1967 in rail transport

Events

January events

* January - General Electric introduces the GE U30C.

February events

* February 21 - Retiral of last shunting horse to work on British Rail, "Charlie" at Newmarket. [cite book|author=Holden, Bryan|title=The Long Haul – the life and times of the railway horse|year=1985|publisher=J. A. Allen|location=London|isbn=0-85131-395-7]
* February 28 – Stechford rail crash on British Rail at Stechford railway station in Birmingham: a diesel locomotive collides with a passenger train as a result of a shunting error, killing the driver and 8 passengers and injuring 16. [cite book|title=Railway accident:, Report on the collision that occurred on 28th February 1967 at Stechford in the London Midland Region British Railways|author=Ministry of Transport|location=London|publisher=H.M.S.O|year=1968|url=http://www.railwaysarchive.co.uk/docSummary.php?docID=193]

March events

* March 5 – Connington South rail crash on the British Rail East Coast Main Line near Conington, Huntingdonshire: 5 passengers killed and 18 injured as the result of a deliberate act by the signalman. [cite book|author=Ministry of Transport|coauthors=Lt-Col. I. K. A. McNaughton|year=1969|title=Railway accident: Report on the derailment that occurred on 5th March, 1967 at Connington South in the Eastern Region British Railways|location=London|publisher=H.M.S.O|isbn=0-11-550079-0|url=http://www.railwaysarchive.co.uk/documents/MoT_Connington1967.pdf ]
* March 6 - Railways between Cambridge and Sudbury via Haverhill closed after British Rail Eastern Region closed it under the Beeching Report.
* March 20 - British Rail reopens the remaining section of line on the Isle of Wight, from Ryde Pier Head to Shanklin, after electrification to the Southern Region standard (750 V DC third rail) using former London Underground "Tube" stock. [cite book|author=Gillham, J. C.|title=The Age of the Electric Train|year=1988|publisher=Ian Allan|location=London|isbn=0-7110-1392-6]
* March 24 - Soo Line Railroad discontinues passenger train operations. [cite web|author=Rivanna Chapter National Railway Historical Society|url=http://avenue.org/nrhs/histmar.htm|title=This Month in Railroad History: March|accessdate=2006-03-24]

April events

* April 1 - The United States National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) begins work. [cite web|author=National Transportation Safety Board|date=March 15 2005|url=http://ntsb.gov/Pressrel/2005/050315.htm|title=New NTSB publication examines 30-year history of transportation safety improvements|accessdate=2005-03-15]
* April 20 - The Interstate Commerce Commission grants its initial approval of the proposed CNW/CGW merger. [cite journal|journal=Railway Age|month=June 17|year=1968|title=Week at a glance: Chicago roads get merger reaffirmed|volume=164|issue=23|pages=p 11]

July events

* July 3 - Closure of Nottingham Victoria Railway Station, Nottingham,U.K
* July 19 - The New York City Subway introduces its first air conditioned passenger car.
* July 25 - Construction begins in San Francisco, California, on the Market Street Subway.
* July 31 - Thirsk rail crash on the British Rail East Coast Main Line at Thirsk: an express train collides with a derailed freight. 7 passengers are killed, 45 injured, and prototype diesel locomotive DP2 is written off. [cite book|author=Ministry of Transport|coauthors=Col. D. McMullen|year=1968|title=Railway accident: Report on the Derailment and subsequent Collision that occurred on 31st July, 1967, at Thirsk in the Eastern Region British Railways|location=London|publisher=H.M.S.O|isbn=0-11-550036-7|url=http://www.railwaysarchive.co.uk/documents/MoT_Thirsk1967.pdf] [cite journal|author=Brown, Murray|title=Disaster at Thirsk – DP2 destroyed|journal=Rail Express|volume=135|month=August | year=2007|pages=20–23]

eptember events

* September 30 - The Monon Railroad ceases all passenger train operations.

October events

* October 2 - Canadian Pacific Railway removes the diamond crossing at Bedell, Ontario, the junction of the railway's Winchester and Prescott subdivisions.
* October 28 - Canadian Pacific Railway moves the last of its equipment out of its Ottawa West yard to the new Walkley Yard. [cite web|author=Colin Churcher's Railway Pages|date=September 7 2005|url=http://www.railways.incanada.net/candate/ottawa.htm|title=Significant dates in Ottawa railway history|accessdate=2005-10-28]

November events

* November 5 – Hither Green rail crash on the Southern Region of British Rail in south-east London: derailment caused by a broken rail; 49 killed. [cite web|url=http://www.railwaysarchive.co.uk/docSummary.php?docID=99&PHPSESSID=a164ffb3ce218023b6c0cbd6bbe54422|work=Railways Archive|title=Derailment at Hither Green (Summary)]

December events

* December 3 - The New York Central's 20th Century Limited is discontinued just before the railroad's merger with the Pennsylvania Railroad to form the Penn Central.
* December 29 - The first steam locomotive powered train operates at Illinois Railway Museum using a Shay locomotive. [cite web|author=Illinois Railway Museum|date=May 5 2005|url=http://www.irm.org/history/history.html|title=History of the IRM|accessdate=2005-11-07]

Unknown date events

* The Seaboard Air Line and Atlantic Coast Line railroads merge to form the Seaboard Coast Line railroad.
* Southern Pacific Railroad opens the longest stretch of new railroad construction in a quarter century as the first trains roll over the Palmdale Cutoff through Cajon Pass.
* The Central Railroad of New Jersey declares bankruptcy.
* General Motors Electro-Motive Division introduces the EMD FP45.
* D. William Brosnan is succeeded by W. Graham Claytor as president of the Southern Railway.

Births

Deaths

Unknown date deaths

* Wayne A. Johnston, president of Illinois Central Railroad 1945-1966 (b. 1897). [cite web| author=University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Archives| url=http://web.library.uiuc.edu/ahx/uaccard/UAControlCard.asp?RG=1&SG=20&RS=3| title=Wayne A. Johnston Papers, 1945-1967| accessdate=2006-02-09]

References

* " [http://pages.ivillage.com/generaljim1/theerielackawannalimited/id19.html Norfolk Southern Railway] ". Retrieved February 22 2005.
* Rivanna Chapter, National Railway Historical Society (2005), " [http://avenue.org/nrhs/histjul.htm This Month in Railroad History: July] ". Retrieved July 22 2005.