February 3 - The Seney Syndicate met at Seney's New York bank and organized the New York, Chicago & St. Louis Railway Company (which would later become the Nickel Plate Road).
This article lists events related to railtransport that occurred in 1966.
The Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad removes from service and donates the General Pershing Zephyr power car to the National Museum of Transport in St.
Norris Roy Crump returns to the presidency of Canadian Pacific Railway for a short period, succeeding Robert A. "Bob" Emerson.
Certain costly inefficiencies were inherent in the process of transporting live animals by rail, particularly due to the fact that some sixty percent of the animal's mass is composed of inedible matter.
The fish were transported from hatcheries in the Midwest to locations along the Pacific coast to stock the rivers and lakes for sportfishing.
Fish car use declined in the 1930s as fish transportation shifted to a speedier means of transport by air, and to trucks as vehicle technology advanced and road conditions improved.
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