1994 , 1995 , 1996

1994 in rail transport 1995 in rail transport 1996 in rail transport

This article will list events related to rail transport that occurred in 1995 .

Contents

1 Events 1.1 January events 1.2 April events 1.3 August events 1.4 Unknown date events 2 Deaths

Events

January events

• January - David Gunn becomes commissioner of the Toronto Transit Commission.

April events

• April 12 - The Chicago and Northwestern is merged into the Union Pacific Railroad.

August events

• August 11 - The first fatal accident on Toronto's subway system, under the auspices of the Toronto Transit Commission, claims three lives.

Unknown date events

• The Burlington Northern Railroad and the Santa Fe Railroad merge to form the Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway.
• San Francisco's Muni opens the F Line using restored PCC streetcars.
• The Interstate Commerce Commission in the United States is dissolved; many of the railroad duties performed by the ICC are transferred to the newly formed Surface Transportation Board.
• The Dakota, Minnesota and Eastern Railroad expands through the purchase of former Chicago and Northwestern Railway branch lines from Rapid City, South Dakota, to Colony, Wyoming , and Crawford, Nebraska.

Deaths