January 5 in rail transport
- January 5 in rail transport
Events
19th century
20th century
* 1977 – Gare de Bercy station, near Gare de Lyon in Paris, France, opens.
* 1985 – At ceremonies held in Nenana and Seward, Alaska, ownership of the Alaska Railroad is officially transferred to the U.S. state of Alaska. [cite web| url=http://www.akrr.com/arrc119.html| title=History| author=Alaska Railroad| accessdate=2007-01-03| ]
21st century
* 2006 – A Virginia Railway Express train from Fredericksburg, Virginia, bound for Washington, D.C., derails due to a chipped railroad switch point near Quantico, injuring seven passengers and two crewmembers. [cite paper| title=Derailment of Virginia Railway Express train near Quantico, Virginia January 5, 2006| author=National Transportation Safety Board| date=2006-11-20| url=http://www.ntsb.gov/publictn/2006/RAB0606.pdf| format=PDF| accessdate=2007-01-05| ]
* 2007 – The first public trains of Taiwan High Speed Rail operate between Taipei and Kaohsiung, a mi to km|216 journey, in 90 minutes. Although some relatively minor problems still remain, such as ticket machines not accepting credit cards or returning the incorrect change, the trains operated on schedule. [cite news| url=http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/01/05/ap/business/mainD8MF21000.shtml| title=Taiwan's High-Speed Train Debuts| publisher=Associated Press (reprinted by CBS)| author=Grauwels, Stephan| date=2007-01-05| accessdate=2007-01-05| ]
Births
Deaths
* 1867 – William Norris, American steam locomotive builder and founder of Norris Locomotive Works (b. 1802). [cite web| url=http://www.steamindex.com/people/american.htm#norris| title=American locomotive engineers| accessdate=2005-02-09| ]
* 1954 – Death Valley Scotty (born Walter Edward Scott), con man who chartered the "Scott Special" record-breaking run on the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway in 1905, dies (b. 1872).
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