad closes.

May events

May - John W. Barriger III succeeds William N. Deramus III as president of the Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad .

October events

October 31 - Canadian National Railway inaugurates '' Rapido '' Passenger Train service between Montreal and Toronto .

December events

December - General Electric introduces the GE U28C .

December 9 - Căile Ferate Române , the national railway system of Romania , opens its first electrified segment using the existing Braşov - Predeal line.

Unknown date events

Southern Pacific 's bid for control of the Western Pacific is rejected by the Interstate Commerce Commission .

The steam generators on Chicago, Rock Island And Pacific Railroad 's EMD AB6 Diesel Locomotive s are replaced with Head-end Power (HEP) units and the locomotives re-enter service, now on commuter trains in Chicago, Illinois .

Richard Beeching steps down from the chairmanship of the British Railways Board .

BIRTHS

DEATHS

September deaths

September 27 - William Stanier , Chief Mechanical Engineer of the London, Midland And Scottish Railway 1932 – 1944 (b. 1876 ).

REFERENCES

Colin Churcher's Railway Pages ( 2005 .

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