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EVENTS

January events

January 1 - The Soo Line fully absorbs the Milwaukee Road after attempting to operate it as a subsidiary railroad.

January 3 - Vancouver 's SkyTrain begins operations between the waterfront and New Westminster .

February events

February 8 - 23 people are killed in the Hinton Train Collision when a VIA Rail Passenger Train collides with a Canadian National Railway freight train near Hinton, Alberta .

March events

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July events

July 24 - The United States Interstate Commerce Commission denies the merger of the Santa Fe and Southern Pacific Railroad citing an excessive amount of parallel track as one reason for the denial.

September events

September 5 - The Dakota, Minnesota And Eastern Railroad begins operations in Minnesota and South Dakota .

September 19 - Two High Speed Train s collide near Rugeley , Staffordshire , England , in the Colwich Rail Crash ; the driver of one of the two trains was the only fatality of this accident.

November events

November 21 - The Florida Central Railroad begins operations in Florida .

DEATHS

July deaths

July 14 - Raymond Loewy , Industrial Designer who worked for the Pennsylvania Railroad designing the shape of equipment such as the GG1 (b. 1893 ).

REFERENCES

Rivanna Chapter, National Railway Historical Society ( 2005 .

( 2005 .