1940-

[Anonymous]

[Anonymous]

65 years ago:

January 16
Hitler postpones his European invasion because of bad weather.

March
A census reports there are 13 million Americans.

April 1
Charles Lindbergh and others urge the U.S. to stay out of the war.

April 9
The *** invade Scandinavia.

June 22
France capitulates to Hitler.

July 10
The Battle of Britain begins.

October 29
The first man is conscripted under a peacetime draft.

November 5
Roosevelt reelected.

December 29-30
London bombed. FDR calls the United States the "arsenal of democracy" in a fireside chat.

At the box office, big movies for 1940 included The Grapes of Wrath starring Henry Fonda, His Girl Friday with Cary Grant and Rosalind Russel and Alfred Hitchcock's Rebecca, winner of the Best Picture Oscar for 1940.

Popular books in 1940 included For Whom The Bell Tolls by Ernest Hemmingway and Native Son by Richard Wright.

On US railroads, things are going good and the streamliner era is in full swing, soon to be cut off in 1941 when the US enters World War II. Railways elsewhere in the world are working hard for victory as the war progresses.

[nanaimo73]

The Mobile and Ohio was consolidated with the Gulf, Mobile and Northern to form the Gulf, Mobile and Ohio Railroad on September 13th.

EMC FT 103 finishes 11 month, 83,764 mile test over 20 railroads in 35 States.

On October 7th NYC recieves first dual-service 4-8-2 Mohawk, no. 3000.

On October 20th, Albert Carpenter Kalmbach publishes first issue of Trains, with Linn H. Westcott and Willard V. Anderson as co-editors.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1940

[eastside]

QUOTE: Originally posted by Sask_Tinplater

65 years ago:

March
A census reports there are 13 million Americans.

More like 130 million. 13 million would hardly fill the New York metro area.

[Anonymous]

QUOTE: Originally posted by eastside

QUOTE: Originally posted by Sask_Tinplater

65 years ago:

March
A census reports there are 13 million Americans.

More like 130 million. 13 million would hardly fill the New York metro area.

Bit of a typo there. 130 million is what it's supposed to be.