1932 in rail transport

Events

January events

* January 1
** William Stanier succeeds Ernest Lemon as Chief Mechanical Engineer of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway.
** Ralph Budd leaves the Great Northern Railway and becomes president of the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad. [(2000), " [http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/streamliners/peopleevents/p_rbudd.html American Experience / Streamliners / People & Events / Ralph Budd] ". Retrieved February 22 2005.] [President and Fellows of Harvard College (2004), " [http://www.hbs.edu/leadership/database/leaders/108/ 20th century great American business leaders - Ralph Budd] ". Retrieved February 22 2005.]

March events

* March 15 - The last passenger service run of the Pontchartrain Rail-Road, in operation for over a century.
* March 24 - The first radio broadcast from a moving train occurs when New York City station WABC broadcasts from a Baltimore and Ohio Railroad train operating in Maryland. [Rivanna Chapter National Railway Historical Society, " [http://avenue.org/nrhs/histmar.htm This Month in Railroad History: March] ". Retrieved March 24 2006.]

April events

* April 20 - The first completely air-conditioned sleeping car trains began operating on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad.
* April - The Atlantic City Railroad (predecessor to the Pennsylvania-Reading Seashore Lines) purchases the Stone Harbor Railroad.

June events

* June 6 - The Great Western Railway's "Cheltenham Flyer" passenger train sets a new speed record as the 4-6-0 locomotive "Tregenna Castle" pulls the train from Swindon to Paddington, a distance of 77¼ miles (124.3 km), at an average speed of 81.7 mph (131.5 km/h). [" [http://mikes.railhistory.railfan.net/r010.html Mike's Railway History - The Great Western Railway] ". Retrieved June 8, 2005.]

December events

* December 29 - “Twentieth Century” a play by Hecht and MacArthur about the New York Central Railroad's "20th Century Limited" opens on Broadway.
* December 31 - The last steam-powered "Southern Belle" passenger train operates on the Southern Railway; the train's equipment will be replaced with electric multiple unit cars the next day. [cite journal| author=Hill, Keith| month=February| year=2005| title=Brighton's Belle Époque| journal=BackTrack| volume=19| issue=2| pages=p 70–79]

Unknown date events

* The Southern Pacific Railroad gains 87% control of the Cotton Belt Railroad (St. Louis Southwestern Railway). [cite book|author=Yenne, Bill|year=1985|title=The history of the Southern Pacific|publisher=Bonanza| location=New York |id=]
* Angus Daniel McDonald succeeds Paul Shoup as president of the Southern Pacific Company, parent company of the Southern Pacific Railroad.
* Hale Holden steps down as Chairman of the Executive Committee for the Southern Pacific Company. With Holden's departure, this position is eliminated. Holden then assumes the position of Chairman of the Board of Directors for the company.
* The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway reduces train frequencies on its subsidiary Grand Canyon Railway from twice daily to once daily. [cite journal| author=Bianchi, Curt| month=May| year=1995| title=By steam to the Grand Canyon| journal=Trains Magazine| pages=p 38–45]
* The Lake Shore Electric Railway in Ohio declares bankruptcy.

Births

Deaths

March deaths

* March 7 - William N. Page, American civil engineer who built the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway and the Virginian Railway (b. 1854).

References