February 28 – Swampscott train wreck, a southbound Danvers–Boston commuter train crashed into the rear of a stopped Portsmouth–Boston local train just north of Swampscott station during a snowstorm. The collision, blamed on the engineer operating at unsafe speeds for the conditions, killed 13 people and injured 283.: 317 [1]
February 28 – A collision in Revere, Massachusetts injured 143 people – some of whom had already been in the Swampscott wreck.[2][3]
June 3 – Remaining Second class accommodation on British Railways trains (by now surviving only on Southern Region boat trains) is abolished and Third class redesignated Second class.
June 30 - The Rochester Subway (Rochester Industrial and Rapid Transit Railway) ceases operation after 29 years.[7]
July 27 – The last two Chesapeake and Ohio Railway2-6-6-6 “Alleghenies” are taken off standby status. The last revenue run had been made about a month earlier.
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