1951 in rail transport
Events
Unknown date events Southern Pacific Railroad subsidiary Sud Pacifico de Mexico is sold to the Mexican government. Armand Mercier steps down from the presidency of the Southern Pacific Company, parent company of the Southern Pacific Railroad. The New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad's streamlined Comet passenger trainset (built in 1935) is retired from revenue service and scrapped. Baldwin Locomotive Works and Lima-Hamilton merge to form Baldwin-Lima-Hamilton. Earnest E. Norris is succeeded by Harry A. deButts as president of the Southern Railway.
Births
Deaths
March deaths March 2 - Edgar Alcock, general manager and chairman of Hunslet Engine Company (b. 1877).
References Brief biographies of major mechanical engineers. Retrieved February 9 2005. Norfolk Southern Railway. Retrieved February 22 2005.
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