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1938 in rail transport

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

Events

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January

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February

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Streamlined 20th Century Limited departs Chicago, 1938

March

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May

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London Underground 1938 Stock

June

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July

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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

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November

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December

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Unknown date

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Births

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January births

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Unknown date births

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Deaths

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February deaths

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October deaths

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December deaths

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Accidents

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References

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  1. ^ "Nederlandse Spoorwegen". 2011-06-12. Retrieved 2011-12-27.
  2. ^ a b 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.