1941 in rail transport

Events

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July events

UP ”Big Boy” #4014 on display (in Pomona, CA)
  • July 7 Deutsche Reichsbahn accepts delivery of an experimental "V-8" steam locomotive from the Henschel Locomotive Works. Nominally a 2-8-2, the locomotive had four sets of two cylinders in a 90 degree "V" shape on the ends of each drive axle, alternating from side to side. Captured by the Allies, it was tested in the U.S. before being scrapped in 1952.
  • July 11 Spain's national railway, RENFE, is formed.[7]
  • July Union Pacific Railroad's M-10002 streamliner trainset is removed from active service on the City of Portland and placed in storage.

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Deaths

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April deaths

Unknown date deaths

References

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  • White, John H. Jr. (Spring 1986). "America's Most Noteworthy Railroaders". Railroad History. 154: 9–15. ISSN 0090-7847. JSTOR 43523785. OCLC 1785797.
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