1974 in rail transport

1974 in rail transport

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. [Colin Churcher's Railway Pages (March 4 2006), " [http://www.railways.incanada.net/candate/candate.htm Significant dates in Canadian railway history] ". Retrieved March 17 2006.]

May events

* May 6 - Inauguration of full electric service on British Rail West Coast Main Line through to Glasgow. [cite book|author=Gillham, J. C.|title=The Age of the Electric Train: Electric Trains in Britain since 1883|year=1988|publisher=Ian Allan|location=London|isbn=0-7110-1392-6]

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 16 - Passenger traffic begins through the Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) mi to km|3.6|abbr=yes Transbay Tube between Oakland and San Francisco beneath San Francisco Bay, the world's longest and deepest immersed tube tunnel. [cite book|last=Marshall|first=John|title=The Guinness Railway Book|year=1989|publisher=Guinness|location=Enfield|isbn=0-85112-359-7]

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. [cite web|url=http://www.rosshorwood.com/RailSiteLinksFiles/JohnBarriger.html|title=John W. Barriger; Rail historian and railfan|accessdate=2005-02-22]
* 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. [cite journal|author=Bianchi, Curt|date=May 1995|title=By steam to the Grand Canyon|journal=Trains Magazine|pages=p. 38–45]

Births

Deaths

References

* Rivanna Chapter, National Railway Historical Society (2005), " [http://avenue.org/nrhs/histjun.htm This Month in Railroad History - June] ". Retrieved June 13, 2005.


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