Timeline of Class I railroads (1930–1976)

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Timeline of Class I railroads
1910–1929 • 1930–1976 • 1977–present

The following is a brief history of the North American rail system, mainly through major changes to Class I railroads, the largest class by operating revenue.

1930
1931
  • July 19: Baltimore and Ohio Railroad subsidiary Alton Railroad begins operating the former Chicago and Alton Railroad,[12] which had entered receivership on August 30, 1922.[13]
1932
1933
1934
1935
1936
1937
1938
1939
1940
1941
1942
  • January 1: Pennsylvania Railroad subsidiary Wabash Railroad begins operating the former Wabash Railway,[44] in receivership since December 1, 1931.[32]
  • January 21: The Norfolk Southern Railway acquires the property of the former Norfolk Southern Railroad,[45] in receivership since July 28, 1932.[46]
  • June 30: The Grand Canyon Railway (no longer Class I) merges into lessee Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway.[40]
1943
1944
1945
1946
  • January 1: The Atlanta, Birmingham and Coast Railroad merges into the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad, its parent since 1927.
  • May 1: The Chicago, Indianapolis and Louisville Railway, better known as the Monon Railroad, in trusteeship since January 1, 1934,[32] reorganizes under the same name, and is freed from its former joint control by the Louisville and Nashville Railroad and Southern Railway.[61]
  • July 1: The Illinois Central Railroad acquires the property of subsidiary Yazoo and Mississippi Valley Railroad.[58]
  • August 1: The Seaboard Air Line Railroad acquires the former Seaboard Air Line Railway,[62] in receivership since December 23, 1930.[63]
  • August 5: Central Railroad of New Jersey subsidiary Central Railroad of Pennsylvania, renamed from in early 1944, begins operating the Pennsylvania lines of the CNJ.[64]
  • September 7: The ceases operations due to a strike. Portions are taken over by the (in 1949) and (in 1950), and the remainder is abandoned.[14] Both successor shortlines soon go out of business, though the continues to operate a piece of the old H&NW into the 1970s.
  • November 7: The property of lessor is conveyed to lessee Boston and Maine Railroad from Wells River south to White River Junction, and to the (leased to the Canadian Pacific Railway) from Wells River north to that company's line at Newport (and beyond to the Canada–US border[citation needed]).[65]
  • December 31: The Pennsylvania Railroad and New York Central Railroad subsidiary Pittsburgh and Lake Erie Railroad buy joint control of the Montour Railroad[66] from the Consolidated Coal Company.
1947
1948
1949
  • February 20: The Midland Terminal Railway (not Class I), successor to remnants of the Colorado Midland Railroad and , ceases operations.[14]
  • July 1: The Southern Railway's lease of the Atlantic and Danville Railway expires,[79] and the A&D immediately becomes Class I.[14]
  • November 1: Canadian Pacific Railway subsidiary Duluth, South Shore and Atlantic Railroad acquires the properties of the Duluth, South Shore and Atlantic Railway and subsidiary (no longer Class I), both controlled by the CP.[80] These companies entered trusteeship on January 1 and June 1, 1937, respectively.[74]
  • December 1: The New York, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad leases subsidiary Wheeling and Lake Erie Railway.[70]
1950
1951
  • The Central of Georgia Railway acquires control of the Savannah and Atlanta Railway (not yet Class I).
  • July 1: Southern Railway subsidiary Carolina and Northwestern Railway leases the properties of other subsidiaries: Blue Ridge Railway, , , and , none of which connect to each other or the C&NW.[83]
  • August 7: Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad subsidiary Fort Worth and Denver City Railway is renamed Fort Worth and Denver Railway.[84]
1952
1953
  • May 25: The New York, Susquehanna and Western Railroad is reorganized under the same name,[87] exiting a trusteeship that began on June 1, 1937 and control by the Erie Railroad.[81] Subsidiary Wilkes-Barre and Eastern Railroad (not Class I) had been abandoned on March 25, 1939, cutting the NYS&W back from Wilkes-Barre to Stroudsburg.
  • December 31: The Pennsylvania Railroad merges a number of lessors, including former Class I Grand Rapids and Indiana Railway, into the newly incorporated .[8]
1954
1955
  • September 30: The Southern Pacific Company merges several lessors into itself: (formerly Class I), Dawson Railway, El Paso and Rock Island Railway, El Paso and Southwestern Railroad, and Southern Pacific Railroad.[91]
1956
1957
1958
1959
1960
  • February 10: The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway buys the entire stock of the Toledo, Peoria and Western Railroad, and sells half to the Pennsylvania Railroad on February 23.[103]
  • July: The Atlantic and St. Lawrence Railroad, leased to the Grand Trunk Railway and later the Canadian National Railway since 1853, but reported to the ICC as a separate Class I railroad (as "Canadian National Lines in New England" beginning in 1930),[104] is merged into the Canadian National Railway along with three other lessors (Champlain and St. Lawrence Railroad, , and ).[95]
  • July 1: The merges into parent Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad.[105]
  • October 17: The Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad and Erie Railroad merge to form the Erie-Lackawanna Railroad.[106]
  • November 1: The Chicago and North Western Railway acquires the property of the Minneapolis and St. Louis Railway.[99]
1961
  • January 1: Canadian Pacific Railway subsidiaries Duluth, South Shore and Atlantic Railroad, Minneapolis, St. Paul and Sault Ste. Marie Railroad, and Wisconsin Central Railroad merge to form the Soo Line Railroad.[80]
