1986 in rail transport

none February 2012 1985 1986 1987 1980 Events January events January 1 – The Soo Line Railroad 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 freight train near Hinton, Alberta. February 17 – Class 59 Co-Co diesel locomotives built by EMD for Foster Yeoman introduced into heavy freight service on British Rail, the first US-built (and privately owned) diesel locomotives to operate regularly on the English network.Marsden, Colin J. Foster Yeoman – The Rail Story Channel AV Publishing Bournemouth 1998 1-901419-03-7 March events March 3 – Shin-Narashino Station, on what is now JR East's Keiyō Line in Narashino, Chiba, Japan, is opened.http://www.jreast.co.jp/estation/station/info.aspx?StationCd=874 ja:各駅情報(新習志野駅) Station Information (Shin-Narashino Station) East Japan Railway Company Japan Japanese September 2, 2012 March 24 – Edinburgh–Bathgate line in Scotland reopened to rail passengers. March 25 – Conrail makes its initial public offering of stock starting at US$28 per share.Rivanna Chapter, National Railway Historical Society http://avenue.org/nrhs/histmar.htm This month in railroad history: March March 24, 2006 24 March 2006 https://web.archive.org/web/20060417075629/http://avenue.org/nrhs/histmar.htm April 17, 2006 live mdy April events April 1 – The Prince and Princess of Wales (Charles and Diana) open Heathrow Terminal 4 tube station on London Underground's Piccadilly line. Trains do not start serving the station until April 12, when the corresponding terminal starts handling flights.Green, Oliver The London Underground - An Illustrated History Ian Allan Publishing 1988 63 0-7110-1720-4 June events June 1 – The Amsterdam–Schiphol railway is opened by Nederlandse Spoorwegen. July events July 24 – The Interstate Commerce Commission denies the merger of the Santa Fe and Southern Pacific,"Santa Fe-SP Merger Denied by ICC Vote" https://web.archive.org/web/20170214101757/http://original.trainlife.com/magazines/pages/568/40106/september-1986-page-4 February 14, 2017 . Pacific RailNews, September 1986, p. 4. citing an excessive amount of parallel track as one reason for the denial. July 26 – The Lockington rail crash at Lockington, Humberside, England occurs when a van is struck on a level crossing. Eight passengers on the train, and a boy of 11 in the van, lose their lives. September events September 5 – The Dakota, Minnesota & Eastern Railroad begins operations in Minnesota and South Dakota. September 5 – Portland, Oregon's light rail system, MAX, opens for service.Koberstein, Paul (September 7, 1986). "Riders swamp light rail as buses go half-full and schedules go by the way". The Oregonian, p. A1. September 8 – The Crab Orchard & Egyptian Railroad becomes the last common carrier freight railroad in America to cease using steam locomotives as primary power when the dry-pipe in its Canadian Locomotive Company 2-8-0 No. 17 steamer collapses. September 14 – The Toei Shinjuku Line is extended from Funabori to Shinozaki in Tokyo, Japan; the third extension of the line since opening in 1978.東京都交通局,交通局について,都営地下鉄 History of the Transportation Bureau https://www.kotsu.metro.tokyo.jp/about/ayumi/subway.html live https://web.archive.org/web/20240223031608/https://www.kotsu.metro.tokyo.jp/about/ayumi/subway.html 23 February 2024 12 July 2024 kotsu.metro.tokyo.jp ja 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. October events October 1 – Opening of the first phase of the Kintetsu Keihanna Line in Osaka, Japan, between Nagata Station and Ikoma Station. October 31 – Closure of the "Corkickle Brake" serving a chemical works at Whitehaven, Cumbria, the last commercially operated standard gauge cable railway in the United Kingdom.The Corkickle Brake Industrial Railway Record 111 December 1987 169–81 November events November 11 – Preserved steam locomotive British Railways Standard class 8 71000 Duke of Gloucester is recommissioned on the Great Central Railway following a 13-year restoration from part-dismantled condition.King, Peter 71000 Duke of Gloucester – the impossible dream 1987 Ian Allan Publishing Shepperton 0-7110-1753-0 November 15 – Australia's well known steam locomotive 3801 is recommissioned at the Hunter Valley Training Company in New South Wales.3801 Hits the Tracks Again State Wide December 1986 page 1 November 21 – The Florida Central Railroad begins operations in Florida, United States. November 27 – Oslo Central Station in Oslo, Norway is taken into use. December events December 30 – The Trans-Gabon Railway is completed. Accidents uncollapsed Deaths July deaths July 14 – Raymond Loewy, industrial designer who worked for the Pennsylvania Railroad designing the shape of equipment such as the GG1 (born 1893). References April 3, 2005 http://www.railways.incanada.net/candate/candate.htm Significant dates in Canadian railway history August 6, 2005 https://web.archive.org/web/20050905040306/http://www.railways.incanada.net/candate/candate.htm September 5, 2005 dead Rivanna Chapter, National Railway Historical Society (2005), This Month in Railroad History: July. Retrieved July 22, 2005.