1964 in rail transport - Definition and Overview

This article will list events related to rail transport that occurred in 1964.

Events

June events

• June 19 - United States President Lyndon B. Johnson presides over the groundbreaking ceremonies for Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART).

Unknown date events

• The Wabash, Nickel Plate Road, Pittsburgh and West Virginia and Akron, Canton and Youngstown railroads are all merged into the Norfolk & Western.
• Benjamin Biaggini succeeds Donald Russell as president of the Southern Pacific Company, parent company of the Southern Pacific Railroad.
• Donald Russell assumes the position of Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Southern Pacific Company, a position that was nonexistent since Hale Holden's departure in 1939.
• ALCO is purchased by the Worthington Corporation.
• The above-ground portion of Pennsylvania Railroad's Pennsylvania Station in New York City is demolished to make room for Madison Square Gardens, but the tracks remain in use today.
• Robert A. "Bob" Emerson succeeds Norris Roy Crump as president of Canadian Pacific Railway.

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