1968 in the history of railway transport

• In the USSR , the Seima-2 distance protection system is beginning to be used. ^[one]
• The Small North Caucasian Railway named after V.V. Tereshkova opened in Ordzhonikidze

• In Czechoslovakia, Škoda factories began producing electric locomotives of the 499.0 series .
• In Sweden , the production of T 44 series diesel locomotives began at NOHAB and KVAD factories.
• In France, at the plants of Alstom and SACM , the production of diesel locomotives of the CC 72100 series began .
• In the USA, the production of General Electric diesel locomotives of the GE U23C series began at General Electric plants .
• In Czechoslovakia , production of diesel locomotives of the 753 series began at the plants of the ChKD .

Died

L-series steam engine created by Lebedyansky and named after him

• January 30 - Lev Sergeyevich Lebedyansky , an outstanding Soviet locomotive engineer, died. Under his leadership and with his participation, various types of steam locomotives , diesel locomotives and gas turbine locomotives were created.

1. ↑ Rail Transport: Encyclopedia / Ch. ed. N. S. Konarev . - M .: Great Russian Encyclopedia , 1994 .-- 559 p. - ISBN 5-85270-115-7 .