1944 in rail transport - Definition

This article will list events related to rail transport that occurred in 1944.

Events

Unknown date events

• Charles Fairburn succeeds William Stanier as Chief Mechanical Engineer of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway upon Stanier's retirement.

Births

Deaths

January deaths

• January 8 - William Kissam Vanderbilt II, heir to Cornelius Vanderbilt and president of the New York Central system (b. 1878).