1962 in rail transport

1961, 1962, 1963

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This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 1962.

Contents

1 Events 1.1 January events 1.2 September events 1.3 Unknown date events 2 Births 3 Deaths 3.1 Unknown date deaths 4 References

Events

January events

• January 8 - The Harmelen train disaster, the worst railway accident in the history of The Netherlands, occurs when one passenger train driver misses a warning signal and passes a red signal to collide nearly head-on with another passenger train.

September events

• September 7 - The South Devon Railway, in England, now a part of the Great Western Railway, closes.

Unknown date events

• New York Central purchases the first electric multiple unit passenger cars from Pullman-Standard for use on the Metro-North railroad.
• Union Pacific 3985, the largest operable steam locomotive in the world, is removed from revenue service on the Union Pacific Railroad.
• ALCO closes the ALCO Thermal Products Division (formerly Brooks Locomotive Works) plant in Dunkirk, New York.
• Harry A. deButts is succeeded by D. William Brosnan as president of the Southern Railway.

Births

Deaths

Unknown date deaths

• Ralph Budd, president of the Great Northern Railway 1919–1932 and Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad 1932–1949 (b. 1879).

References

• (2000), American Experience / Streamliners / People & Events / Ralph Budd. Retrieved February 22 2005.
• Norfolk Southern Railway. Retrieved February 22 2005.
• President and Fellows of Harvard College (2004), 20th century great American business leaders - Ralph Budd. Retrieved February 22 2005.
• White, John H., Jr. (Spring 1986), America's most noteworthy railroaders, Railroad History, Railway and Locomotive Historical Society, 154, p. 9-15.

See also: 1962 in rail transport, 1879, 1919, 1932, 1949, 1961, 1961 in rail transport, 1962, 1963