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none February 2012 1959 1960 1961 1960 Events January events January 1 – The New York Central Railroad drops its membership in the Railway Express Agency, citing large losses. January 3 – Washington, D.C., ends suburban and overhead trolley car operations. January 5 – Closure of Swansea and Mumbles Railway in Swansea (by now operated by electric trams).http://www.welshwales.co.uk/mumbles_railway_swansea.htm The Mumbles train – world's first railway service July 15, 2007 https://web.archive.org/web/20070626140319/http://www.welshwales.co.uk/mumbles_railway_swansea.htm June 26, 2007 live January 20 – The Cartier Railway opens Canada's northernmost railway to date between Port Cartier and Gagnon, Quebec.Colin Churcher's Railway Pages August 16, 2005 http://www.railways.incanada.net/candate/candate.htm Significant dates in Canadian railway history January 20, 2006 https://web.archive.org/web/20060125022708/http://www.railways.incanada.net/candate/candate.htm January 25, 2006 dead January 21 – The Settle rail crash in England kills 5 people. February events February 22 – Canadian Pacific Railway operates its last steam locomotive powered train in regular service as freight train number 76, led by 4-6-2 number 1262, arrives in Montreal.Colin Churcher's Railway Pages February 17, 2006 Significant dates in Ottawa railway history http://www.railways.incanada.net/candate/ottawa.htm https://web.archive.org/web/20060217005347/http://www.railways.incanada.net/candate/ottawa.htm February 17, 2006 dead thumb|right|220px|March: 92220 Evening Star at Swindon Works soon after naming March events March 18 – Western Region of British Railways 2-10-0 standard class 9F 92220 Evening Star is named at Swindon Works to commemorate its completion as the last steam locomotive built for B.R. March 20 – The Pioneer Zephyr trainset makes its final revenue run on a trip from Lincoln, Nebraska, to Kansas City, Missouri. It then continues through Galesburg, Illinois, to Chicago, Illinois, in preparation for its final disposition. March 27 – The last regularly scheduled steam-powered passenger train on a major U.S. railroad runs from Durand to Detroit, Michigan, on the Grand Trunk Western Railway. Grand Trunk Western runs this train in two sections, due to the many people who want to see and ride history. Grand Truck Western Class 4-8-4 Class U3b #6319 pulls the first section, and #6322 the second.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cbl_7eapV-c https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211212/cbl_7eapV-c 2021-12-12 live Grand Trunk - last steam powered passenger run 1960-03-27 YouTube April events April 25 – Canadian National Railway operates its last steam locomotive in regular service, 4-8-2 #6043, on train No. 76 from The Pas to Winnipeg. May events May 22 – The St. Louis–San Francisco Railway (the "Frisco") combines the Firefly with the Sunnyland. May 26 – The Pioneer Zephyr trainset is donated to Chicago's Museum of Science and Industry.Gordon-Gilmore, Randy 2002 Pioneer Zephyr http://www.prototrains.com/pioneer/pioneer.html February 24, 2005 https://web.archive.org/web/20050307155947/http://www.prototrains.com/pioneer/pioneer.html March 7, 2005 dead June events June 18 – The Middleton Railway, at Leeds in England, becomes the first standard gauge line in Great Britain to be operated by volunteers as a preserved railway, initial services being worked by a diesel locomotive.Bushell, J. The World's Oldest Railway: a history of the Middleton Railway 1975 Turntable Publications Sheffield 0-902844-27-X July events July 1 – The Midosuji Line in Osaka, Japan, is extended from Nishitanabe to Abiko.