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EVENTS

January events

January 1 - Rail Management Corporation takes over operations of the Atlanta And St. Andrews Bay Railroad .

January 1 - Railroad Services, Inc. takes over operations of the now 5 year old Abbeville-Grimes Railway , renaming it to A&G Railroad .

January 1 - Deutsche Reichsbahn and Deutsche Bundesbahn are merged to form Deutsche Bahn AG .

May events

May 6 - The Channel Tunnel linking England and France officially opens.

June events

June 25 - Vandals place Concrete blocks on a railway line at Greenock , Scotland , causing the Greenock Rail Crash . The train driver is killed along with one passenger.

August events

August 3 - Amtrak 's '' Lake Shore Limited '' Passenger Train derails near Batavia, New York , while traveling at 75 Mph (120.7 Km/h ), injuring 125 of the train's passengers and crew members.

August 22 - Indian Railways orders the first WDC-2 locomotives.

August 26 - The Dominion Atlantic Railway operates its last train, just a month short of the railroad's 100th anniversary.

September events

September 22 - New York City 's Metropolitan Transportation Authority begins construction on the 63^rd Street Connector which connects the 63^rd Street Tunnel to the Queens Boulevard Line .

November events

November 30 - Alaska Railroad , which lacks a direct rail connection with the rest of the North America n rail network, brings a 700 Foot (213 M ) long Railgrinder to Alaska by Ship at a cost of $ 1.2 million to service the company's Tracks .

December events

December 13 - The Interstate Commerce Commission grants Union Pacific Railroad authority to exercise management control over the Chicago And North Western Railway .

December 31 - Burlington Northern Railroad operates the last freight train on the former Oregon Electric Railway mainline in Portland, Oregon ; the mainline is to become part of the new TriMet Light Rail system.

Unknown date events

Amtrak 's new EMD F59PHI Diesel Locomotive s enter service.

Southern Pacific Railroad single-tracks the Donner Pass mainline.

Norfolk Southern ends railroad-sponsored steam excursions.

DEATHS

May deaths

May 14 - W. Graham Claytor Jr. , president of Amtrak 1982 - 1993 (b. 1912 ).

REFERENCES

Alaska Railroad, '' Alaska Railroad History ''. Retrieved November 28 2005 .

Blaszak, Michael W. (June 1995 ), "Chicago & North Western: A survivor no more", ''Trains Magazine'', p. 17-20.

(May 1995 ), "Freight out, light rail in", ''Trains Magazine'', p. 24.

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Indian Railways Fan Club, '' IR History: Part - V (1970-1995) ''. Retrieved August 22 2005 .

New York City Metropolitan Transportation Authority, '' New York City Transit – History and Chronology ''. Retrieved September 22 2005 .

(May 1995 ), "Scanner - Rail at fault?", ''Trains Magazine'', p. 21.