January 2005 in rail transport

Events

January 1

;January 1:* flagicon|Austria - ÖBB, the national railway of Austria, is reorganized into ÖBB-Holding AG, a holding company to manage subsidiaries ÖBB-Dienstleistungs GmbH, ÖBB-Personenverkehr AG (for passenger train operations) and Rail Cargo Austria AG (for freight train operations).

January 2 – January 8

; January 3:* flagicon|United States – Kansas City Southern names Arthur Shoener, formerly a vice president at Union Pacific Railroad, as the new CEO of the holding company's Kansas City Southern Railway and Texas Mexican Railway divisions. [http://notes.kcsi.com/WebApps/kcspress.nsf/626e6035eadbb4cd85256499006b15a6/29a5c1e16fb437aa86256f7e004f07fe?OpenDocument] ; January 4:* flagicon|Canada – Bombardier receives a contract from SNCF for 350 million Euros to build 100 new regional trainsets.; January 5:* Trains portal/News image|Graniteville derailment, aerial view closeup.jpg|Aerial view of the Graniteville accident's aftermath| flagicon|United States – A Norfolk Southern train carrying a few carloads of hazardous materials (including chlorine gas) collides with a parked train in Graniteville, South Carolina, causing the Graniteville train disaster. [http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/01/06/train.wreck.ap/] ; January 7:* flagicon|Italy – A passenger train and freight train collide head-on in Crevalcore, in northern Italy (near Bologna), on the single-track mainline between Bologna and Verona. [http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=393524]

January 9 – January 15

; January 12:* flagicon|United States - General Motors announces that it has agreed to sell its Electro-Motive Division to a partnership led by Greenbriar Equity Group and Berkshire Partners. [http://media.gm.com/servlet/GatewayServlet?target=http://image.emerald.gm.com/gmnews/viewmonthlyreleasedetail.do?domain=74&docid=11063] :* flagicon|Canada - Five cars of a CN freight train derail in Fort St. John, Manitoba (a suburb of Winnipeg), Canada; as one of the cars was carrying propane, the area is evacuated. The tank car remains upright and intact, so local residents are allowed to return fairly quickly. [http://www.ble.org/pr/news/headline.asp?id=12421]

January 16 – January 22

; January 17:* flagicon|Thailand - Two Bangkok Metro trains collide, injuring nearly 200 people. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/4180109.stm] , [http://smh.com.au/news/World/200-hurt-in-Bangkok-subway-crash/2005/01/17/1105810832556.html?oneclick=true] ; January 18:* flagicon|United States - A station at the Milwaukee Airport opens on Amtrak's Hiawatha service. [http://www.railroad.net/forums/viewtopic.php?t=9567] , [http://www.jsonline.com/news/metro/jan05/292889.asp] , [http://www.amtrak.com/servlet/ContentServer?pagename=Amtrak/am2Copy/News_Release_Page&c=am2Copy&cid=1093553983301&ssid=180]

January 23 – January 29

; January 24:* flagicon|United States - Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway introduces a new corporate logo that replaces the railroad's verbose name with "BNSF Railway". [http://www.bnsf.com/news/articles/2005/01/2005_01_24a.html?index=/news/index.html] ; January 26:* flagicon|United States - In what police initially call a suicide attempt, a Metrolink train in Glendale, California, (a suburb of Los Angeles) hits a car parked on a grade crossing and then derails into another Metrolink train and a parked Union Pacific Railroad locomotive; the Glendale train crash results in 11 fatalities and 200 injuries. [http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=533&ncid=533&e=2&u=/ap/20050126/ap_on_re_us/train_derail] , [http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2005/01/26/national/main669449.shtml] , [http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/state/20050126-1234-wst-trainderail.html] ; January 29:* flagicon|Singapore - Singapore's third LRT Line, Punggol LRT Line opened.

