1930 in rail transport

Events

January events

• January 1 - The Cincinnati, Hamilton and Dayton Railway, the Indiana, Columbus and Eastern and the Lima-Toledo Railroad merge to form the Cincinnati and Lake Erie Railroad
• January 31 - Trains begin using the new elevated tracks and platform at Toronto Union Station.Colin Churcher's Railway Pages (August 16 2005), [Significant dates in Canadian railway history]. Retrieved January 30 2006.

February events

• February 18 - The Pullman Company buys the Osgood-Bradley Car Company, which has been making trolley and other transit cars since 1833.
• February 24 - The Standard Steel Car Company is incorporated as a Pullman subsidiary.

March events

• March 30 - Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad inaugurates The Sportsman passenger service.

June events

• June 20 - General Motors purchases Winton Engine, a major supplier of diesel locomotive prime movers.

July events

• July - The Atlantic City Railroad (a predecessor of the Pennsylvania-Reading Seashore Lines) purchases the Wildwood and Delaware Bay Short Line Railroad.

December events

• December 31 - General Motors buys Electro-Motive Corporation and combines it with Winton Engine to form General Motors Electro-Motive Division..

Unknown date events

• General American Transportation Corporation assumes ownership of Swift Refrigerator Line.

Births

Unknown date births

• Robert Bandeen, president of Canadian National Railway 1974-1982, is born.

Deaths

References