1994 in rail transport

This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 1994.

Events

January events

• January 1 - Rail Management Corporation takes over operations of the Atlanta and St. Andrews Bay Railroad.
• January 1 - Railroad Services, Inc. takes over operations of the now 5 year old Abbeville-Grimes Railway, renaming it to A&G Railroad.
• January 1 - Deutsche Reichsbahn and Deutsche Bundesbahn are merged to form Deutsche Bahn AG.

May events

• May 6 - The Channel Tunnel linking England and France officially opens.

June events

• June 25 - Vandals place concrete blocks on a railway line at Greenock, Scotland, causing the Greenock rail crash. The train driver is killed along with one passenger.

August events

• August 3 - Amtrak's Lake Shore Limited passenger train derails near Batavia, New York, while traveling at 75 mph (120.7 km/h), injuring 125 of the train's passengers and crew members.
• August 22 - Indian Railways orders the first WDC-2 locomotives.
• August 26 - The Dominion Atlantic Railway operates its last train, just a month short of the railroad's 100th anniversary.

September events

• September 22 - New York City's Metropolitan Transportation Authority begins construction on the 63^rd Street Connector which connects the 63^rd Street Tunnel to the Queens Boulevard Line.

November events

• November 30 - Alaska Railroad, which lacks a direct rail connection with the rest of the North American rail network, brings a 700 foot (213 m) long railgrinder to Alaska by ship at a cost of $1.2 million to service the company's tracks.

December events

• December 13 - The Interstate Commerce Commission grants Union Pacific Railroad authority to exercise management control over the Chicago and North Western Railway.
• December 31 - Burlington Northern Railroad operates the last freight train on the former Oregon Electric Railway mainline in Portland, Oregon; the mainline is to become part of the new TriMet light rail system.

Unknown date events

• Amtrak's new EMD F59PHI diesel locomotives enter service.
• Southern Pacific Railroad single-tracks the Donner Pass mainline.
• Norfolk Southern ends railroad-sponsored steam excursions.

Deaths

May deaths

• May 14 - W. Graham Claytor Jr., president of Amtrak 1982-1993 (b. 1912).

References

• Alaska Railroad, Alaska Railroad History. Retrieved July 20 2006.
• Blaszak, Michael W. (June 1995), "Chicago & North Western: A survivor no more", Trains Magazine, p. 17-20.
• (May 1995), "Freight out, light rail in", Trains Magazine, p. 24.
• (March 29 2005), History of railway companies in Nova Scotia. Retrieved August 26 2005.
• Indian Railways Fan Club, IR History: Part - V (1970-1995). Retrieved August 22 2005.
• New York City Metropolitan Transportation Authority, New York City Transit – History and Chronology. Retrieved September 22 2005.
• (May 1995), "Scanner - Rail at fault?", Trains Magazine, p. 21.

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