Railroad Milestones Since 1945 - A Tool for Modelers.
Family Lines merge and become Seaboard System.
Guilford acquires Delaware & Hudson.
45'x102" Z-vans become popular.
Toledo Peoria & Western merges into Santa Fe.
Spine cars become widespread.
UP and C&NW complete route to the Powder River Basin.
SD60, C32-8, B32-8, C39-8, B39-8 introduced.
UP adopts brown with small shield scheme for freight cars.
Reading & Northern appears (spinning off of Conrail.)
Indiana Railroad appears (spinning off of ICG.)
53' trailers begin to appear.
Wisconsin Central re-appears (spinning off of Soo Line.)
48' Containers appear in quantity.
Kodachromes appear on SP and ATSF.
Rio Grande retires Zephyr and joins Amtrak.
End of Train Devices begin to replace cabooses.
Chicago Central & Pacific appears (spinning off ICG.)
Dakota Minnesota & Eastern appears (spinning off C&NW)
SD40-2F, F59PH, DASH 8-40B introduced.
ICG becomes Illinois Central again.
GP60, SD60F, F40PH-2 introduced.
Double Stack trains appear in quantity.
BN begins painting cars with no name or logo.
Paducah & Louisville appears (spinning off of ICG.)
Washington Central appears (spinning off BN.)
Movement of bulk grain in boxcars ends in the United States.
Springfield Terminal becomes operator of MEC and B&M under Guilford.
Butte Anaconda & Pacific becomes Rarus Railway.
Milwaukee Road merges into Soo Line.
Gulf & Mississippi appears (spinning off of ICG)
Triple Crown Services appears.
Toronto Hamilton & Buffalo folded into CP Rail.
Arkansas & Missouri appears (spinning off of BN)
MidSouth appears (spinning off ICG.)
Chicago Missouri & Western appears (spinning off ICG)
First RJ Corman shortline appears.
Central Michigan appears (spinning off of GTW.)
Red River Valley & Western appears (spinning off BN)
Montana Rail Link appears (spinning off BN)
CSXT reporting marks begin to replace C&O, B&O, SBD on rolling stock.
MidSouth buys Gulf & Mississippi.
Norfolk Southern logo begins to replace N&W and Southern logos in quantity.
Ohio Central System appears.
BC Hydro Railway becomes Southern Railway of British Columbia.
Fort Worth & Western appears.
Buffalo & Pittsburgh appears (spinning off CSX)
Southern Pacific acquired by Rio Grande Industries.
SD60M, DASH 8-32B, DASH 8-40CW, GE Super 7 Series introduced.
Removal of Capacity stencils begins.
CM&W shuts down, SP enters Chicago, Gateway Western launches.
KCS goes from white diesels to gray.
Santa Fe brings back red and silver war bonnet.
Santa Fe moves it's first JB Hunt trailer.
BN introduces logo-but-no-name scheme.
48' Spine cars introduced.
Toledo Peoria & Western becomes independent again.
Tourist line Housatonic RR becomes freight line.
First new commuter rail agency in decades opens in south Florida.
Nashville & Eastern appears (spinning off of Seaboard System.)
Selected Seaboard System equipment appears in early CSX colors (SBD marks.)
Cabooses no longer required on mainline freights.