1986 in rail transport

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1985, 1986, 1987

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This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 1986.

Contents 1 Events 1.1 January events 1.2 February events 1.3 July events 1.4 September events 1.5 November events 2 Deaths 2.1 July deaths 3 References

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.

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 trains 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), This Month in Railroad History: July. Retrieved July 22 2005.
• (April 3 2005), Significant dates in Canadian railway history. Retrieved August 6 2005.