1946 in rail transport explained
Events
January events
February events
March events
April events
May events
- May 17 – President Harry Truman seizes control of the railroads to prevent a nationwide strike.
- May 30 – After a short strike earlier in the month, Hudson and Manhattan Railroad trainmen go on strike again when the Pennsylvania Railroad (which owned the H&M at this time) management decides that the recent PRR pay increase does not apply to H&M employees.
June events
July events
August events
September events
December events
Unknown date events
Deaths
March deaths
November deaths
References
- Colin Churcher's Railway Pages (December 3, 2004), Significant dates in Ottawa/Hull street and light railway history . Retrieved January 20, 2006.
- Web site: Significant dates in Ottawa railway history . Colin Churcher's Railway Pages . 28 March 2006 . https://web.archive.org/web/20060427061656/http://www.railways.incanada.net/candate/ottawa.htm . 27 April 2006 . dead .
- Web site: Welcome to www.mytemagami.ca! . 2010-09-10 . https://web.archive.org/web/20111007183900/http://www.mytemagami.ca/station.asp . 2011-10-07 . dead .
- C. R. Gordon. Stuart. The First Transalpine Railway Tunnel. Trains Annual. 1951. 57–8.
- Web site: Rivanna Chapter, National Railway Historical Society. This Month in Railroad History: August. 2005. 2006-08-02.
- Web site: KD7 Class 2-8-0. Railography : Chinese Steam Profiles. 2011-12-16.
- Web site: French Compound Locomotives' Homepage - Technical Data. chapelon.net. 2006-11-01. https://web.archive.org/web/20061211040556/http://thierry.stora.free.fr/english/techdat2.htm. 11 December 2006 . live.
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- Web site: Biographies of chairmen, managers & other senior railway officers . steamindex.com . 11 January 2023 . Bury, Oliver Robert Hawke . 10 May 2024 .
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