1931 in rail transport
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This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 1931.
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Events
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May events
- May 24 - The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad inaugurates the first air conditioned passenger train, the Columbian, between Jersey City, New Jersey, and Washington, DC.
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November events
- November 12 - The Smithsonian Institution commemorates the 100th birthday of the John Bull by operating its mechanism with compressed air.
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Unknown date events
- Ernest Lemon succeeds Henry Fowler as Chief Mechanical Engineer of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway.
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Births
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Unknown date births
- Nelson W. Bowers, president of the National Railway Historical Society (1983-1987) (d. 2004).
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Deaths
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