1967 in rail transport

This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 1967.

Events

January events

• January – General Electric introduces the GE U30C.

April events

• April 1 – The United States National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) begins work.

December events

• December 3 – The New York Central's 20th Century Limited is discontinued just before the railroad's merger with the Pennsylvania Railroad to form the Penn Central.

Unknown date events

• The Seaboard Air Line and Atlantic Coast Line railroads merge to form the Seaboard Coast Line railroad..
• Southern Pacific Railroad opens the longest stretch of new railroad construction in a quarter century as the first trains roll over the Palmdale Cutoff through Cajon Pass.
• The Central Railroad of New Jersey declares bankruptcy.
• General Motors Electro-Motive Division introduces the EMD FP45.
• D. William Brosnan is succeeded by W. Graham Claytor as president of the Southern Railway.

Births

Deaths

References

• National Transportation Safety Board (March 15 2005), New NTSB publication examines 30-year history of transportation safety improvements. Retrieved March 15 2005.
• Norfolk Southern Railway. Retrieved February 22 2005.