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Events
March events
* March -
Pacific Fruit Express dissolves its fleet ofrefrigerator car s, which is distributed betweenSouthern Pacific Railroad andUnion Pacific Railroad .July events
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July 6 - A plastic bag of dirty linen carelessly placed against the electric heater in the vestibule of asleeping car traveling betweenPenzance andLondon Paddington ,England causes theTaunton train fire .eptember events
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September 12 - The longest tunnel inNew Zealand (8896m), the Kaimai Rail Tunnel on theEast Coast Main Trunk Railway opened.October events
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October 29 -VIA Rail assumes allpassenger train operations of theCanadian Pacific Railway inCanada .
*October 31 - The lastpassenger train departs from St. Louis Union Terminal.November events
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November 7 - TheIllinois Railway Museum celebrates its 25th anniversary. [Illinois Railway Museum (May 5 2005 ), " [http://www.irm.org/history/history.html History of the IRM] ". RetrievedNovember 7 2005 .]
*November 18 - TheMerivale Bridge is officially opened, finally connecting South Brisbane Railway Station and Roma Street Railway Station and unifying the Brisbane Suburban network. Originally designed to carry both narrow gauge andstandard gauge tracks, the latter was not added until1986 .December events
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December 4 -Union Pacific Railroad andChicago and North Western Railway jointly announce an agreement to build intoWyoming 'sPowder River Basin to access the numerouscoal mines in the area. [cite journal| author=Feurer, Keith| year=2004| month=Summer| title=Look who came out on top| journal=North Western Lines (Chicago and North Western Railway Historical Society)| volume=32| issue=1| pages=16–39| id=ISSN 0279-5000 ]
*December 31 - The Rock Island Railroad operates its lastpassenger train s, the "Peorian" and a Chicago to Rock Island train.Unknown date events
* The Stone Arch Bridge built by the Great Northern Railway across the
Mississippi River inMinneapolis, Minnesota sees its final use as a railroad bridge; the bridge is converted for pedestrian andbicycle use.
* TheItel Corporation purchases theGreen Bay and Western .
* General Motors Electro-Motive Division introduces the AEM-7.Deaths
May deaths
* May -
Harold W. Burtness , presidentChicago Great Western Railway 1946-1948, dies (b.1879 ).References
* Rivanna Chapter, National Railway Historical Society (
2005 ), " [http://avenue.org/nrhs/histoct.htm This month in railroad history - October] ". RetrievedOctober 31 2005 .
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