1986 in rail transport
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This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 1986.
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[edit] Events
[edit] January events
- January 1 - The Soo Line fully absorbs the Milwaukee Road after attempting to operate it as a subsidiary railroad.
- January 3 - Vancouver's SkyTrain begins operations between the waterfront and New Westminster.
[edit] February events
- February 8 - 23 people are killed in the Hinton train collision when a VIA Rail passenger train collides with a Canadian National Railway freight train near Hinton, Alberta.
[edit] March events
- March 25 - Conrail makes its initial public offering of stock starting at $28 per share.<ref>Rivanna Chapter National Railway Historical Society, This month in railroad history: March. Retrieved March 24 2006.</ref>
[edit] July events
- July 24 - The United States Interstate Commerce Commission denies the merger of the Santa Fe and Southern Pacific Railroad citing an excessive amount of parallel track as one reason for the denial.
[edit] September events
- September 5 - The Dakota, Minnesota and Eastern Railroad begins operations in Minnesota and South Dakota.
- September 19 - Two high speed trains collide near Rugeley, Staffordshire, England, in the Colwich rail crash; the driver of one of the two trains was the only fatality of this accident.
[edit] November events
- November 21 - The Florida Central Railroad begins operations in Florida.
[edit] December events
- December 30 - Trans-Gabon Railway completed.
[edit] Deaths
[edit] July deaths
- July 14 - Raymond Loewy, industrial designer who worked for the Pennsylvania Railroad designing the shape of equipment such as the GG1 (b. 1893).
[edit] References
- Rivanna Chapter, National Railway Historical Society (2005), This Month in Railroad History: July. Retrieved July 22 2005.
- (April 3 2005), Significant dates in Canadian railway history. Retrieved August 6 2005.
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