1956 in rail transport

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This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 1956.

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Events

January events

February events

March events

April events

May events

June events

July events

August events

September events

October events

November events

December events

Unknown date events

Accidents

References

  1. "Train Crashed at 50 M.P.H., Three Say". Boston Globe. March 9, 1956. pp. 1, 13 via Newspapers.com.
  2. "B. & M. Sure Signals O.K." Boston Globe. March 9, 1956. p. 1 via Newspapers.com.
  3. "Two Railroad Wrecks in One Day Enough for Seven B&M Riders". Boston Globe. February 28, 1956. p. 10 via Newspapers.com.
  4. Diebert, Timothy S.; Strapac, Joseph A. (1987). Southern Pacific Company Steam Locomotive Conpendium. Shade Tree Books. ISBN   978-0-930742-12-6.
  5. "History". tokyometro.jp. Archived from the original on June 5, 2023. Retrieved July 13, 2024.
  6. Kansas City Southern Historical Society, Saga of Kansas City Southern Lines . Retrieved March 24, 2006.
  7. "90 tonne engines on 75cm gauge". Railways of the Far South. Retrieved November 13, 2015.
  8. Abandoned Subway, Retrieved April 6, 2012
  9. "Significant dates in Canadian railway history". Colin Churcher's Railway Pages. August 22, 2006. Archived from the original on August 29, 2006. Retrieved August 25, 2006.
  10. "South Shore Railroad history". Chicago Post-Tribune. June 29, 2008. Retrieved June 30, 2008.[ dead link ]
  11. "Erie Railroad presidents". Archived from the original on March 18, 2005. Retrieved March 15, 2005.
  12. File:WST Great Train Wreck of 1956(Pineola, Florida) – Wikimedia Commons image
  13. Hall, Stanley (2000). The History and Development of Railway Signalling in the British Isles, vol. 1: Broad Survey. York: Friends of the National Railway Museum. ISBN   978-1-872826-12-7.
  14. Simmons, Jack; Biddle, Gordon (1997). The Oxford Companion to British Railway History. Oxford University Press. ISBN   978-0-19-211697-0.
  15. Vanns, Michael A. (1997). An Illustrated History of Signalling. Shepperton: Ian Allan. ISBN   978-0-7110-2551-6.
  16. Bindi, A.; Lefeuvre, D. (1990). Le Métro de Paris: histoire d'hier à demain. Rennes: Ouest-France. ISBN   978-2-7373-0204-6.
  17. "Liverpool Overhead Railway". Timbo's Liverpool. Archived from the original on August 2, 2002. Retrieved August 1, 2007.
  18. "QJ Class 2-10-2". Railography: Chinese Steam Profiles. 2010. Archived from the original on July 21, 2009. Retrieved June 6, 2010.
  19. Balkwill, Richard; Marshall, John (1993). The Guinness Book of Railway Facts and Feats (6th ed.). Enfield: Guinness Publishing. ISBN   978-0-85112-707-1.
  20. Welsh, Joe; Bill Howes; Kevin J. Holland (2010). The Cars of Pullman. Voyageur Press. p. 159. ISBN   978-0760335871. OCLC   401715735.
  21. Simon, Elbert; Warner, David C. (2011). Holland, Kevin J. (ed.). Amtrak by the Numbers: A Comprehensive Passenger Car and Motive Power Roster – 1971–2011. Kansas City, Missouri: White River Productions. ISBN   978-1-932804-12-6.