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EVENTS

April events

April 1 - The second American Freedom Train tour begins, powered by newly restored Southern Pacific 4449 , in Wilmington, Delaware . See also American Freedom Train - 1975-76 Station Stops .

June events

June 6 - An overnight northbound Passenger Train from London , England , bound for Glasgow , Scotland , does not receive warning of a temporary speed restriction resulting in the Nuneaton Rail Crash .

June 8 - Two trains collide on a single-track stretch between Lenggries and Munich due to a dispatcher error. 41 die and 122 are injured.

December events

December 2 - A train highjack takes place at the village of Wijster, the Netherlands . Activists wanted to endorse the self proclaimed Republik Maluku Selatan (RMS) , a self-proclaimed republic in the Maluku Islands. Hostages Hans Braam, Leo Bulter and Bert Bierling were shot. The activists surrendered December 14 1975 .

Unknown date events

The Chicago, Rock Island And Pacific Railroad files its third and final Bankruptcy .

As a result Independent Safety Board Act's passage the previous year, the United States National Transportation Safety Board becomes a completely independent agency, severing all organizational ties to the national Department Of Transportation and all of its modal agencies.

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National Transportation Safety Board ( 2005 .