This article lists events related to
rail transport that occurred in 1969.
Events
January events
January 1
As ordered by court,
Penn Central takes over the assets and operations of the bankrupt
New York, New Haven and Hartford ("New Haven") for $22 million; new passenger timetables over the new PC New Haven Region take effect February 2.
The
Pullman Company is dissolved, having ceased to operate sleeping car services in the United States.
January 4 – The
PATCO Hi-Speedline, in southeastern
Pennsylvania, opens.
September 28 – The
Dan Ryan Extension of the
Chicago "L" system is placed in operation between 17th and State Streets and 95th Street in the median of the
Dan Ryan Expressway. The new line is originally combined with the Lake Street 'L' to form the
West-South Route (Lake-Dan Ryan) providing through service between 95th Street and Harlem Avenue,
Forest Park, using the first of the
2200-seriesrapid transit cars (2201–2350) built by the
Budd Company of
Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania. Nine stations, designed by the architectural firm of
Skidmore, Owens and Merrill, are opened at Cermak-Chinatown, Sox-35th, 47th, Garfield, 63rd, 69th, 79th, 87th, and 95th. The Dan Ryan branch later becomes the southern half of the
Red Line.
December 12 – First section of
RER suburban rail network in Paris opened.
December 15 (00:50) – The last train departs Paris
Gare de la Bastille,[7] hauled by
SNCF class 141TB-432[8] on the Ligne de Vincennes to
Boissy-Saint-Léger. The Gare de la Bastille is the last terminus in Paris operated entirely by steam locomotives.[9]
^Carter, Thad Hills (2009).
Kansas City Southern Railway. Images of Rail. (Reprint of an article by Philip Moseley originally published in the May 1986 issue of Arkansas Railroader). Charleston, SC; Chicago, IL; Portsmouth, NH; San Francisco, CA: Arcadia Publishing. p. 60.
ISBN978-0-7385-6001-4. Retrieved November 2, 2013. I was working that night November 3, 1969, when the last southbound run of the Southern Belle made its way into DeQueen.
This article lists events related to
rail transport that occurred in 1969.
Events
January events
January 1
As ordered by court,
Penn Central takes over the assets and operations of the bankrupt
New York, New Haven and Hartford ("New Haven") for $22 million; new passenger timetables over the new PC New Haven Region take effect February 2.
The
Pullman Company is dissolved, having ceased to operate sleeping car services in the United States.
January 4 – The
PATCO Hi-Speedline, in southeastern
Pennsylvania, opens.
September 28 – The
Dan Ryan Extension of the
Chicago "L" system is placed in operation between 17th and State Streets and 95th Street in the median of the
Dan Ryan Expressway. The new line is originally combined with the Lake Street 'L' to form the
West-South Route (Lake-Dan Ryan) providing through service between 95th Street and Harlem Avenue,
Forest Park, using the first of the
2200-seriesrapid transit cars (2201–2350) built by the
Budd Company of
Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania. Nine stations, designed by the architectural firm of
Skidmore, Owens and Merrill, are opened at Cermak-Chinatown, Sox-35th, 47th, Garfield, 63rd, 69th, 79th, 87th, and 95th. The Dan Ryan branch later becomes the southern half of the
Red Line.
December 12 – First section of
RER suburban rail network in Paris opened.
December 15 (00:50) – The last train departs Paris
Gare de la Bastille,[7] hauled by
SNCF class 141TB-432[8] on the Ligne de Vincennes to
Boissy-Saint-Léger. The Gare de la Bastille is the last terminus in Paris operated entirely by steam locomotives.[9]
^Carter, Thad Hills (2009).
Kansas City Southern Railway. Images of Rail. (Reprint of an article by Philip Moseley originally published in the May 1986 issue of Arkansas Railroader). Charleston, SC; Chicago, IL; Portsmouth, NH; San Francisco, CA: Arcadia Publishing. p. 60.
ISBN978-0-7385-6001-4. Retrieved November 2, 2013. I was working that night November 3, 1969, when the last southbound run of the Southern Belle made its way into DeQueen.