1967 in rail transport

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This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 1967.

Contents

1 Events 1.1 January events 1.2 April events 1.3 December events 1.4 Unknown date events 2 Births 3 Deaths 4 References

Events

January events

• January - General Electric introduces the GE U30C.

April events

• April 1 - The United States National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) begins work.

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.

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

References

• National Transportation Safety Board (March 15 2005), New NTSB publication examines 30-year history of transportation safety improvements (http://ntsb.gov/Pressrel/2005/050315.htm). Retrieved March 15 2005.
• Norfolk Southern Railway (http://pages.ivillage.com/generaljim1/theerielackawannalimited/id19.html). Retrieved February 22 2005.

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