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This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 1967.

Events

January events

• January - General Electric introduces the GE U30C.

February events

• February 21 - Retiral of last shunting horse to work on British Rail, "Charlie" at Newmarket.^[1]
• February 28 – Stechford rail crash on British Rail at Stechford railway station in Birmingham: a diesel locomotive collides with a passenger train as a result of a shunting error, killing the driver and 8 passengers and injuring 16.^[2]

March events

• March 5 – Connington South rail crash on the British Rail East Coast Main Line near Conington, Huntingdonshire: 5 passengers killed and 18 injured as the result of a deliberate act by the signalman.^[3]
• March 6 - Railways between Cambridge and Sudbury via Haverhill closed after British Rail Eastern Region closed it under the Beeching Report.
• March 20 - British Rail reopens the remaining section of line on the Isle of Wight, from Ryde Pier Head to Shanklin, after electrification to the Southern Region standard (750 V DC third rail) using former London Underground "Tube" stock.^[4]
• March 24 - Soo Line Railroad discontinues passenger train operations.^[5]

April events

• April 1 - The United States National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) begins work.^[6]
• April 20 - The Interstate Commerce Commission grants its initial approval of the proposed CNW/CGW merger.^[7]

July events

• July 3 - Closure of Nottingham Victoria Railway Station, Nottingham,UK
• July 19 - The New York City Subway introduces its first air conditioned passenger car.
• July 25 - Construction begins in San Francisco, California, on the Market Street Subway.
• July 31 - Thirsk rail crash on the British Rail East Coast Main Line at Thirsk: an express train collides with a derailed freight. 7 passengers are killed, 45 injured, and prototype diesel locomotive DP2 is written off.^[8][9]

September events

• September - United States Postal Service announces cancellation of most Railway Mail Service contracts.^[10]
• September 30 - The Monon Railroad ceases all passenger train operations.

October events

• October 2 - Canadian Pacific Railway removes the diamond crossing at Bedell, Ontario, the junction of the railway's Winchester and Prescott subdivisions.
• October 28 - Canadian Pacific Railway moves the last of its equipment out of its Ottawa West yard to the new Walkley Yard.^[11]

November events

• November 5 – Hither Green rail crash on the Southern Region of British Rail in south-east London: derailment caused by a broken rail; 49 killed.^[12]

December events

• December 3 - The New York Central's 20th Century Limited is discontinued just before the railroad's merger with the Pennsylvania Railroad to form the Penn Central.
• December 29 - The first steam locomotive powered train operates at Illinois Railway Museum using a Shay locomotive.^[13]

Unknown date events

• The Seaboard Air Line and Atlantic Coast Line railroads merge to form the Seaboard Coast Line railroad.
• Southern Pacific Railroad opens the longest stretch of new railroad construction in a quarter century as the first trains roll over the Palmdale Cutoff through Cajon Pass.
• The Central Railroad of New Jersey declares bankruptcy.
• General Motors Electro-Motive Division introduces the EMD FP45.
• D. William Brosnan is succeeded by W. Graham Claytor as president of the Southern Railway.
• The turnstile machine gate is introduced in North Senri railroad station, Hankyu Senri Line, Osaka, Japan, foe the first time in the world.

Births

Deaths

Unknown date deaths

• Wayne A. Johnston, president of Illinois Central Railroad 1945-1966 (b. 1897).^[14]

References

• Norfolk Southern Railway. Retrieved February 22, 2005.
• Rivanna Chapter, National Railway Historical Society (2005), This Month in Railroad History: July. Retrieved July 22, 2005.