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1973
,
1974
,
1975
Years in rail transport
1973 in rail transport
1974 in rail transport
1975 in rail transport
This article lists events related to
rail transport
that occurred in
1974
.
Contents
1
Events
1.1
March events
1.2
May events
1.3
June events
1.4
August events
1.5
September events
1.6
Unknown date events
2
Births
3
Deaths
4
References
Events
March events
March 17 - A freight train on
Canadian Pacific Railway
is derailed when it hits a rock slide near
Spences Bridge
,
British Columbia
; the accident leads to the installation of ditch lights on all
Canadian
diesel locomotives
, a practice later copied by American railroads.
[
1
]
May events
May 6 - Inauguration of full electric service on
British Rail
West Coast Main Line
through to
Glasgow
.
[
2
]
May 8–May 27 -
Railway strike in India
. The
strike
by 17 million workers of
Indian Railways
is the largest known.
[
3
]
[
4
]
[
5
]
June events
June 16 - The
Milwaukee Road
ends operation of its
electric locomotives
in
Montana
and
Idaho
. Trains over the
Rocky Mountains
are now solely powered by diesels.
August events
August - The
Seoul
subway
opens.
September events
September 14 - Commercial operation begins on
São Paulo Metro
,
Brazil
.
September 16 - Passenger traffic begins through the
Bay Area Rapid Transit
(BART) 3.6 mi (6 km)
Transbay Tube
between
Oakland
and
San Francisco
beneath
San Francisco Bay
, the world's longest and deepest
immersed tube
tunnel.
[
6
]
Unknown date events
The original Norfolk Southern Railway is merged into the
Southern Railway (US)
.
John W. Barriger III
steps down from the presidency of the
Boston and Maine Railroad
.
[
7
]
The
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway
operates the last train ever on its subsidiary
Grand Canyon Railway
; it is a
maintenance of way
train.
[
8
]
Births
Deaths
References
Rivanna Chapter, National Railway Historical Society (2005),
This Month in Railroad History - June
. Retrieved June 13, 2005.
^
Colin Churcher's Railway Pages (March 4, 2006),
Significant dates in Canadian railway history
. Retrieved March 17, 2006.
^
Gillham, J. C. (1988).
The Age of the Electric Train: Electric Trains in Britain since 1883
. London: Ian Allan.
ISBN
0-7110-1392-6.
^
http://www.hinduonnet.com/fline/fl1819/18190750.htm
^
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,944832,00.html
^
http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/lr/2002/01/06/stories/2002010600140200.htm
^
Marshall, John (1989).
The Guinness Railway Book
. Enfield: Guinness.
ISBN
0-85112-359-7.
^
"John W. Barriger; Rail historian and railfan"
.
http://www.rosshorwood.com/RailSiteLinksFiles/JohnBarriger.html
. Retrieved 2005-02-22
.
^
Bianchi, Curt (May 1995). "By steam to the Grand Canyon".
Trains Magazine
: p. 38–45.
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John W. Barriger; Rail historian and railfan
- Railroad history from rosshorwood.com
This Month in Railroad History - June
- Rivanna Chapter, NRHS - This Month in Railroad History
Significant dates in Canadian railway history
- Dates in Canadian Railway History
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