1948 in rail transport - Definition

This article will list events related to rail transport that occurred in 1948.

Events

October events

• October 26 - The American Freedom Train makes its final public display in Havre de Grace, Maryland before the official end of tour. See also American Freedom Train - 1947-1949 station stops

Unknown date events

• The Automatic Warning System is first installed on British railways.
• George Walker succeeds William Neal as president of Canadian Pacific Railway.

Births

Deaths

March deaths

• March 5 - H.P.M. Beames, Chief Mechanical Engineer of the London and North Western Railway 1920–1922 (b. 1875).