1964 in rail transport

This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 1964.

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 between the Howard Street Terminal in Rogers Park and Dempster Street in Skokie.

June events

• June 15 - The 2000-series rapid transit cars (2001–2180), built by the Pullman Car Company of Chicago, Illinois, are placed in service on the Chicago 'L' system. These cars represent the first generation of the Chicago Transit Authority High Performance Family.

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

• June 30 - End of regularly scheduled steam locomotive service on the narrow gauge White Pass and Yukon Route.^[2]

September events

• September 30 - The Railway Preservation Society of Ireland is formed.

October events

• October 1 - The Tōkaidō Shinkansen high-speed route commences operation in Japan; it is the first of many Shinkansen routes to be constructed.

November events

• November 5 - Swaziland Railway opened.^[3]

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.
• Double-deck cars introduced on suburban railways in Sydney, Australia.^[4]
• 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.

Accidents

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Births

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Deaths

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References

1. ^ Alaska Railroad. "Alaska Railroad History". Archived from the original on 24 March 2006. http://web.archive.org/web/20060324083813/http://www.akrr.com/corporate/history.html. Retrieved 6 April 2006. 
2. ^ Martin, Cy (1974). Gold Rush Narrow Gauge (2nd ed.). Corona del Mar, California: Trans-Anglo Books. p. 93. ISBN 0-87046-026-9. 
3. ^ "History of Swaziland Railway - Then & Now". Swaziland Railway. http://www.swazirail.co.sz/. Retrieved 2011-12-29. 
4. ^ Richardson, Matthew (2001). The Penguin Book of Firsts. New Delhi: Penguin Books India. p. 281. ISBN 0-14-302771-9.