October 8 in rail transport
- October 8 in rail transport
Events
19th century
20th century
* 1952 – Five minutes after beginning its journey at Perth, Scotland, the 8:15 AM express passenger train to Euston station, London, rear-ends the 7:31 train from Tring which was stopped at the Harrow and Wealdstone station; a short while later, the 8:00 express from Euston to Liverpool and Manchester runs into the wreckage on the parallel track. 112 passengers died in the Harrow and Wealdstone rail crash, and 340 more were injured.
* 1998 - Norway's first high-speed railway, Gardermobanen between Oslo S via Oslo Airport, Gardermoen to Eidsvoll, opens.
21st century
* 2005 – Amtrak restores the "City of New Orleans" passenger service to New Orleans, Louisiana, following damages caused by hurricane Katrina. [cite news| url=http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9633913/| publisher=Associated Press, reprinted by MSNBC| date=2005-10-08| title=City of New Orleans rolls into Big Easy| accessdate=2006-10-09| ]
Births
* 1789 – John Ruggles, who was awarded US patent|1 in 1836 for improved driving wheels, is born (d. 1874).
Deaths
* 1895 – William Mahone, American civil engineer and Confederate Army Major General who built the Norfolk and Petersburg Railroad, a predecessor of the Norfolk and Western, dies (b. 1826).
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