1967 in rail transport - Definition and Overview

This article will list events related to rail transport that occurred in 1967.

Events

January

• January - General Electric introduces the GE U30C.

December

• December 3 - The New York Central's 20th Century Limited is discontinued just before the railroad's merger with the Pennsylvania Railroad to form the Penn Central.

Unknown date

• The Seaboard Air Line and Atlantic Coast Line railroads merge to form the Seaboard Coast Line railroad..
• Southern Pacific Railroad opens the longest stretch of new railroad construction in a quarter century as the first trains roll over the Palmdale Cutoff through Cajon Pass.
• The Central Railroad of New Jersey declares bankruptcy.
• General Motors Electro-Motive Division introduces the EMD FP45.

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