1929 in rail transport
Events January events First of an eventual 863 Great Western Railway 5700 Class 0-6-0 pannier tank steam locomotives to Charles Collett's design completed at its Swindon Works, England. January 1 – Paul Shoup takes over the presidency of the Southern Pacific Company, parent company of Southern Pacific. January 12 – Great Northern Railway (United States) opens replacement Cascade Tunnel, at the longest through tunnel in North America. March events March 1 – Sixty-nine railroads buy the American Railway Express Company and rename it Railway Express Agency. March 20 – Yaga Station in 5-chōme, Yaga, Higashi-ku, Hiroshima, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan, opens. March 29 – Osaka Railroad Line, Osaka Abenobashi Station to Kashiharajingu-mae Station route, is officially completed in Japan and the Osaka Abenobashi to Yoshino Station (Nara) route direct commuter train service starts (as predecessor of the Kintetsu Minami Osaka Line). April events April 1 – Odakyu Enoshima Line, Sagami-Ono to Katase-Enoshima of Fujisawa route is officially completed in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, and the Shinjuku Station (Tokyo) to Katase-Enoshima route direct commuter train service starts. April 10 – The Randsfjord Line and Sørland Line in Norway take electric traction into use between Drammen and Kongsberg. May events May – Charles E.