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EVENTS

January events

2006 .

January - Amtrak re-equips the '' Empire Builder '', making it the first train to use all Superliner equipment.

February events

2006 .

March events

March 31 - The Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad (the Rock Island) ceases operations.

May events

May - The Milwaukee Road ends operations on all points west of Miles City, Montana , shutting down nearly half of the railroad.

May - Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority extends passenger service to Concord, New Hampshire .

May - The Interstate Commerce Commission approves the liquidation of the Rock Island Railroad ; at 7,073 track Mile s covering 13 States , it is the largest such action in United States history.

June events

June 1 - A new rail link opens between the city of Zürich and Zürich International Airport

July events

July 25 - Two trains collide on a single track between Groningen and Roodeschool , near Winsum, The Netherlands , resulting in 9 deaths and 21 injured.

August events

to Cork , killing 17 passengers.

November events

November 21 - The Burlington Northern Railroad acquires the St. Louis - San Francisco Railway .

November - The first test runs of the Joetsu Shinkansen between Tokyo and Niigata are operated.

Unknown date events

The Chessie System and Seaboard System Railroad merge to form CSX Transportation .

Now owning a 98.34% control of the Cotton Belt Railroad , the Southern Pacific Railroad extends the Cotton Belt to Chicago, Illinois , through acquisition of the former Rock Island Railroad .

The last train operates over the elevated freight "High Line" in New York City .

Guilford Transportation Industries is formed to become a holding company for several smaller railroads of New England .

After a complete system overhaul, the Glasgow Subway is reopened.

L. Stanley Crane is succeeded by Harold H. Hall as president of the Southern Railway .

BIRTHS

DEATHS

REFERENCES

'' Norfolk Southern Railway ''. Retrieved February 22 2005 .

(May 2005 ), Trains Timetable, ''Trains Magazine'', p. 14.

''Handbook of Texas Online''. "BURLINGTON SYSTEM" . Retrieved 26 May 2005 .