1955

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By month

January

• January 7 – Southern Pacific Railroad diesilizes the Coast Daylight passenger train service in California.
• January 21 – Milwaukee Road discontinues through passenger train service on the Columbian.

March

• March 1 – The eastbound California Zephyr, while traveling through Ruby Canyon which crosses the border between Utah and Colorado, sees its first on-train birth as Peter Zars is born.

May

• ALCO introduces the S-6 diesel-electric switching locomotive.

December

• December 30 – Grand Trunk Western Railroad operates the last mixed (freight and passenger) train from Grand Haven, Michigan.