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1 Events
1.1 January events
1.2 March events
1.3 May events
1.4 Unknown date events
2 Births
3 Deaths
4 References
Events
January events
January
-
Amtrak
re-equips the
Empire Builder
, making it the first train to use all
Superliner
equipment.
March events
March 31
- the
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad
(the Rock Island) ceases operations.
May events
May
- The
Milwaukee Road
ends operations on all points west of
Miles City, Montana
, shutting down nearly half of the railroad.
May
-
Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority
extends passenger service to
Concord, New Hampshire
.
May
- The
Interstate Commerce Commission
approves the liquidation of the
Rock Island Railroad
; at 7,073 track miles covering 13 states, it is the largest such action in
United States
history.
Unknown date events
The
Burlington Northern Railroad
acquires the St Louis-San Francisco Railway .
The
Chessie System
and
Seaboard System Railroad
merge to form
CSX Transportation
.
Now owning a 98.34% control of the Cotton Belt Railroad , the
Southern Pacific Railroad
extends the Cotton Belt to
Chicago, Illinois
, through acquisition of the former
Rock Island Railroad
.
The last train operates over the elevated freight "High Line" in
New York City
.
Guilford Transportation Industries
is formed to become a holding company for several smaller railroads of
New England
.
After a complete system overhaul, the
Glasgow Subway
is reopened.
L. Stanley Crane is succeeded by Harold H. Hall as president of the
Southern Railway
.
Births
Deaths
References
Norfolk Southern Railway
. Retrieved
February 22
2005
.
(
May
2005
), Trains Timetable,
Trains Magazine
, p. 14.
Last updated: 06-06-2005 20:14:57
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