1946 in rail transport - Definition and Overview

This article will list events related to rail transport that occurred in 1946.

Events

February events

• February 1 - Henry G. Ivatt is promoted to Chief Mechanical Engineer of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway, succeeding Charles Fairburn.

July events

• July - General Motors Electro-Motive Division introduces the EMD F2.

September events

• September 29 - Illinois Central fully dieselizes all passenger trains that it are operating between Chicago, Illinois, and St. Louis, Missouri.

December events

• December 7 - The power car from the M-10002 streamliner trainset is sold to Northrup-Hendy for gas turbine train testing.
• December 8 - General Motors Electro-Motive Division introduces the EMD NW5.

Unknown date events

• General Electric builds the electric locomotive model that will soon become known as the Little Joe

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