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This article lists events related to
rail transport that occurred in 1947.
Events
January events
February events
March events
April events
April 7 – Ellis D. Atwood completes the original
Edaville Railroad on his
cranberry plantation at
South Carver, Massachusetts ,
United States . This 2 ft (610 mm )
narrow gauge line, using equipment from
Maine , is generally regarded as the world’s first
tourist railroad .
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April 27 – After a complete overhaul, the
Illinois Central 121 trainset re-enters active service, this time between
Jackson, Mississippi , and
New Orleans, Louisiana , as the Miss-Lou passenger train.
May events
June events
July events
August events
Refugees at a railway station in Punjab following the
Partition of India
September events
October events
December events
December 3 –
French communist
strikers derail the Paris-Tourcoing express train because of false rumours that it is transporting soldiers – 21 dead.
Unknown date events
Accidents
Railway accidents in 1947 (1947 )
Location and date
Saitama Prefecture, Japan (25 February)
Downers Grove, Illinois, US (3 April)
Camp Mountain, Australia (5 May)
Polesworth, United Kingdom (21 July)
Doncaster, United Kingdom (9 August)
Dugald, Manitoba, Canada (1 September)
London, United Kingdom (24 October)
Goswick, United Kingdom (26 October)
References
Wayner, Robert J., ed. (1972). Car Names, Numbers and Consists . New York: Wayner Publications.
OCLC
8848690 .
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"CPR Director Dies At Montreal" . Medicine Hat News . Medicine Hat, Alberta. October 18, 1956. p. 4.
^ Rivanna Chapter, National Railway Historical Society (2008).
"This Month in Railroad History: February" . Archived from
the original on 2011-07-22. Retrieved February 18, 2010 .
^
"The Old Edaville Railroad" . Archived from
the original on 2009-04-17. Retrieved November 16, 2009 .
^ Moody, Linwood W. (1947). Edaville Railroad: the Cranberry Belt . South Carver: Ellis D. Atwood.
^ Martin, Cy (1974).
Gold Rush Narrow Gauge (2nd ed.). Corona del Mar, California: Trans-Anglo Books. p.
93 .
ISBN
0-87046-026-9 .
^ Morgan, Ric (2007). The Train of Tomorrow . Bloomington: Indiana University Press.
ISBN
978-0-253-34842-5 .
^
"Train of Tomorrow visits the Monon" . Monon Railroad Historical Technical Society. Archived from
the original on 2015-05-15. Retrieved 2013-01-28 .
^ Woodward, Sue; Woodward, Geoff (1996). The Harpenden to Hemel Hempstead Railway – The Nickey Line . Oakwood Press. p. 91.
ISBN
0-85361-502-0 .
^ Johnson, Ron (1985). The Best of Maine Railroads . Portland Litho. p. 112.
^ Bonavia, Michael R. (1979). The Birth of British Rail . London: George Allen & Unwin.
ISBN
978-0-04-385071-8 .
^ Saxena, R. P. (2008).
"Indian Railway History Time Line" . Archived from
the original on 2012-02-29. Retrieved December 21, 2009 .
^ Alaska Railroad.
"Alaska Railroad History" . Archived from
the original on 10 July 2006. Retrieved July 20, 2006 .
^ U.S. Government Printing Office (1979).
"The Fish Car Era of the National Fish Hatchery System" .
Archived from the original on 7 April 2005. Retrieved March 28, 2005 .