1969 in rail transport - Definition and Overview

This article will list events related to rail transport that occurred in 1969.

Events

January events

• January - The PATCO Hi-Speedline, in southeastern Pennsyvlania, opens.

April events

• April 5 - The South Devon Railway, in England, reopens as a preserved steam railway.

May events

• May - A northbound passenger train from London, England, bound for Aberdeen, Scotland, takes the curve in Morpeth too quickly and derails in the Morpeth rail crash.

Unknown date events

• ALCO ceases new diesel locomotive manufacturing.
• General Motors Electro-Motive Division builds the most powerful and largest diesel locomotive to date, the EMD DD40.

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Deaths