1934 in rail transport

1934 in rail transport

Events

February events

* February - General Motors Electro-Motive Division completes construciton on Union Pacific Railroad's M-10000 streamlined passenger trainset.
* February 12 - Union Pacific takes delivery of M-10000, later known as the “City of Salina”.

April events

* April 9 - The Budd Company completes construction of the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad's "Pioneer Zephyr".
* April 18 - The Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad's "Pioneer Zephyr" is first christened as the "Zephyr" at Pennsylvania Railroad's Broad Street station.

May events

*The first Italian E428 electric locomotive is produced.
* May 26 - Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad's "Pioneer Zephyr" makes its "dawn-to-dusk" nonstop run between Denver, Colorado, and Chicago, Illinois.

June events

* June 29 - The Southern Railway renames the "Southern Belle" passenger train (between London and Brighton, England) to "Brighton Belle". [cite journal| author=Hill, Keith| month=February| year=2005| title=Brighton's Belle Époque| journal=BackTrack| volume=19| issue=2| pages=pp. 70–79 ]

September events

* September 23 - The Broadway-Rensselaer streetcar line in Albany, New York, operated by United Traction Company, is abandoned. [cite web| author=Mohawk and Hudson Chapter National Railway Historical Society| date=2003| url=http://www.crisny.org/not-for-profit/railroad/capdist.htm| title=Albany Area Railroads: History and Context| accessdate=2005-09-23 ]
* September 28 - The Winwick rail crash on the London, Midland and Scottish Railway occurs when a busy signalman lines an express passenger train onto a track occupied by a stationary local train; 12 people die in the collision as three of the train's passenger cars are telescoped.

October events

* October 12 - The Association of American Railroads (AAR) is created from the merger of five industry organizations.
* October 22 - The M-10001, still in its original 900 hp incarnation, sets an as-yet unbroken record from coast to coast of the United States, running from Oakland Pier to Grand Central Station in 57 hours.

November events

* November 11 - Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad inaugurates regular passenger service between Lincoln, Nebraska, and Kansas City, Missouri, using the "Pioneer Zephyr" trainset.

December events

* December 14 - The New York Central Railroad unveils the “Commodore Vanderbilt”, the first streamliner steam locomotive and the inspiration for one of Lionel’s more popular toy locomotives.
* December 26 - The Pullman Car & Manufacturing Co. merges with its subsidiary Standard Steel Car Company to become Pullman-Standard.

Unknown date events

* The first PRR GG1 electric locomotives enter service on the Pennsylvania Railroad.
* 30th Street Station (originally known as Pennsylvania Station) in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania is built by the Pennsylvania Railroad.
* The first 2-6-6-4 steam locomotives in the world are delivered to the Pittsburgh and West Virginia Railroad.
* ALCO renames the Brooks Works plant, formerly Brooks Locomotive Works, in Dunkirk, New York, to ALCO Thermal Products Division.
* The San Diego and Arizona Eastern Railway discontinues operation of the railroad's three gasoline-electric units.

Births

Deaths

September deaths

* September 24 – Jule Murat Hannaford, president of Northern Pacific Railway 1913-1920, dies (b. 1850). [Northern Pacific. Annual Report. St. Paul [Minn.] : Northern Pacific, 1934, p. 17.] [Railway Age, September 29, 1934, p. 390.]

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