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1932 in rail transport
Events
January events
January 1
William Stanier
succeeds
Ernest Lemon
as
Chief Mechanical Engineer
of the
London, Midland and Scottish Railway
.
Ralph Budd
leaves the
Great Northern Railway
and becomes president of the
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad
.
March events
March 15 - The last passenger service run of the
Pontchartrain Rail-Road
, in operation for over a century.
March 24 - The first
radio
broadcast from a moving train occurs when
New York City
station
WABC
broadcasts from a
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
train operating in
Maryland
.
March 31 – Tokyo Yokohama Electric Railway Line, from
Shibuya Station
in
Tokyo
via
Musashi-Kosugi Station
in
Kawasaki, Kanagawa
to
Sakuragichà  Station
in
Yokohama
, is officially completed in
Japan
(as the predecessor of
Tokyu Toyoko Line
).
April events
April 20 - The first completely
air-conditioned
sleeping car
trains begin operating on the
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
.
April - The
Atlantic City Railroad
(predecessor to the
Pennsylvania-Reading Seashore Lines
) purchases the
Stone Harbor Railroad
.
May events
May 24 -
Nigerian Government Railways
complete the 787 m (861 yd) roadâÂÂrail
Benue
Bridge at
Makurdi
on its Eastern Line, replacing a
train ferry
.
June events
June 6 - The
Great Western Railway
's
Cheltenham Spa Express
passenger train
(popularly known as the
Cheltenham Flyer
) sets a new speed record as
4-6-0
locomotive
Tregenna Castle
hauls it from
Swindon
to
London Paddington
, , at an average speed of .
August events
August 20 - The
Unanderra â Moss Vale railway line
of the
New South Wales
Government Railways in Australia is opened.
August 31 âÂÂ
Pacific Electric
Arrowhead Line
service is discontinued.
September events
September - The
Great Western Railway
accelerates its
Cheltenham Spa Express
between
Swindon
and
London Paddington
to a scheduled 65 minutes, giving an average speed of over the whole trip, the worldâÂÂs first train to be scheduled at over .
September 10 - The
IND Eighth Avenue Line
, at this time the world's longest
subway
line (), begins operation in
Manhattan
.
September 11 - Canadian operations end on the
International Railway (New York â Ontario)
.
December events
December 6 –
Nippo Line
,
Kokura of Kitakyushu
via
Oita
to
Kagoshima
route officially completed in
Kyushu Island
,
Japan
.
December 29 - âÂÂTwentieth Centuryâ a
play
by Hecht and MacArthur about the
New York Central Railroad
's
20th Century Limited
opens on
Broadway
.
December 31 - The last
steam
-powered
Southern Belle
passenger train
operates on the
Southern Railway
; the train's equipment will be replaced with electric
multiple unit
cars the next day.
Unknown date events
The
Southern Pacific Railroad
gains 87% control of the
Cotton Belt Railroad
(
St. Louis Southwestern Railway
).
Angus Daniel McDonald
succeeds
Paul Shoup
as president of the Southern Pacific Company, parent company of the
Southern Pacific Railroad
.
Hale Holden
steps down as Chairman of the Executive Committee for the Southern Pacific Company. With Holden's departure, this position is eliminated. Holden then assumes the position of Chairman of the Board of Directors for the company.
The
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway
reduces train frequencies on its subsidiary
Grand Canyon Railway
from twice daily to once daily.
The
Lake Shore Electric Railway
in
Ohio
declares
bankrupt
cy.
New Zealand Railways
introduces
K class
4-8-4
steam locomotive
s built in its
Hutt Workshops
.
First
Franco-Crosti boiler
ed locomotive built,
Belgian State Railways
No 2096, an 0-6-2+2-4-2-4-2+2-6-0
articulated
.
An electric
Children's railway
operates in
Gorky Park (Moscow)
,
Soviet Union
.
Accidents
Deaths
March deaths
March 7 -
William N. Page
,
American
civil engineer
who built the
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
and the
Virginian Railway
(born 1854).
References