  • April 9: Southern Pacific Company subsidiary Pacific Electric Railway ceases electric passenger service, leaving only diesel freight service.
  • September 25: Operations cease on the Rutland Railway due to a strike, and abandonment is approved in 1963. The state of Vermont will buy much of its property, and the Vermont Railway (not Class I) will begin operating the main line in January 1964.
  • November 1: Central Railroad of New Jersey subsidiary Lehigh and New England Railway acquires a portion of the Lehigh and New England Railroad,[107] the rest of which is abandoned.
  • November 1: The Texas and New Orleans Railroad merges into parent Southern Pacific Company.[108]
1962
1963
  • February 4: The Chesapeake and Ohio Railway takes control of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad.[110]
  • March 4: The California, Arizona and Santa Fe Railway merges into lessee Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway.[40]
  • June: The Southern Railway buys a majority interest in the Central of Georgia Railway from the St. Louis-San Francisco Railway.[79]
  • July 1: Southern Railway subsidiary Georgia and Florida Railway (controlled indirectly through the Carolina and Northwestern Railway, , and ) begins operating the former Georgia and Florida Railroad,[83][111] in receivership since October 20, 1929.[112]
  • August 31: Pennsylvania Railroad subsidiary Wabash Railroad sells the Ann Arbor Railroad to the Detroit, Toledo and Ironton Railroad, also controlled by the Pennsylvania, in preparation for the lease of the Wabash to the Norfolk and Western Railway.[113]
1964
1965
1966
  • January 20: The Pennsylvania Railroad sells the Long Island Rail Road to the Metropolitan Commuter Transportation Authority.[8]
  • Erie-Lackawanna Railroad subsidiary New Jersey and New York Railroad is reorganized under the same name,[118] having been in trusteeship since July 1, 1938.[14]
1967
1968
  • February 1: The New York Central Railroad and Pennsylvania Railroad merge to form the Pennsylvania New York Central Transportation Company.[124]
  • April 1: The Erie-Lackawanna Railroad merges into the new Erie Lackawanna Railway, which becomes an operating company, owned by Norfolk and Western Railway subsidiary .[106]
  • May 8: The Pennsylvania New York Central Transportation Company is renamed Penn Central Company.[124]
  • July 1: The Chicago Great Western Railway is merged into the Chicago and North Western Railway.[97]
  • July 1: The Delaware and Hudson Railway, owned by Norfolk and Western Railway subsidiary , begins operating the former Delaware and Hudson Railroad.[5]
  • August 31: The Tennessee Central Railway (no longer Class I) ceases operations. The entire main line is acquired by the Illinois Central Railroad (Hopkinsville-Nashville), Louisville and Nashville Railroad (Nashville-Crossville), and Southern Railway subsidiary (Crossville-Harriman). These companies and successors have since abandoned major portions, leaving the and Nashville and Eastern Railroad as the primary operators.
1969
1970
1971
  • January 1: The Alabama, Tennessee and Northern Railroad is merged into the St. Louis-San Francisco Railway.[77]
  • May 1: The National Railroad Passenger Corporation (later Amtrak), listed as Class I until about 1980, takes over most intercity passenger trains in the U.S. Notable exceptions are the Southern Railway and Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad, which joined Amtrak in 1979 and 1983 respectively, and the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad, Georgia Railroad, and Reading Company, which later discontinued all service.
  • June 1: The Southern Railway merges subsidiaries Central of Georgia Railway, Georgia and Florida Railway (no longer Class I), Savannah and Atlanta Railway (no longer Class I), and Wrightsville and Tennille Railroad (not Class I) to form the new Central of Georgia Railroad.[129]
  • July 1: Baltimore and Ohio Railroad subsidiary Staten Island Rapid Transit Railway (no longer Class I) sells its passenger operations to the Staten Island Rapid Transit Operating Authority.[130]
  • July 3: The Canadian Pacific Railway is renamed Canadian Pacific Ltd.[131]
  • July 31: The Monon Railroad is merged into the Louisville and Nashville Railroad.[132]
  • July 1: Baltimore and Ohio Railroad subsidiary Staten Island Rapid Transit Railway (no longer Class I) is renamed Staten Island Railroad.[130]
  • December 6: The Auto-Train Corporation begins operating passenger trains on Seaboard Coast Line Railroad and Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad trackage. It will be listed as Class I until about 1980.
  • December 20: The Canadian National Railway transfers its ownership of the Central Vermont Railway, Duluth, Winnipeg and Pacific Railway, and Grand Trunk Western Railroad to new subsidiary holding company Grand Trunk Corporation.[133]
1972
1973
1974
1975
  • October 30: A new independent Columbus and Greenville Railway begins operating trackage formerly owned by a company of the same name, merged into the Illinois Central Gulf Railroad in 1972.
1976

References[]

  • Interstate Commerce Commission, Annual Report on the Statistics of Railways in the United States, 1910-
  • Edward A. Lewis, American Shortline Railway Guide, 5th Edition, Kalmbach Publishing, 1996
  • Moody's Transportation Manual
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  12. ^ Oliphant's Earning Power of Railroads, 1946, p. 160
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  114. ^ David Minor: St. Louis, San Francisco and Texas Railway from the Handbook of Texas Online. Retrieved April 2009.
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  135. ^ Moody's (1992), p. 32
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  138. ^ ICC (1975, 1976)
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