1949
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| Births: | 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 |
| Deaths: | 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 |
| Establishments: | 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 |
| Disestablishments: | 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 |
| Introductions: | 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 |
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[edit] January
- January 13 – The San Diego Transit System in California borrows $720,000 for the purchase of additional new buses, and makes an application to the State Public Utilities Commission (PUC) to discontinue streetcar service.
[edit] March
- March 3 – California's Public Utilities Commission grants authority to the San Diego Transit System to abandon its remaining streetcar lines.
- March 20 – The first eastbound California Zephyr leaves San Francisco, California, bound for Chicago, Illinois, at 9:20 am.
[edit] Unknown date
- Fleischmann releases its first O scale model trains.
