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EVENTS

January events

January 1 - The New York Central Railroad drops its membership in the Railway Express Agency , citing large losses.

January 3 - Washington, D.C. , ends suburban and overhead Trolley car operations.

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February events

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March events

March 20 - The '' Pioneer Zephyr '' trainset makes its final revenue run on a trip from Lincoln, Nebraska , to Kansas City, Missouri . It then continues through Galesburg, Illinois to Chicago, Illinois in preparation for its final disposition.

March 27 - Last regularly scheduled Steam-powered Passenger Train on a major U.S. railroad runs from Durand to Detroit , Michigan , on the Grand Trunk Western Railway .

April events

April 25 - Canadian National operates its last Steam Locomotive in regular service, 4-8-2 #6043, on train #76 from The Pas to Winnipeg .

May events

May 26 - The '' Pioneer Zephyr '' trainset is donated to the Museum Of Science And Industry In Chicago .

October events

October 15 - The Erie Railroad and the Delaware, Lackawanna And Western Railroad merge to form the Erie Lackawanna Railroad ; Harry W. Von Miller , former Erie president, is chosen as the president of the new railroad.

November events

November 1 - The Chicago And North Western Railway acquires the assets of the Minneapolis And St. Louis Railroad .

November 16 - Stéblová Train Disaster , Czech Republic : 118 are killed and 110 injured in a head-on collision.

Unknown date events

A new Soo Line railroad is formed through a merger of the original Soo Line, Wisconsin Central Railway and the Duluth, South Shore And Atlantic .

The Dade County, Florida , Metropolitan Transit Authority (operator of Miami-Dade Transit ) is formed.

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REFERENCES

'' Erie Railroad presidents ''. Retrieved March 15 2005 .

Gordon-Gilmore, Randy ( 2005 .