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EVENTS

February

February 21 - The Soo Line acquires the Milwaukee Road and attempts to operate it as a subsidiary railroad.

March events

March - The Tōhoku Shinkansen line in Japan is extended from Omiya Station to Ueno Station , near Tokyo .

April events

April 30 - Canadian National Railway and Canadian Pacific Railway assume joint operations of southern Ontario 's Canada Southern Railway line.¹

Unknown date

The state of Alaska purchases the Alaska Railroad from the US federal government.

Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority expands rail service on the Red Line beyond Harvard Square , into the West Cambridge and Somerville areas.

The Chicago Central And Pacific Railroad is formed by a spinoff of former Illinois Central lines from Chicago, Illinois , westward.

Amtrak 's '' Gulf Coast Limited '' Passenger Train makes its final run.

DEATHS

March deaths

March 23 - Richard Beeching , chairman of the British Railways Board 1961 – 1965 (b. 1913 ).

REFERENCES

(June 1995 ), "Timeline", ''Trains Magazine'', p. 19.