1959 in rail transport
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This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 1959.
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Events
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March events
- March 28 - The Niagara, St. Catherines and Toronto Railway, the last interurban railroad in Canada, operates its last revenue train
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April events
- April 3 - Construction begins on Japanese National Railways’ Tokaido Shinkansen between Osaka and Tokyo.
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June events
- June 9 - The Chicago, Aurora and Elgin Railroad, commuter railway serving Chicago's western suburbs, ceases operations.
- June 15 - The Disneyland Monorail System built by Alweg opens, making it the first daily operating monorail system in the western hemisphere.
- June 21 - Soo Line 2719 hauls the last of Soo Line Railroad's steam locomotive-powered trains in revenue service on a round-trip excursion between Minneapolis, Minnesota, and Ladysmith, Wisconsin.[1]
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July events
- July 14 - Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR) 0-6-0 number 5244, class B-6sb, becomes the last steam locomotive to operate on the PRR.
- July 18 - The last steam locomotive runs on the Nickel Plate Road as a pair of 0-8-0 switchers are called out to cover a traffic surge.
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August events
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October events
- October 28 - The Canadian National Railway line between St. Felicien and Chibougamau, Quebec, opens.
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December events
- December 1 - The Virginian Railway is merged into the Norfolk and Western Railroad.
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Unknown date events
- Passenger service on the Monon Railroad is discontinued.
- General Electric announces that it will begin manufacturing diesel locomotives on its own.
- ACF Industries completes the last passenger car that it is to build.
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Deaths
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References
- Colin Churcher's Railway Pages (August 16 2005), Significant dates in Canadian railway history. Retrieved August 30 and October 28 2005.
- ↑ Gilchinski, Steve (February 1997). "Soo Line 2-8-2 back in steam". Trains magazine 57 (2): 24-25.