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EVENTS

March events

March 1 - The Abbeville-Grimes Railway (a predecessor of the Bay Line Railroad ) begins operations between its namesake cities in Alabama .

September events

September 17 - The Grand Canyon Railway officially reopens and carries passengers to the Grand Canyon National Park for the first time since 1968 .

October events

October 29 - The Lexington Avenue , Roosevelt Island and 21st Street stations on the New York City Subway 's 63rd Street Extension open.

December events

December 1 - The Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad is merged into the Missouri Pacific Railroad .

Unknown date events

The St. Lawrence And Atlantic Railroad is formed from the sale of Canadian National Railway 's Berlin Subdivision.

Michael R. Haverty is promoted to president of the Atchison, Topeka And Santa Fe Railway , succeeding W. John Swartz .

DEATHS

November deaths

November 15 - William N. Deramus III , president of Chicago Great Western Railway 1949-1957, Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad 1957-1961, Kansas City Southern Railway 1961-1973, dies (b. 1915).

December deaths

December 6 - C.L. Dellums , cofounder of the Brotherhood Of Sleeping Car Porters (b. 1900 ).

December 26 - Buck Crump , president of Canadian Pacific Railway Limited , 1955 - 1964 and 1966 (b. 1904 ).

REFERENCES

Bianchi, Curt (May 1995 ), "By steam to the Grand Canyon", ''Trains Magazine'', p. 38-45.

New York City Transit ( 2005 .

Vantuono, William C. (January 2005 .