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F r o m W i k i p e d i a , t h e f r e e e n c y c l o p e d i a
This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 1948.
In 1948, 14 railroads in North America owned more than 1,000 steam locomotives each. See also: Historical sizes of railroads
January [ edit ]
February [ edit ]
February–April – Queensland Railway strike , a labor union strike over wages issues by railway workshop and locomotive depot workers in Queensland , Australia .[2]
February 4 – The last steam locomotive built for the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway , 4-8-4 no. 3752, is test fired at the factory.
February 15 – The Monon Railroad introduces the Thoroughbred streamliner between Chicago , Illinois and Louisville, Kentucky , replacing the Day Express .[3]
February 20 – Opening of Transandino del Norte branch of Ferrocarril General Manuel Belgrano from Salta , Argentina through to Socompa and Antofagasta , Chile .[4]
February 29 – Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway upgrades its El Capitan passenger train service frequency to daily.
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October [ edit ]
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An ITC Streamliner
December [ edit ]
Unknown date [ edit ]
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Railway accidents in 1948 (1948 )
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March deaths [ edit ]
References [ edit ]
^ Bonavia, Michael R. (1979). The Birth of British Rail . London: George Allen & Unwin. ISBN 0-04-385071-5 .
^ Olive, Doug (1948). The Queensland Railway Strike, February–April 1948 .
^ Sanders, Craig (2003). Limiteds, Locals, and Expresses in Indiana, 1838–1971 . Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press . p. 23. ISBN 978-0-253-34216-4 .
^ "History" . Tren al as Nubes . Retrieved 2009-06-02 .[permanent dead link ]
^ Santa Fe Railroad (April 2, 1948). "New Schedules (advertisement)" . The Atchison Daily Globe . Atchison, Kansas. p. 5 – via Newspapers.com.
^ Huddleston, Eugene L. (January–February 2002). "The outstanding features and many lives of C&O 614" . Chesapeake and Ohio Historical Magazine .
^ "New Terminal Train To Be Shown Here" . Edwardsville Intelligencer . October 19, 1948. p. 1 . Retrieved August 31, 2014 – via Newspapers.com .
^ Saxena, R. P. (2008). "Indian Railway History Time Line" . Archived from the original on 2012-02-29. Retrieved 2009-12-22 .
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● A l l a r t i c l e s w i t h d e a d e x t e r n a l l i n k s
● A r t i c l e s w i t h d e a d e x t e r n a l l i n k s f r o m A u g u s t 2 0 1 8
● A r t i c l e s w i t h p e r m a n e n t l y d e a d e x t e r n a l l i n k s
● A r t i c l e s w i t h s h o r t d e s c r i p t i o n
● S h o r t d e s c r i p t i o n w i t h e m p t y W i k i d a t a d e s c r i p t i o n
● T h i s p a g e w a s l a s t e d i t e d o n 6 J u l y 2 0 2 4 , a t 2 3 : 3 1 ( U T C ) .
● T e x t i s a v a i l a b l e u n d e r t h e C r e a t i v e C o m m o n s A t t r i b u t i o n - S h a r e A l i k e L i c e n s e 4 . 0 ;
a d d i t i o n a l t e r m s m a y a p p l y . B y u s i n g t h i s s i t e , y o u a g r e e t o t h e T e r m s o f U s e a n d P r i v a c y P o l i c y . W i k i p e d i a ® i s a r e g i s t e r e d t r a d e m a r k o f t h e W i k i m e d i a F o u n d a t i o n , I n c . , a n o n - p r o f i t o r g a n i z a t i o n .
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