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| * ] - The '']'' trainset is donated to Chicago's ]. | * ] - The '']'' trainset is donated to Chicago's ].<ref>{{cite web|author=Gordon-Gilmore, Randy|date=2002|title=Pioneer Zephyr|url=http://www.prototrains.com/pioneer/pioneer.html|accessdate=2005-02-24}}</ref> | ||
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| * ] - The ], at ] in ], becomes the first ] line in the ] to be operated by volunteers as a ], initial services being worked by a ].<ref>{{cite book|author=Bushell, J.|title=The World’s Oldest Railway: a history of the Middleton Railway|year=1975|publisher=Turntable Publications|location=Sheffield|isbn=0-902844-27-X}}</ref> | |||
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| * ] - The ], in ], ], begins regular operation as the first ] steam-operated passenger ] in the world.<ref>{{cite book|author=Cole, T. C.|title=Bluebell Railway – Steaming On!|date=1970|publisher=Bluebell Railway|location=Sheffield Park}}</ref > | |||
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| * ] - The ] and the ] merge to form the ]; ], former Erie president, is chosen as the president of the new railroad. | * ] - The ] and the ] merge to form the ]; ], former Erie president, is chosen as the president of the new railroad.<ref>{{cite web|title=Erie Railroad presidents|url=http://erierr.railfan.net/eriepres.html|accessdate=2005-03-15}}</ref> | ||
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This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 1960.
Events
January events
- January 1 - The New York Central Railroad drops its membership in the Railway Express Agency, citing large losses.
- January 3 - Washington, D.C., ends suburban and overhead trolley car operations.
- January 20 - The Cartier Railway opens Canada's northernmost railway to date between Port Cartier and Gagnon, Quebec.
February events
- February 22 - Canadian Pacific Railway operates its last steam locomotive powered train in regular service as freight train number 76, led by 4-6-2 number 1262, arrives in Montreal.
March events
- March 18 - Western Region of British Railways 2-10-0 standard class 9F 92220 Evening Star is named at Swindon Works to commemorate its completion as the last steam locomotive built for B.R.
- 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.
- March 27 - Last regularly scheduled steam-powered passenger train on a major U.S. railroad runs from Durand to Detroit, Michigan, on the Grand Trunk Western Railway.
April events
- April 25 - Canadian National operates its last steam locomotive in regular service, 4-8-2 #6043, on train #76 from The Pas to Winnipeg.
May events
- May 26 - The Pioneer Zephyr trainset is donated to Chicago's Museum of Science and Industry.
June events
- June 18 - The Middleton Railway, at Leeds in England, becomes the first standard gauge line in the British Isles to be operated by volunteers as a preserved railway, initial services being worked by a diesel locomotive.
August events
- August 7 - The Bluebell Railway, in Sussex, England, begins regular operation as the first standard gauge steam-operated passenger preserved railway in the world.
October events
- October 15 - 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 North Western Railway acquires the assets of the Minneapolis and St. Louis Railway.
- November 14 - Stéblová train disaster, Czech Republic: 117 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
- Colin Churcher's Railway Pages (August 16 2005), Significant dates in Canadian railway history. Retrieved January 20 2006.
- Colin Churcher's Railway Pages (February 17 2006), Significant dates in Ottawa railway history. Retrieved February 22 2006.
- Gordon-Gilmore, Randy (2002). "Pioneer Zephyr". Retrieved 2005-02-24.
- Bushell, J. (1975). The World’s Oldest Railway: a history of the Middleton Railway. Sheffield: Turntable Publications. ISBN 0-902844-27-X.
- Cole, T. C. (1970). Bluebell Railway – Steaming On!. Sheffield Park: Bluebell Railway.
- "Erie Railroad presidents". Retrieved 2005-03-15.