1946 in rail transport

This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 1946.

Events

February events

• February 1 – Henry G. Ivatt is promoted to Chief Mechanical Engineer of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway, succeeding Charles Fairburn.

July events

• July – General Motors Electro-Motive Division introduces the EMD F2.

September events

• September 29 – Illinois Central fully dieselizes all passenger trains that it are operating between Chicago, Illinois, and St. Louis, Missouri.

December events

• December 7 – The power car from the M-10002 streamliner trainset is sold to Northrup-Hendy for gas turbine train testing.
• December 8 – General Motors Electro-Motive Division introduces the EMD NW5.

Unknown date events

• General Electric builds the electric locomotive model that will soon become known as the Little Joe
• John W. Barriger III becomes president of the Monon railroad.
• The Atlanta, Birmingham and Coast Railroad is merged into the Atlantic Coast Line.

Births

Deaths

March deaths

• March 21 – Oliver Robert Hawke Bury, Chief mechanical engineer and manager of Great Western Railway of Brazil 1892–1894, general manager of the Great Northern Railway in England 1902–1912, Director of the London and North Eastern Railway 1912–1945 (b. 1861).

References

• (January 16 2005), Biographies of chairmen, managers & other senior officers. Retrieved February 10 2005.
• Monon Railroad Historical and Technical Society (2004), History of the Monon. Retrieved February 9 2005.