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EVENTS

March events

March - Pacific Fruit Express dissolves, its fleet of Refrigerator Car s is distributed between Southern Pacific Railroad and Union Pacific Railroad .

July events

July 6 - A plastic bag of dirty linens carelessly placed against the electric heater in the vestibule of a Sleeping Car traveling between Penzance and London Paddington , England causes the Taunton Train Fire .

September events

September 12 - The longest tunnel in New Zealand , through the Kaimai Ranges , opens to traffic.

October events

October 29 - VIA Rail assumes all Passenger Train operations of the Canadian Pacific Railway in Canada .

October 31 - The last Passenger Train departs from St. Louis Union Terminal .

November events

2005 .

November 18 - The Merivale Bridge is officially opened, finally connecting South Brisbane Railway Station and Roma Street Railway Station and unifying the Brisbane Suburban network. Originally designed to carry both Narrow and Standard Gauge Tracks , the latter was not added until 1986 .

December events

December 4 - Union Pacific Railroad and Chicago And North Western Railway jointly announce an agreement to build into Wyoming 's Powder River Basin to access the numerous Coal mines in the area.¹

December 31 - The Rock Island Railroad operates its last Passenger Train s, the '' Peorian '' and a Chicago to Rock Island train.

Unknown date events

The Stone Arch Bridge built by the Great Northern Railway across the Mississippi River in Minneapolis, Minnesota sees its final use as a railroad bridge; the bridge is converted for pedestrian and Bicycle use.

The Itel Corporation purchases the Green Bay And Western .

General Motors Electro-Motive Division introduces the EMD AEM7 .

DEATHS

May deaths

May - Harold W. Burtness , president Chicago Great Western Railway 1946-1948, dies (b. 1879 ).

REFERENCES

Rivanna Chapter, National Railway Historical Society ( 2005 .