1944 in rail transport
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This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 1944.
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Events
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March events
- March 3 - Balvano, Italy: Over 500 people who stole a ride on a freight train die of carbon monoxide poisoning when the train stalls in a tunnel.
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July events
- July 6 - Troop train crash near Jellico, Tennessee, United States: Passenger train derails due to excessive speed on defective track. 35 killed, 99 injured; all soldiers in U.S. Army enroute to deployment.
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Unknown date events
- Charles Fairburn succeeds William Stanier as Chief Mechanical Engineer of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway upon Stanier's retirement.
- Fred Gurley succeeds Edward Engel as president of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway.
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Births
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June births
- June 11 - Michael R. Haverty, president of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway 1989–1995, president of the Kansas City Southern Railway 1995–present.
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Deaths
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January deaths
- January 8 - William Kissam Vanderbilt II, heir to Cornelius Vanderbilt and president of the New York Central system (b. 1878).
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Unknown date deaths
- Richard Edward Lloyd Maunsell, Chief mechanical engineer of the Southern Railway 1923 1937 (b. 1868).
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References
- (February 26 1999), Railway engineers - Richard Edward Lloyd Maunsell (http://www.hmilburn.easynet.co.uk/enthuse/engineers/southern/maunsell.htm). Retrieved February 10 2005.
- Vantuono, William C. (January 2001), Mike Haverty, Railroader of the Year (http://www.railwayage.com/jan01/railroader_2000.html). Retrieved March 25 2005.
