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{{Use mdy dates|date=February 2012}}{{Year in rail transport|prev=1960|curr=1961|next=1962|decade=1960}}Events January events - January 4 – Lokomotivbau Elektrotechnische Werke delivers the first electric locomotives built in the German Democratic Republic to Deutsche Reichsbahn.
- January 16 – Eastern Region of British Railways takes delivery of D9001, the first production "Deltic" class diesel locomotive.
February events - February 4 – Lehigh Valley Railroad discontinues its Black Diamond passenger train service.
- February 6 – The first automatic level crossing on British Railways is installed at Spath, Staffordshire.
March events- March 27 – Black demonstrators stage a "ride-in" on Charleston, South Carolina, streetcars.
April events- April – D5151, the first Sulzer Type 2 diesel locomotive, later British Rail Class 25, is completed at B.R. Darlington Works.
- April 25 – Osaka Loop Line, circular line system start operation in Japan.{{citation needed|date=December 2016}}
May events- May 24 – The Milwaukee Road's Olympian Hiawatha passenger train makes its final run between Chicago, Illinois, and Seattle, Washington.
- May 28 – The Orient Express makes its last run between Paris, France, and Bucharest, Romania.
June events- June – The last of the Bradshaw railway timetables, first published by George Bradshaw in 1839, is published in Britain.
- June 1 – Dr Richard Beeching takes office as chairman of the British Transport Commission and British Railways Board.
August events- August 31 – Portland, Maine's Union Station is demolished to make room for a shopping plaza.[1]
September events - September 23 – Maritime, Coal Railway and Power Company, in Nova Scotia, ceases operations.[2]
- September 30 – Southern Pacific Railroad closes the Centerville (SP station).
October events - October 18 – General Motors Electro-Motive Division completes construction of the first GP30 diesel locomotive.
- October 26 – Two cars of a commuter train operated by Oita Traffic Company are involved in a mudslide during a massive rainstorm at Ōita, eastern Kyūshū, Japan, 31 killed, 36 injured. Most of the passengers are senior high school students.
- October 28 – Bangor and Aroostook Railroad ends passenger service.[1]
- October – Work starts on demolition of Euston Arch in London.[3]
November events - November 20 – Union Pacific 844 makes its first excursion run following retirement from regular revenue service on the Union Pacific Railroad.
Unknown date events- Atlantic Coast Line's headquarters are moved from Wilmington, North Carolina, to Jacksonville, Florida.
- Construction is completed on Mexico's Chihuahua al Pacífico which linked the city of Chihuahua, Chihuahua, to the town of Los Mochis, Sinaloa, near the Pacific coast.
- Nationalization of rail transport in Paraguay.
- The first eight DC powered VL10 (i.e. Vladimir Lenin class) freight locomotives built at Tbilisi.
- The introduction in Sweden of the first SJ T43 locomotives opens the way for the phasing out of steam power on Swedish railways.
- The world's last Mallet locomotive is built in Japan, BB84 for the Indonesian State Railway Corporation's {{RailGauge|750mm|lk=on}} gauge Atjeh Tramway on Sumatra.[4]
Births{{Empty section|date=July 2010}}Deaths{{Empty section|date=July 2010}} References - Rivanna Chapter, National Railway Historical Society (2005), This Month in Railroad History: October. Retrieved October 18, 2005.
- Rivanna Chapter, National Railway Historical Society (2005), This month in railroad history – November. Retrieved November 20, 2005.
1. ^1 {{cite book| title=The Best of Maine Railroads |author=Johnson, Ron |publisher=Portland Litho |year=1985 |isbn= |page=112}}
2. ^{{cite web|author=Smith, Ivan|date=March 29, 2005|url=http://www.littletechshoppe.com/ns1625/railways.html|title=History of Railway Companies in Nova Scotia|accessdate=September 23, 2005|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20050912094008/http://www.littletechshoppe.com/ns1625/railways.html|archivedate=September 12, 2005|deadurl=yes|df=mdy-all}}
3. ^{{cite book|author=Hillier, Bevis|title=Betjeman: the bonus of laughter|publisher=John Murray|location=London|year=2004|isbn=0-7195-6495-6}}
4. ^{{cite book|first=David|last=Joy|title=Engines that Bend: narrow gauge articulated locomotives|location=Southend|publisher=Atlantic Publishers|year=2012|isbn=978-1-902827-23-0|page=52}}
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