June 16 in rail transport

Events

19th century

* 1867 – The Fonda, Johnstown and Gloversville Railroad is incorporated. [" [http://www.sacandagastation.com/fjandg.html The FJ&G Railroad - history] ". Retrieved June 13 2005.]

20th century

* 1938 – The Pike's Peak Cog Railway in Colorado operates gasoline-powered railcar number 7, the first rack railcar in the world, for the first time. [Manitou & Pike's Peak Cog Railway (2005), " [http://www.cograilway.com/history.htm Cog Railway History] ". Retrieved June 13, 2005.]
* 1950 – Copper Range Railroad's coal unloading dock at Houghton, Michigan, is razed. [MichiganRailroads.com (2005), " [http://www.michiganrailroads.com/RRHX/Timeline/1950s/TimeLine1950.htm Railroad History Timeline - 1950] ". Retrieved June 13 2005.]
* 1953 – New York Central ends steam locomotive operation on the former Michigan Central Railroad with a train pulled by 4-6-4 number 5434. [MichiganRailroads.com (2005), " [http://www.michiganrailroads.com/RRHX/Timeline/1950s/TimeLine1950sBackUp.htm Railroad History Timeline, 1950-1959] ". Retrieved June 13 2005.]
* 1974 – The Milwaukee Road ends operation of its electric locomotives in Montana and Idaho. Trains over the Rocky Mountains are now solely powered by diesels. [Rivanna Chapter, National Railway Historical Society (2005), " [http://avenue.org/nrhs/histjun.htm This Month in Railroad History - June] ". Retrieved June 13, 2005.]
* 1977 – Construction begins on the Minsk Metro.

21st century

* 2005 – Former Seibu Railway chairman Yoshiaki Tsutsumi pleads guilty at the opening of his trial in Japan on charges of insider trading and falsifying financial records. [Kageyama, Yuri, Associated Press (June 16 2005), " [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/06/16/AR2005061600185.html Railroad and Hotel Magnate Pleads Guilty] ". Retrieved June 16 2005.]
* 2005 – 26 of 60 tank cars carrying fuel oil derail near Rzhev, Russia (about 200 km / 125 miles northwest of Moscow), sending a very large amount of oil into the ground contaminating Moscow's water supply and the Volga River after flowing down the Vazuza River from the accident site. The derailment damaged about 400 m (1,312 ft) of track, about half of the damaged track will require complete replacement. It is not yet known if this incident is related to the bomb that was exploded on June 12 that derailed a passenger train. [Pravda (June 16, 2005), " [http://newsfromrussia.com/accidents/2005/06/16/60346.html Train carrying petroleum derailed not far from Moscow] ". Retrieved June 16, 2005.] [RIA Novosti (June 16, 2005), " [http://en.rian.ru/russia/20050616/40535705.html BACKGROUND - Fuel oil spreads after a train derails in the Tver Region. Consequences still vague] ". Retrieved June 16 2005.] [RIA Novosti (June 16 2005), " [http://en.rian.ru/russia/20050616/40534658.html URGENT: Fuel oil in Volga after railroad accident near Rzhev, deputy prosecutor] ". Retrieved June 16 2005.]
* 2005 – Members of the Brotherhood of Railroad Signalmen begin a strike at 5:45 AM EDT at about 30 locations on the Norfolk Southern (NS) system; a temporary restraining order issued by a US Federal court in Roanoke, Virginia, ended the strike within an hour. The dispute was over a provision that allowed NS to use nonunion workers on some maintenance contracts. [Bonner, Jeanne, The Morning Call (June 17 2005), " [http://www.mcall.com/business/local/all-railroadjun17,0,1156879.story?coll=all-businesslocal-hed Railroad workers picket in Bethlehem] ". Retrieved June 17 2005.] [Dochat, Tom, The Patriot-News (June 17 2005), " [http://www.pennlive.com/business/patriotnews/index.ssf?/base/business/1119000216118470.xml&coll=1 Walkout by railroad signalmen ends quickly] ". Retrieved June 17 2005.]

Births

* 1804 – Alvin Adams, founder of Adams Express, an LCL package delivery company (d. 1877).
* 1840 – William F. Nast, president of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway September 1868, is born. [cite book|author=Waters, Lawrence Leslie| year=1950| title=Steel Trails to Santa Fe| publisher=University of Kansas Press, Lawrence, Kansas| id=| ]

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