1976 in rail transport
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This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 1976.
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Events
April events
- April 1 - Conrail is formed by an act of Congress that merges the Central Railroad of New Jersey, Erie Lackawanna Railroad, Lehigh and Hudson River Railroad, Lehigh Valley Railroad, Penn Central and Reading Railroad.
June events
December events
- December 26 - The second American Freedom Train tour ends in Miami, Florida. See also American Freedom Train - 1975-76 station stops.
Unknown date events
- Many of the major American railroads paint some of their diesel locomotives in red, white and blue paint schemes in celebration of the United States Bicentennial
- Former Southern Pacific Railroad GS-4 class 4-8-4 number 4449 is painted in a special red, white and blue paint scheme and tours the United States as the power for the American Freedom Train.
- Denman McNear succeeds Benjamin Biaggini as president of the Southern Pacific Company, parent company of the Southern Pacific Railroad.
- Benjamin Biaggini assumes the position of Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Southern Pacific Company, a position that has been vacant since Donald Russell's departure in 1972.
- General Motors Electro-Motive Division introduces the EMD F40PH.
- Washington, DC's elevated, ground, and subway system, the Washington Metro, one of the largest systems in America, opens for service.
Births
Deaths
October deaths
- October 4 - Henry G. Ivatt, Chief Mechanical Engineer of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway (b. 1886).
Unknown date deaths
- John W. Barriger III, president of the Monon railroad 1946–1953, Pittsburgh and Lake Erie Railroad 1954–1964, Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad 1965–1970 and the Boston and Maine Railroad 1973–1974 (b. 1899).
References
- John W. Barriger; Rail historian and railfan. 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.