1967 in rail transport
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This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 1967.
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Events
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January events
- January - General Electric introduces the GE U30C.
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April events
- April 1 - The United States National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) begins work.
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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.
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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.
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Births
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Deaths
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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.

