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Years in rail transport
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Timeline of railway history

This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 1960.

Events

March events

March 20 - The Pioneer Zephyr trainset makes its final revenue run on a trip from Lincoln, Nebraska, to Kansas City, Missouri. It then continues through Galesburg, Illinois to Chicago, Illinois in preparation for its final disposition.

May events

May 26 - The Pioneer Zephyr trainset is donated to the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago.

October events

October - The Erie Railroad and the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad merge to form the Erie Lackawanna Railroad; Harry W. Von Miller, former Erie president, is chosen as the president of the new railroad.

November events

November 1 - The Chicago and Northwestern acquires the assets of the Minneapolis and St. Louis.
November 16 - Stéblová train disaster, Czech Republic: 118 are killed and 110 injured in a head-on collision.

Unknown date events

A new Soo Line railroad is formed through a merger of the original Soo Line, Wisconsin Central Railway and the Duluth, South Shore and Atlantic.
The Dade County, Florida, Metropolitan Transit Authority (operator of Miami-Dade Transit) is formed.

Births

Deaths

References

Erie Railroad presidents. Retrieved March 15 2005.
Gordon-Gilmore, Randy (2002), Pioneer Zephyr. Retrieved February 24 2005.

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