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EVENTS

February events

February 20 - The Dakota, Minnesota And Eastern Railroad files an application with the Surface Transportation Board to build new railroad track to haul Coal from the Powder River Basin in Wyoming .

April events

April 27 - Spain 's Madrid Metro opens the section between Esperanza and Mar de Cristal on Line 4 .

June events

June 3 - The Eschede Train Disaster , the worst railroad accident in German history, occurs when a wheel on the high speed InterCity Express breaks; the derailed train's forward momentum caused it to slam into a bridge pier which increased the damage to the train and caused a higher injury toll than would otherwise have occurred.

June 6 - The majority of Conrail 's railroad assets are split between CSX Transportation and Norfolk Southern

June 19 - The government of Panama relinquishes control of the Panama Railway to the Panama Canal Railway Company, a subsidiary of Kansas City Southern .

September events

September - Construction begins to convert the Anton Anderson Memorial Tunnel in Alaska from rail traffic only to combined rail and highway traffic.

November events

November 9 - The St. Thomas And Eastern Railway begins operations on a former Canadian National Railway Branch Line between St. Thomas and Delhi, Ontario .

November 20 - The Okanagan Valley Railway begins operations on the former Canadian Pacific Railway Branch between Sicamous and Kelowna , British Columbia .

December events

2005 .

December 10 - The Surface Transportation Board gives preliminary approval to Dakota, Minnesota And Eastern Railroad 's application to build into the Powder River Basin , pending completion of an Environmental Impact Statement.

Unknown date events

Canadian National Railway acquires the Illinois Central , giving the CN direct access to the Gulf Of Mexico port of New Orleans, Louisiana .

The former Lima Locomotive Works erecting shed and heavy Shay Locomotive shops are razed.

DEATHS

September deaths

2005 .

REFERENCES

Colin Churcher's Railway Pages ( and November 20 2005 .