1974 in rail transport

1973, 1974, 1975

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This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 1974.

Events

March events

• March 17 - A freight train on Canadian Pacific Railway is derailed when it hits a rock slide near Spences Bridge, British Columbia; the accident leads to the installation of ditch lights on all Canadian diesel locomotives.<ref>Colin Churcher's Railway Pages (March 4 2006), Significant dates in Canadian railway history. Retrieved March 17 2006.</ref>

June events

• June 16 - The Milwaukee Road ends operation of its electric locomotives in Montana and Idaho. Trains over the Rocky Mountains are now solely powered by diesels.

August events

• August - The Seoul subway opens.

Unknown date events

• The original Norfolk Southern Railway is merged into the Southern Railway.
• John W. Barriger III steps down from the presidency of the Boston and Maine Railroad.
• The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway operates the last train ever on its subsidiary Grand Canyon Railway; it is a maintenance of way train.

Births

Deaths

References

• Bianchi, Curt (May 1995), "By steam to the Grand Canyon", Trains Magazine, p. 38-45.
• John W. Barriger; Rail historian and railfan. Retrieved February 22 2005.
• Rivanna Chapter, National Railway Historical Society (2005), This Month in Railroad History - June. Retrieved June 13, 2005.

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