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1943 in rail transport

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A black and white photo of a large steam locomotive hauling cargo taken from a low angle on a cloudy day.
A Hungarian steam locomotive in 1943.

This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 1943.

Events

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January events

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April events

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May events

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June events

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July events

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August events

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September events

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October events

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November events

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December events

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  • December 16 – Two Atlantic Coast Line passenger trains collide after a broken rail derails the first one, putting it in the path of the second. Seventy-one people are killed, most of them U.S. troops.
  • The first troop sleepers enter service on U.S. railroads.

Unknown date events

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Accidents

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Births

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September births

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Deaths

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February deaths

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June deaths

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References

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  1. ^ a b Tourret, R. (1976). War Department Locomotives. Allied Military Locomotives of the Second World War, Book 1. Abingdon: Tourret. ISBN 0-905878-00-0.
  2. ^ "Significant dates in Canadian railway history". Colin Churcher's Railway Pages. 2006-03-17. Archived from the original on 8 July 2006. Retrieved 2006-07-14.
  3. ^ Rivanna Chapter, National Railway Historical Society (2005). "This Month in Railroad History: August". Retrieved 2006-08-25.
  4. ^ Jones, Robert C. (1998). Two Feet to the Quarries. Evergreen Press. p. 105. ISBN 0-9667264-0-5.
  5. ^ Graham, Garfield. "State Street subway". Chicago L. chicago-l.org. Retrieved December 10, 2012.
  6. ^ Robert E. Mohowski (2003). The New York Susuquehanna & Western Railroad. The Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 0-8018-7222-7.