1970 in rail transport
Events
March events March 2 - The Great Northern Railway, Northern Pacific Railway, Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad and the Spokane, Portland, and Seattle Railway merge to form Burlington Northern Railroad.
June events June 21 - The Penn Central declares Section 77 bankruptcy in the largest corporate bankruptcy in United States history thus far. The trains continue to run.
Unknown date events The Boston and Maine Corporation, operators of the Boston & Maine Railroad, declares bankruptcy. The diesel engine manufacturing business of the former American Locomotive Company is sold to White Motor Corporation. Reginald N. Whitman succeeds John W. Barriger III as president of the Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad.
Births
Deaths
July deaths July 4 - Harold Stirling Vanderbilt, heir to Cornelius Vanderbilt and president of the New York Central railroad system (b. 1884).
References Katy Railroad Historical Society, Katy Frequently Asked Questions. Retrieved February 9 2005.
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