This article will list events related to rail transport that occurred in 1945.

Events

January events

• January 1 - The national railway operator in the Republic of Ireland, Great Southern Railways, with responsibility for the southern part of the Irish railway network is merged into a new national transport operator, Córas Iompair Éireann (CIÉ).

February events

• February - General Motors Electro-Motive Division introduces the EMD E7.

July events

• July - General Motors Electro-Motive Division introduces the EMD F3.

Unknown date events

• The Milwaukee Road enters bankruptcy for the third time in its history
• The last Shay locomotive is built for the Western Maryland Railway.

Births

Deaths

October deaths

• October 12 - Charles Fairburn, Chief Mechanical Engineer of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway 1944–1945 (b. 1887).
• October 27 - George Hughes, Chief Mechanical Engineer for the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway 1904–1922, the London and North Western Railway 1922–1923 and the London, Midland and Scottish Railway 1925–1931 (b. 1865).