1974 in rail transport
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This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 1974.
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[edit] Events
[edit] 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, a practice later copied by American railroads.[1]
[edit] 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.
[edit] August events
[edit] 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.
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[edit] Deaths
[edit] 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.
