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none 1972 1973 1974 1970 February 2026 Events January events January 27 – MBTA purchases several rail lines in New England from Penn Central to form the basis of the new commuter system's network.Belcher Jonathan Changes to Transit Service in the MBTA 1964–2025 district December 14, 2025 http://roster.transithistory.org/MBTARouteHistory.pdf February 23, 2026 November 27, 2023 https://web.archive.org/web/20231127060841/http://roster.transithistory.org/MBTARouteHistory.pdf live February events February 26 – Chessie System is incorporated to become the parent corporation of a combined B&O/C&O/WM railroad system.Classic Trains Kalmbach Publishing Waukesha, WI http://trains.com/ctr/default.aspx?c=a&id=58 Railroad Fallen Flags: C June 26, 2006 February 26, 2008 April 23, 2008 https://web.archive.org/web/20080423072707/http://www.trains.com/ctr/default.aspx?c=a&id=58 dead March events March 13 – A riot breaks out at Ageo Station in Saitama, Japan as the National Railway Locomotive Engineers Union protests unsafe working conditions on the JNR.March 13, 1973 Railway Rampage, Commuters Riot Spokane Daily Chronicle EnglishLow Nicholas Transforming urban transport: the ethics, politics and practices of sustainable mobility Routledge 2013 9780415529037 99–102 March 30 – Toronto's Yonge Subway is extended to York Mills station.City of Toronto http://www.toronto.ca/ttc/history.htm Toronto Transit Commission – History 2006 March 29, 2006 https://web.archive.org/web/20060329071332/http://www.toronto.ca/ttc/history.htm March 29, 2006 live May events May 21 – Passenger traffic begins on the Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) Concord line, through the 3.1 mi km on Berkeley Hills Tunnel between Oakland and Orinda, California beneath the Berkeley Hills. June events June 3 – The Norwegian State Railways open Lieråsen Tunnel on the Drammen Line between Asker and Lier (10.7 km mi on).Richard Balkwill Marshall, John John Marshall (railway historian) The Guinness Book of Railway Facts and Feats 6th Enfield Guinness Publishing 1993 0-85112-707-X June 22 – The EMD SDP40F diesel locomotive enters revenue service with Amtrak.36 2 23 Ingles J. David The power behind the pointless arrow Trains December 1975 August events August 17 – The last DB Class E 40 leaves the gates of the Krupp factory in Essen.October 2020 September events September 28 – Amtrak's Turboliners make their first run on the Chicago–St Louis corridor.227 November events November 5 – Bay Area Rapid Transit Peninsula service starts between Downtown San Francisco and Daly City. November 27 – Toei Subway Line 6 (present-day Mita Line) is extended from Hibiya to Mita in Tokyo, Japan; its second extension since opening in 1968.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 February 23, 2024 July 12, 2024 kotsu.metro.tokyo.jp ja December events December 19 – The Ealing rail crash occurred when an express train from London Paddington to Oxford derails at speed between Ealing Broadway and West Ealing. Ten passengers are killed and 94 injured Unknown date events The isolated coal hauler, the Black Mesa and Lake Powell Railroad, opens in Northern Arizona, the world's first line to use 50,000 V overhead line power.October 2020 Transcameroon Railway extended to N'Gaoundéré.October 2020 John W. Barriger III becomes president of the Boston and Maine Railroad.http://www.rosshorwood.com/RailSiteLinksFiles/JohnBarriger.html John W. Barriger; Rail historian and railfan February 22, 2005 https://web.archive.org/web/20050301023222/http://www.rosshorwood.com/RailSiteLinksFiles/JohnBarriger.html March 1, 2005 dead Accidents References