January 30 – January 31

; January 31:* flagicon|United States - Regular Metrolink passenger service is restored through Glendale, California, the scene of the previous week's Glendale train crash. [http://www.ble.org/pr/news/headline.asp?id=12642]

Deaths

* January 23 - John H. Kuehl, editor of "Private Varnish" magazine, passenger car historian and photographer (b. 1938).

References

* Associated Press (January 17 2005), [http://smh.com.au/news/World/200-hurt-in-Bangkok-subway-crash/2005/01/17/1105810832556.html?oneclick=true 200 hurt in Bangkok subway crash] . Retrieved January 19 2005.
* BBC News (January 17 2005), [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/4180109.stm Thai subway shut for safety probe] . Retrieved January 19 2005.
* BNSF Railway (January 24 2005), [http://www.bnsf.com/media/news/articles/2005/01/2005_01_24a.html BNSF Adopts New Corporate and Subsidiary Logos and Changes Name of Railway Subsidiary as Part of Tenth Anniversary Celebration] . Retrieved January 25 2005.
* CBS/AP (January 26 2005), [http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2005/01/26/national/main669449.shtml Parked car caused train wreck] . Retrieved January 26 2005.
* Edgar, Amy Geier, Associated Press (January 6 2005), [http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20050106/ap_on_re_us/train_wreck Four Die, 200 Injured in S.C. Train Crash] . Retrieved January 7 2005.
* General Motors (January 12 2005), [http://media.gm.com/servlet/GatewayServlet?target=http://image.emerald.gm.com/gmnews/viewmonthlyreleasedetail.do?domain=74&docid=11063 GM Agrees To Sell Electro-Motive Division] . Retrieved January 12 2005.
* Kansas City Southern Industries (January 3 2005), [http://notes.kcsi.com/WebApps/kcspress.nsf/626e6035eadbb4cd85256499006b15a6/29a5c1e16fb437aa86256f7e004f07fe?OpenDocument KCS Names Arthur Shoener EVP and COO of the Company, President & CEO of KCS's U.S. Rail Holdings, The Kansas City Southern Railway Company and Texas Mexican Railway Company; Owen Zidar Named Vice President Marketing] . Retrieved January 25 2005.
* (January 2005), [http://steamrailroading.com/ipw-web/portal/cms//modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=207 KCS says no to merger, for now] . Retrieved January 25 2005.
* Kitching, Chris (January 13 2005), [http://www.ble.org/pr/news/headline.asp?id=12421 CN tankers derail, force evacuations] . Retrieved January 25 2005.
* Liu, Caitlin, and Torrejon, Veronica; Los Angeles Times, " [http://www.ble.org/pr/news/headline.asp?id=12642 Train service is fully restored] ". Retrieved February 1 2005.
* Molloy, Tim; Associated Press (January 26 2005), [http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/state/20050126-1234-wst-trainderail.html Suicide try triggers California commuter rail tragedy, police say] . Retrieved January 26 2005.
* National Railroad Passenger Corporation (January 18 2005), " [http://www.amtrak.com/servlet/ContentServer?pagename=Amtrak/am2Copy/News_Release_Page&c=am2Copy&cid=1093553983301&ssid=180 Governor Doyle, Senator Kohl & Amtrak dedicate new passenger rail station at Milwaukee airport] ". Retrieved February 4 2005.
* Nguyen, Daisy; Associated Press (January 26 2005), [http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=533&ncid=533&e=2&u=/ap/20050126/ap_on_re_us/train_derail 9 killed as suburban L.A. trains derail] . Retrieved January 26 2005.
* Paolucci, Gianluca; Reuters (January 7 2005), [http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=393524 Italy Train Crash Kills at Least 13, Many Injured] . Retrieved January 25 2005.
* Sandler, Larry, Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel Online (January 13 2005), [http://www.jsonline.com/news/metro/jan05/292889.asp Amtrak on track to open at airport] . Retrieved January 19 2005.