1954 in rail transport
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This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 1954.
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Events
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January events
- January - General Motors Electro-Motive Division introduces the EMD F9.
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February events
- February - General Motors Electro-Motive Division introduces the EMD FP9.
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May events
- May - General Motors Electro-Motive Division introduces the EMD E9.
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August events
- August 7 - The last streetcars operate on the Altoona and Logan Valley Electric Railway in Altoona, Pennsylvania.
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December events
- December - Louisville and Nashville Railroad and Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis Railroad open the new Radnor Yard in Nashville, Tennessee.
- December - Pullman-Standard builds the first bilevel commuter coaches for the Southern Pacific Railroad to use in the south San Francisco Bay Area.
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Unknown date events
- The Vanderbilt interests lose a proxy fight for continued control of the New York Central to Robert Ralph Young and his Alleghany Corporation.
- General Motors Electro-Motive Division introduces the EMD GP9.
- American Car and Foundry officially changes its name to ACF Industries, Inc.
- Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway divests itself of the Grand Canyon Hotel and other buildings at the north end of the Grand Canyon Railway.
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Births
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Deaths
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December deaths
- December 15 - Ernest Lemon, Chief Mechanical Engineer (1931–1932) and later Vice President of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway (b. 1884).
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References
- Bianchi, Curt (May 1995), "By steam to the Grand Canyon", Trains Magazine, p. 38-45.
- Horseshoe Curve Chapter, National Railway Historical Society, "Under the Wire", The Altoona and Logan Valley Electric Railway: 1891-1954. Retrieved August 7 2005.