1959
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By month
January
- January 4 – The Strasburg Rail Road in Pennsylvania begins passenger train operations as a heritage railway.
- January 6 – Canadian National Railway receives official authorization to discontinue passenger train service on its line between Hawkesbury and Glen Robertson, Ontario.[1]
- January 14 – Santa Fe Railroad locomotive #20C, leading San Diegan train number 75, collides with a gravel truck at a grade crossing in Irvine, California.
September
- Construction is completed on the Lanqing railway in China to connect Lanzhou to Xining.
December
- December 24 – Beeliner passenger train service is discontinued between Jackson and Bay City, Michigan.[2]
Unknown date
- British Rail 0-6-0ST number 8846 becomes the first BR locomotive to be privately preserved when it is purchased by Bill Smith.
References
- ↑ Significant dates in Ottawa railway history. Colin Churcher's Railway Pages (2007-12-16). Retrieved on 2008-01-05.
- ↑ Railroad History Time Line - 1950s. RRHX: Michigan's Internet Railroad History Museum. Retrieved on 2007-12-23.
