1938 in rail transport

This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 1938.

Years in rail transport
Timeline of railway history

Events

January

February

Streamlined 20th Century Limited departs Chicago, 1938

March

May

June

July

LNER No. 4468 Mallard as running in 1938
  • July 31 The Pennsylvania Railroad, in its public timetable issued today, boasts that “19% of all passengers are carried on the Pennsylvania Railroad.”

October

November

December

Unknown date

Births

January births

Unknown date births

  • John H. Kuehl, editor of Private Varnish magazine, passenger car historian and photographer (died 2005).[10]

Deaths

February deaths

October deaths

December deaths

Accidents

References

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  2. Veysey, Laurence R. (June 1958). A History Of The Rail Passenger Service Operated By The Pacific Electric Railway Company Since 1911 And By Its Successors Since 1953 (PDF). LACMTA (Report). Los Angeles, California: Interurbans. p. 42. ASIN B0007F8D84. OCLC 6565577.
  3. "Whittier Line". Electric Rail Heritage Association. Retrieved 17 September 2020.
  4. Rivanna Chapter National Railway Historical Society. "This Month in Railroad History: March". Archived from the original on 17 April 2006. Retrieved 27 March 2006.
  5. "Chapter I: Present Conditions". Report of Survey of the Manila Railroad Company and the Preliminary Survey of Railroads for Mindanao (Report). Chicago: De Leuw, Cather & Company. 1951. pp. 1–12.
  6. "San Fernando Valley Line". Electric Railway Historical Association of Southern California. Retrieved 8 September 2020.
  7. Manitou & Pike's Peak Cog Railway (2005). "Cog Railway History". Archived from the original on 1 July 2005. Retrieved 2005-06-13.
  8. Croome, Desmond F.; Jackson, Alan A. (1993). Rails through the Clay: a history of London's Tube railways (2nd ed.). Harrow Weald: Capital Transport. pp. 258–62. ISBN 1-85414-151-1.
  9. Jones, Robert C. (1998). Two Feet to the Quarries. Evergreen Press. p. 93. ISBN 0-9667264-0-5.
  10. "Obituaries". Trains Magazine: 21. May 2005.
  11. Marshall, John (2003). Biographical Dictionary of Railway Engineers (2nd ed.). Oxford: Railway and Canal Historical Society. ISBN 0-901461-22-9.
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