1930 in rail transport
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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
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