1947 in rail transport
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This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 1947.
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Events
February events
- February 28 – Illinois Central withdraws its specialized Green Diamond passenger trainset from Chicago-St. Louis service.
April events
- April 27 – After a complete overhaul, Illinois Central's Green Diamond trainset re-enters active service, this time between Jackson, Mississippi and New Orleans, Louisiana as the Miss-Lou passenger train.
June events
- June 6 – The Pere Marquette Railroad is merged into the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad.
September events
- September 17 – The American Freedom Train begins a two-year tour of the United States starting in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. See also American Freedom Train – 1947–1949 station stops
Unknown date events
- The first diesel locomotives enter mainline operation on the Southern Pacific Railroad.
- The Southern Pacific Railroad is reincorporated in Delaware.
- The City of Los Angeles train frequency is upgraded to daily.
- The Super Chief train frequency is upgraded to daily.
- Lima Locomotive Works is merged with General Machinery Corporation of Hamilton, OH. The new company is named Lima-Hamilton.
- The components of the former M-10002 streamliner trainset are scrapped.
- William Neal succeeds D'Alton Cory Coleman as president of Canadian Pacific Railway.
- The last United States Fish and Wildlife Service fish car is taken out of service.
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References
- U.S. Government Printing Office (1979), The Fish Car Era of the National Fish Hatchery System. Retrieved March 28 2005.
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