加古 信志 24 July 2014 れとろ探訪:地下鉄長居駅 Retro Exploration: Nagai Subway Station Mainichi Shimbun ja August events August 1 – München Hauptbahnhof station reconstruction completed. August 7 – The Bluebell Railway, in Sussex, England, begins regular operation as the first standard gauge steam-operated passenger preserved railway in the world.Cole, T. C. Bluebell Railway – Steaming On! 1970 Bluebell Railway Sheffield Park September events September – Grand Trunk Railway loses its New England railway post office and discontinues passenger service between Montreal and Portland, Maine except seasonally from July 1 to Labor Day in September.The Grand Trunk in New England Holt, Jeff Railfare 1985 0-919130-43-7 111 September 1 – Disgruntled railroad workers effectively halt operations of the Pennsylvania Railroad in the United States, marking the first shutdown in the company's history (the event lasts two days). September 6 – Last Gull passenger service between Boston and the Maritimes over the Boston & Maine, Maine Central, Canadian Pacific and Canadian National railroads.The Best of Maine Railroads Johnson, Ron Portland Litho 1985 112 September 10 – Last slip coach working, at Bicester North on the Western Region of British Railways.Fryer, C. E. J. A History of Slipping and Slip Carriages 1997 Usk Oakwood Press 978-0-85361-514-9 September 12 – Official inauguration by the London Midland Region of British Railways of electric services between Crewe and Manchester Piccadilly at the new standard for main line electrification, 25 kV overhead wire at 50 cycles.July 2025 October events thumb|Damage to the Severn Railway Bridge October 15 – The Erie Railroad and the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad merge to form the Erie Lackawanna Railroad; Harry W. Von Miller, former Erie president, is chosen as the president of the new railroad.Erie Railroad presidents http://erierr.railfan.net/eriepres.html March 15, 2005 https://web.archive.org/web/20050318171642/http://erierr.railfan.net/eriepres.html March 18, 2005 dead October 25 – Barges collide with one of the columns of the Severn Railway Bridge (England) in heavy fog, causing two of its twenty-two spans to collapse. The steel and cast iron bridge is never repaired. October 29 – Last State of Maine Express passenger service between New York City and Portland, Maine over the New Haven and Boston & Maine railroads. November events November 1 – The Chicago and North Western Railway acquires the assets of the Minneapolis and St. Louis Railway. November 14 – Stéblová train disaster, Czechoslovakia: 117 are killed and 110 injured in a head-on collision. December events December 4 – Opening of Tokyo Metropolitan Bureau of Transportation Line 1 (present Asakusa Line) between Oshiage and Asakusabashi Stations in Tokyo, Japan.Terada Hirokazu 19 January 2013 Neko Publishing 978-4-7770-1336-4 Japan 46–47, 210 Japanese ja: データブック日本の私鉄 Databook: Japan's Private Railways Keisei Electric Railway also begins through service onto Line 1 via the Oshiage Line. December 10 – Japanese National Railways KiHa 80 series diesel multiple units enter public service on Hatsukari services, replacing steam.懐かし列車シリーズ（5）東北初の特急列車として活躍した栄光の「はつかり」物語（1ページ）｜車両｜トレたび Nostalgic Train Series Volume 5 - the story of the glorious Hatsukari, Tohoku's first limited express train https://www.toretabi.jp/train/vol43/01.html live 2021-12-24 トレたび - Train Journey ja https://web.archive.org/web/20110728151943/http://www.toretabi.jp/train/vol43/01.html July 28, 2011 December 27 – The Romanian Railways officially start the electrification of the Predeal to Brașov line, by mounting the first catenary pole in Predeal station. Unknown date events A new Soo Line Railroad is formed through a merger of the original Soo Line, Wisconsin Central Railway and the Duluth, South Shore and Atlantic Railway. The Dade County, Florida, Metropolitan Transit Authority (operator of Miami-Dade Transit) is formed. Operating losses increase for low ridership trains in the United States when railway post office service is discontinued. Completion of reconstruction of Napoli Centrale railway station in Italy (designed by Pier Luigi Nervi and others) and the Finland Station (Finlyandsky vokzal) in Leningrad, Soviet Union. Accidents uncollapsed References 30em