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1972 in rail transport
1971
,
1972
,
1973
Years in rail transport
1971 in rail transport
1972 in rail transport
1973 in rail transport
This article lists events related to
rail transport
that occurred in
1972
.
Contents
1
Events
1.1
January events
1.2
March events
1.3
April events
1.4
August events
1.5
September events
1.6
October events
1.7
Unknown date events
2
Births
3
Deaths
4
References
Events
January events
January -
General Motors Electro-Motive Division
introduces the
EMD SD40-2
.
March events
March 30
- The
Milwaukee Road
discontinues its
Limburger Special
service to
New Glarus, Wisconsin
.
[1]
April events
April 1
- The
Central Railroad of New Jersey
(CNJ) pulls out of the Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania
, becoming a terminal road in
New Jersey
; this does not effect their
Lehigh and New England Railway
operations, however. The
Lehigh Valley Railroad
assumes operation of the former CNJ lines in Pennsylvania.
April 30
-
British Rail
suspends operation of the
Brighton Belle
passenger train
between
London
and
Brighton
,
England
.
[2]
August events
August 10
- The
Illinois Central Railroad
and the
Gulf, Mobile and Ohio Railroad
merge to form the Illinois Central Gulf Railroad.
September events
September 11
- Revenue service begins on the
Bay Area Rapid Transit
(BART) system in the
San Francisco Bay Area
.
September 18
-
São Paulo Metro
is inaugurated.
September 27
- Commemorating the opening of
Bay Area Rapid Transit
(BART) two weeks earlier,
United States
President
Richard Nixon
rides a BART train.
October events
October 30
- The driver of a fast train does not notice a stop
signal
due to heavy fog and collides with another train in
Schweinsburg-Culten
,
East Germany
. 22 die and 70 are injured.
October 30
-
Illinois Central Gulf commuter rail crash
- The accidental tripping of a signal at
27th Street Station
in
Chicago
,
Illinois
causes an IC Electric express train to
telescope
another, killing 45 and injuring over 300.
Unknown date events
The
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
,
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
and the
Western Maryland Railway
become parts of the
Chessie System
.
The
Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis and Omaha Railway
is officially merged into the
Chicago and North Western Railway
railroad.
Donald Russell
steps down as Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Southern Pacific Company, the parent company of the
Southern Pacific Railroad
. The position remains vacant until
1976
.
General Motors Electro-Motive Division
introduces computer control systems in its line of
diesel locomotives
with the
EMD SD40-2
.
Fred Burbidge
succeeds
Ian David Sinclair
as president of
Canadian Pacific Railway
.
The
Family Lines System
is formed through the merger of several eastern and southeastern
United States
railroads.
The
Pacific Great Eastern Railway
changes its name to
British Columbia Railway
.
Births
Deaths
References
^
Kalrath, Jim (
March 24
,
1999
). "
New Glarus Railroad History through the Years
". Retrieved on
March 29
,
2006
.
^
Hill, Keith (February 2005). "Brighton's Belle Époque".
BackTrack
19
(2): p 70–79.
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