1933 in rail transport

This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 1933.

Events

January events

• January 1 – The London, Brighton and South Coast Railway's Southern Belle is re-equipped with electric multiple unit cars to replace steam power.

February events

• February 1 – The San Diego and Arizona Eastern Railway is incorporated and assumes all operations of the San Diego and Arizona Railway.

May events

• May 15 – Deutsche Reichsbahn put the Fliegener Hamburger Multiple unit into service. It shortens the distance of 286 km between Hamburg main station and Berlin Lehrter Bahnhof to 138 minutes. The average speed was 124 km/h.

June events

• June 25 – Canadian Pacific Railway discontinues the use of the Imperial Limited name, although the trains continue to run designated now by train numbers only.

July events

• July 15 – The Atlantic City Railroad changes its name to Pennsylvania-Reading Seashore Lines.

October events

• October 11 - London, Midland and Scottish Railway 4-6-0 Royal Scot number 6152 (of the LMS Royal Scot Class locomotives) departs the Century of Progress Exhibition in Chicago, bound for Vancouver, British Columbia.

Unknown date events

• Matthew S. Sloan becomes president of the Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad.

Births

Deaths

References

• Colin Churcher's Railway Pages (August 16, 2005), Significant dates in Canadian railway history. Retrieved October 11, 2005.
• Hill, Keith (February 2005), "Brighton's Belle Époque", BackTrack 19 (2), 70-79.
• Katy Railroad Historical Society, Katy Frequently Asked Questions. Retrieved February 9, 2005