1956
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[edit] By month
[edit] January
- January 5 – New York Central Railroad begins test runs of General Motors Electro-Motive Division's Aerotrain between Chicago and Detroit.[1]
- January 8 – The last regular passenger train is run along the Bathgate and Coatbridge Railway route between Glasgow and Edinburgh, Scotland.
- January 10 – The Chicago, Indianapolis and Louisville Railroad officially reorganizes as the Monon Railroad.[2]
- January 22 – The RDCs making up San Diegan train No. 82 derail in a high-speed accident at Redondo Junction, just south of the Los Angeles Union Passenger Terminal, killing 30 and seriously injuring 117. This was the units' last run on the Surf Line.[3] The radio reports of this accident were one of the first major uses of the Sigalert.
- January 29 – Virginian Railway discontinues passenger train service.[4]
[edit] March
- March 5 – The last steam locomotive purchased new by Southern Pacific Railroad, cab forward class AC-12 4-8-8-2 number 4294, is retired from revenue service.[5]
[edit] Unknown date
- The Lanqing railway, connecting Lanzhou to Xining, is designed.
- The last of Southern Pacific Railroad's GS-2 class of steam locomotives are retired from service.
[edit] References
- ↑ Railroad History Timeline - 1950's. RRHX: Michigan's Internet Railroad History Museum. Retrieved on 2008-01-05.
- ↑ On This Day in Monon History. Monon Railroad Historical-Technical Society. Retrieved on 2008-01-08.
- ↑ Joplin, Loren B. (2000). "Bad Night at Redondo Junction". The Warbonnet 6 (2): pp 8-10.
- ↑ This month in railroad history - January. Rivanna Chapter, National Railway Historical Society (2006-01-15). Retrieved on 2008-01-28.
- ↑ Diebert, Timothy S. and Strapac, Joseph A. (1987). Southern Pacific Company Steam Locomotive Conpendium. Shade Tree Books. ISBN 0-930742-12-5.
