1957 in rail transport

This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 1957.

Events

January events

• January 1 - The Chicago and North Western Railway leases the Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis and Omaha Railway (the Omaha Road).
• January 12 - Operations of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway's Super Chief and El Capitan passenger trains are combined during off-peak seasons.
• January 22 - Last day of steam locomotive operations on the Southern Pacific Railroad.

February events

• February 7 - Southern Pacific 2-6-4 number 2472 (now preserved) is retired from revenue service.^[1]

March events

• March 17 - The Milwaukee Road operates its last steam locomotive.
• March 29 - The New York, Ontario and Western Railway is abandoned, the largest single railroad abandonment in the United States (541 mi (871 km)).^[2]
• March 29 - The Central Vermont Railway dieselizes.

April events

• April 7 - New York City trolleys run for the last time.

May events

• May 7 - The Flying Yankee trainset is retired from revenue service on the Boston & Maine and Maine Central railroads.
• May 17 - Canadian National Railway opens a new track alignment between Toronto and Montreal to make way for construction of the St. Lawrence Seaway.^[3]

June events

• June 2 - First Trans Europ Express diesel trains run on the continent.
• June 6 - Pere Marquette Railroad steam locomotive 4-8-2 number 1225 is given to Michigan State University for display on campus.

July events

• July 3 - The Chicago Aurora and Elgin Railroad abruptly ceases to carry passengers at 12:13pm.
• July 11 - Southern Pacific Railroad’s Colton Cutoff around Los Angeles is opened to traffic.
• July 27 - The Musquodoboit Railway ends steam locomotive operations with a round trip between Dartmouth and Upper Upper Musquodoboit, Nova Scotia, behind CN number 3409.

August events

• August 27 - The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway retires its last steam locomotive.^[4]

October events

• October 31 - Canadian National Railway receives authorization to operate the former New York Central Railroad (NYC) lines in Ottawa, Ontario, to reach industries that were originally served by NYC.

November events

• November 1 - Class I railroads report they roster 27,108 diesel and 2,697 steam locomotives. An additional 721 steam locomotives are in storage.

December events

• December 31 - The Southern Railway (US) runs its last steam locomotive.

Unknown date events

• William N. Deramus III becomes president of the Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad.
• Estación Federico Lacroze in Buenos Aires, Argentina, opens.
• The California State Legislature establishes the five-county San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District.
• Pandrol clip patented by Norwegian railway engineer Per Pande Rolfsen.^[5]

Births

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Deaths

July deaths

• July 13 - Sim Webb, Casey Jones' fireman on the famous run (born 1874).

References

• Colin Churcher's Railway Pages (September 7, 2005), Significant dates in Ottawa railway history. Retrieved October 31, 2005.
• Katy Railroad Historical Society, Katy Frequently Asked Questions. Retrieved February 9, 2005.
• Smith, Ivan (1998), Significant Dates in Nova Scotia's Railway History (After 1950). Retrieved July 22, 2005.

1. ^ Diebert, Timothy S. and Strapac, Joseph A. (1987). Southern Pacific Company Steam Locomotive Conpendium. Shade Tree Books. ISBN 0-930742-12-5.  p 178.
2. ^ Balkwill, Richard; Marshall, John (1993). The Guinness Book of Railway Facts and Feats (6th ed.). Enfield: Guinness Publishing. ISBN 0-85112-707-X. 
3. ^ "Significant dates in Canadian railway history". Colin Churcher's Railway Pages. 2006-03-17. Archived from the original on 27 April 2006. http://www.railways.incanada.net/candate/candate.htm. Retrieved 2006-05-17. 
4. ^ Rivanna Chapter, National Railway Historical Society (2005). "This Month in Railroad History: August". http://avenue.org/nrhs/histaug.htm. Retrieved 2006-08-25. 
5. ^ "e-CLIP". Pandrol. 2007. http://www.pandrol.com/html/products/eclip.htm. Retrieved 2011-11-11.