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Events

January events

• January 14 - Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway discontinues the San Francisco-Los Angeles-Chicago Navajo.
• January 27 - The Boston, Revere Beach and Lynn Railroad ceased operations in Massachusetts in preparation for abandonment.

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February events

• February - General Motors Electro-Motive Division introduces the EMD E5.

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May events

• May 20 - Sixty-six railroads in the United States, in cooperation with the Travelers' Credit Corporation, begin selling railroad tickets, Pullman accommodations and all-expense tours on an installment basis, known as the Travel Credit Plan. Purchases over $50 could be charged.

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June events

• June 30 - Last day archbar freight trucks could legally operate in U.S. Interchange service, and then only on empty cars returning to their home roads.
• June - Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad takes delivery of the unique EMD AB6 locomotives.

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July events

• July 17 - The last section of the Baghdad Railway's mainline linking Istanbul and Baghdad is completed between El Yaroubieh and Baiji.
• July 30 - The Pennsylvania Railroad orders its first 4-4-4-4 T1 duplex-drive steam locomotives. They were expected to be serious competition for diesel power.

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September events

• September 2 - Kansas City Southern inaugurates the Southern Belle passenger train service between Kansas City, Missouri, and New Orleans, Louisiana.
• September 13 - The Gulf, Mobile & Ohio Railroad is formed by the merger of the Gulf, Mobile & Northern and Mobile & Ohio railroads.

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October events

• October 1 - The Pennsylvania Turnpike opens, constructed using tunnels and grades originally built for the never-completed West Penn Railroad.

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Unknown date events

• Norton Fitzwarren train disaster, England: a train driver misreads the signals on a four track line, and drives his train off the end of the track.

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Births

Deaths

October deaths

• October 24 - William Benson Storey, president of Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway 1920-1933, dies (b. 1857).

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References

• New York Times (October 30, 1940), W. B. Storey Dies. Retrieved August 19, 2005.
• Trains News Wire (April 27, 2005), 'Miss Southern Belle' dies. Retrieved May 4, 2005.
• Trains of Turkey (December 1, 2004), Baghdad Railway. Retrieved July 12, 2005.
• Wayner, Robert J., ed. (1972). Car Names, Numbers and Consists, Wayner Publications, New York, NY.