1994 in rail transport

Events

January events

* January 1 - Rail Management Corporation takes over operations of the Atlanta and St. Andrews Bay Railroad.
* January 1 - Railroad Services, Inc. takes over operations of the now 5 year old Abbeville-Grimes Railway, renaming it to A&G Railroad.
* January 1 - Deutsche Reichsbahn and Deutsche Bundesbahn are merged to form Deutsche Bahn AG.

April events

* April 1 - Management of the British Rail infrastructure is taken over by Railtrack. [cite news |last=Left|first=Sarah|title=Key dates in Britain's railway history|work=The Guardian Unlimited|date=2002-01-15|url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/transport/Story/0,2763,633951,00.html]

May events

* May 6 - The Channel Tunnel linking England and France officially opens.

June events

* June 25 - Vandals place concrete blocks on a railway line at Greenock, Scotland, causing the Greenock rail crash. The train driver is killed along with one passenger.

August events

* August 3 - Amtrak's "Lake Shore Limited" passenger train derails near Batavia, New York, while traveling at 75 mph (120.7 km/h), injuring 125 of the train's passengers and crew members.
* August 22 - Indian Railways orders the first WDC-2 locomotives.
* August 26 - The Dominion Atlantic Railway operates its last train, just a month short of the railroad's 100th anniversary.

September events

* September 22 - New York City's Metropolitan Transportation Authority begins construction on the 63^rd Street Connector which connects the 63^rd Street Tunnel to the Queens Boulevard Line.

October events

* October 13 – Inauguration of Eurostar service between Brussels and London by H.M. King Albert II and H.M. Queen Paola of Belgium.

November events

* November 14 - first commercial Eurostar Service Brussels<>London and Paris<>London 1994.
* November 30 - Alaska Railroad, which lacks a direct rail connection with the rest of the North American rail network, brings a 700 foot (213 m) long railgrinder to Alaska by ship at a cost of $1.2 million to service the company's tracks.

December events

* December 13 - The Interstate Commerce Commission grants Union Pacific Railroad authority to exercise management control over the Chicago and North Western Railway.
* December 31 - Burlington Northern Railroad operates the last freight train on the former Oregon Electric Railway mainline in Portland, Oregon; the mainline is to become part of the new TriMet light rail system.

Unknown date events

* Amtrak's new EMD F59PHI diesel locomotives enter service.
* Southern Pacific Railroad single-tracks the Donner Pass mainline.
* Norfolk Southern ends railroad-sponsored steam excursions.

Deaths

May deaths

* May 14 - W. Graham Claytor Jr., president of Amtrak 1982-1993 (b. 1912).

References

* Alaska Railroad, " [http://www.akrr.com/ARRC119.html Alaska Railroad History] ". Retrieved July 20 2006.
* Blaszak, Michael W. (June 1995), "Chicago & North Western: A survivor no more", "Trains Magazine", p. 17-20.
* (May 1995), "Freight out, light rail in", "Trains Magazine", p. 24.
* (March 29 2005), " [http://www.littletechshoppe.com/ns1625/railways.html History of railway companies in Nova Scotia] ". Retrieved August 26 2005.
* Indian Railways Fan Club, " [http://irfca.org/faq/faq-history5.html IR History: Part - V (1970-1995)] ". Retrieved August 22 2005.
* New York City Metropolitan Transportation Authority, " [http://www.mta.nyc.ny.us/nyct/facts/ffhist.htm New York City Transit – History and Chronology] ". Retrieved September 22 2005.
* (May 1995), "Scanner - Rail at fault?", "Trains Magazine", p. 21.