1955 in rail transport
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This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 1955.
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Events
January events
- January – The Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis Railroad's mainline (485 miles of track) is now completely under CTC.
- January – Louisville and Nashville Railroad begins the merger process with the Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis Railroad.
April events
- April 24 – Canadian National Railway inaugurates the Super Continental passenger train between Toronto, Ontario, and Vancouver, British Columbia.
- April 24 – Canadian Pacific Railway inaugurates The Canadian passenger train between Montreal, Quebec, and Vancouver, British Columbia.
May events
- May – The Pennsylvania Railroad introduces the first all-piggyback train service with its "Truc-Train".
Unknown date events
- Dome cars are added to the City of Los Angeles as regular equipment.
- American Locomotive Company is renamed to Alco Products, Inc.
- Norris Roy Crump succeeds George Walker as president of Canadian Pacific Railway.
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