1949, 1950, 1951

Years in rail transport

1949 in rail transport 1950 in rail transport 1951 in rail transport

This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 1950.

Events

February events

• February 5 - The first diesel locomotive to pull a freight train on the San Diego and Arizona Railway begins its journey from El Centro, California, on a trial run.^[1]
• February 10 - Canadian National Railway gains control of Temiscouata Railway in the provinces of Quebec and New Brunswick.^[2]
• February 17 - A head-on collision between two Long Island Rail Road commuter trains in Rockville Centre, New York kills 32 and injures 158.

March events

• March 2 - The Nickel Plate Railroad runs its first mainline freight train powered by diesel locomotives, as two yard switchers are pressed into service to handle a train from Peru, Indiana, to Michigan City.

May events

• May 6 - Pacific Electric quits the Los Angeles to San Bernadino railway post office, the last interurban RPO in the United States.
• May - ALCO introduces the ALCO RS-3.

June events

• June 16 - Copper Range Railroad's coal unloading dock at Houghton, Michigan, is razed. [1]

July events

• July 13 - The East Tennessee and Western North Carolina Railroad (ET&WNC) officially ceases operations.

August events

• August 8 - Illinois Central retires the Green Diamond passenger trainset from active service; the trainset will soon be scrapped.
• August 22 - Canada's railroad workers go on strike, crippling operations across the country.
• August 27 - United States President Harry Truman orders the Army to take control of U.S. railroads to prevent a strike.

September events

• September 15 - The first diesel locomotives produced at General Motors Electro-Motive Division's London, Ontario, works are delivered to the Canadian Pacific Railway.

November events

• November 21 – A Canadian National Railway train carrying Korea-bound troops is given incorrect orders and collides with a passenger train at Canoe River, British Columbia, killing 21, including 17 soldiers.
• November 22 – A collision between two Long Island Rail Road commuter trains near Richmond Hill, New York, kills 79, and injures hundreds more.^[3]
• November 30 – Baldwin Locomotive Works becomes Baldwin-Lima Hamilton Corporation.

Births

Deaths

• February 11 - Victor V. Boatner, president of Peoria and Pekin Union Railway 1921-, Chicago Great Western Railway 1929-1931, dies (b. 1884).

References

• MichiganRailroads.com (2005), Railroad History Timeline - 1950. Retrieved June 13, 2005.
• (August 16, 2005), Significant dates in Canadian railway history. Retrieved August 22, 2005.

1. ^ Dodge, Richard V. (June 29, 1956), San Diego's "Impossible Railroad". Retrieved February 5, 2006.
2. ^ Colin Churcher's Railway Pages (August 16, 2005), Significant dates in Canadian railway history. Retrieved February 10, 2006.
3. ^ "The 1950 LIRR crash at Kew Gardens/Richmond Hill" (2007-01-27). Retrieved on 2007-11-22.