1942 in rail transport - Definition and Overview

This article will list events related to rail transport that occurred in 1942.

Events

April events

• April - Union Pacific Railroad's M-10002 streamliner trainset re-enters revenue service to equip the connection between Seattle, Washington, and Portland, Oregon.

July events

• July 5 - The multiple unit passenger trainsets used by the Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad on the Prospector between Denver, Colorado, and Salt Lake City, Utah, are removed from revenue service; the train is now equipped with standard locomotives and unpowered passenger cars.

Unknown date events

• Samuel Hopkins Adams publishes his novel The Harvey Girls commemorating the Harvey House chain of restaurants and hotels that served passengers of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway.
• D'Alton Cory Coleman succeeds Sir Edward Wentworth Beatty as president of Canadian Pacific Railway

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