1962 in rail transport - Definition

This article will list events related to rail transport that occurred in 1962.

Events

January events

• January 8 - The Harmelen train disaster, the worst railway accident in the history of The Netherlands, occurs when one passenger train driver misses a warning signal and passes a red signal to collide nearly head-on with another passenger train.

September events

• September 7 - The South Devon Railway, in England, now a part of the Great Western Railway, closes.

Unknown date events

• New York Central purchases the first electric multiple unit passenger cars from Pullman-Standard for use on the Metro-North railroad.
• Union Pacific 3985, the largest operable steam locomotive in the world, is removed from revenue service on the Union Pacific Railroad.
• ALCO closes the ALCO Thermal Products Division (formerly Brooks Locomotive Works) plant in Dunkirk, New York.

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