1978 in rail transport

Events

March events

• March - Pacific Fruit Express dissolves, its fleet of refrigerator cars is distributed between Southern Pacific Railroad and Union Pacific Railroad.

July events

• July 6 - A plastic bag of dirty linens carelessly placed against the electric heater in the vestibule of a sleeping car traveling between Penzance and London Paddington, England causes the Taunton train fire.

Unknown date events

• The Stone Arch Bridge built by the Great Northern Railway across the Mississippi River in Minneapolis, Minnesota sees its final use as a railroad bridge; the bridge is converted for pedestrian and bicycle use.
• The Itel Corporation purchases the Green Bay and Western.
• General Motors Electro-Motive Division introduces the EMD AEM7.

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