This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 1980. 1979 is a common year starting on Monday. ... 1980 is a leap year starting on Tuesday. ... 1981 is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 1979. ... This article will list events related to rail transport that occurred in 1981. ... Diesel and electric trains and locomotives replaced steam in many countries in the decades after World War II. Many countries since the 1960s have adopted High-speed railways. ... 1980 is a leap year starting on Tuesday. ...

Events

January events

• January - Amtrak re-equips the Empire Builder, making it the first train to use all Superliner equipment.

January is the first month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of seven Gregorian months with the length of 31 days. ... Amtrak is the trademark name of the intercity passenger train system created on May 1, 1971 in the United States. ... Empire Builder is a train route operated by Amtrak in the Midwestern and Northwestern United States. ... Superliner can refer to: Superliner (passenger ship) Superliner (railcar) This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ...

March events

• March 31 - the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad (the Rock Island) ceases operations.

March 31 is the 90th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (91st in Leap years), with 275 days remaining, as the final day of March. ... The Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad (AAR reporting mark RI) was a Class 1 railroad in the United States. ...

May events

• May - The Milwaukee Road ends operations on all points west of Miles City, Montana, shutting down nearly half of the railroad.
• May - Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority extends passenger service to Concord, New Hampshire.
• May - The Interstate Commerce Commission approves the liquidation of the Rock Island Railroad; at 7,073 track miles covering 13 states, it is the largest such action in United States history.

This article is about the month of May. ... The Milwaukee Road, officially the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. ... Miles City is a city located in Custer County, Montana. ... This article is about the month of May. ... The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) is a quasi-governmental organization formed in 1964 that controls most bus, subway, commuter rail and ferry systems in the greater Boston, Massachusetts, USA area. ... Concord is the capital of New Hampshire, a state of the United States of America. ... This article is about the month of May. ... The United States Interstate Commerce Act of 1887, signed into law by President Grover Cleveland, created the Interstate Commerce Commission. ... The Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad (AAR reporting mark RI) was a Class 1 railroad in the United States. ... A mile is any of several units of distance, or, in physics terminology, of length. ... A U.S. state is any one of the 50 states (four of which officially favor the term commonwealth) which, together with the District of Columbia, form the United States of America. ...

August events

• August 1 - Ireland: A train derails en route from Dublin to Cork, killing 17 passengers.

August 1st is the 213th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (214th in leap years), with 152 days remaining. ... Dublin (Irish: Baile Átha Cliath1),is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Ireland, located2 near the midpoint of Irelands east coast, at the mouth of the River Liffey and at the centre of the Dublin region3. ... Cork (Corcaigh in Irish) is the second city of the Republic of Ireland. ...

November events

• November 21 - The Burlington Northern Railroad acquires the St. Louis - San Francisco Railway.

November 21 is the 325th day of the year (326th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Categories: Rail stubs | Defunct railroad companies of the United States | California railroads | Colorado railroads | Idaho railroads | Illinois railroads | Iowa railroads | Kansas railroads | Kentucky railroads | Minnesota railroads | Missouri railroads | Montana railroads | Nebraska railroads | North Dakota railroads | Oregon railroads | South Dakota railroads | Washington railroads | Wisconsin railroads | Wyoming railroads ... The St. ...

Unknown date events

• The Chessie System and Seaboard System Railroad merge to form CSX Transportation.
• Now owning a 98.34% control of the Cotton Belt Railroad, the Southern Pacific Railroad extends the Cotton Belt to Chicago, Illinois, through acquisition of the former Rock Island Railroad.
• The last train operates over the elevated freight "High Line" in New York City.
• Guilford Transportation Industries is formed to become a holding company for several smaller railroads of New England.
• After a complete system overhaul, the Glasgow Subway is reopened.
• L. Stanley Crane is succeeded by Harold H. Hall as president of the Southern Railway.

The Chessie System was a holding company that operated three American railroads, the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway (C&O), the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad (B&O), and the Western Maryland Railway (WM), from 1972 until 1987, when the B&O and C&O were merged into CSX Transportation. ... Categories: Stub | Defunct railroad companies of the United States | Defunct companies | District of Columbia railroads | Florida railroads | Georgia railroads | North Carolina railroads | South Carolina railroads | Virginia railroads ... Categories: Companies traded on NYSE | Railway companies of the United States | Alabama railroads | Connecticut railroads | Delaware railroads | Florida current railroads | Georgia railroads | Illinois railroads | Indiana railroads | Kentucky railroads | Louisiana railroads | Maryland railroads | Massachusetts railroads | Michigan railroads | Mississippi railroads | New Jersey railroads | New York railroads | North Carolina railroads | Ohio railroads | Pennsylvania... The St. ... The Southern Pacific Railroad (AAR reporting mark SP) was an American railroad. ... Chicago, Illinois — officially the City of Chicago and colloquially known as Chicago, the Second City and the Windy City — is the third largest city of the United States after New York City and Los Angeles and is the largest inland city of the nation. ... The Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad (AAR reporting mark RI) was a Class 1 railroad in the United States. ... Midtown Manhattan, looking north from the Empire State Building, 2005 New York City (officially named the City of New York) is the most populous city in the United States, and is at the center of international finance, politics, communications, music, fashion, and culture. ... Guilford Rail is a freight railroad network that covers most of northern New England. ... Modern New England, the six northeastern-most states of the United States, indicated by red The New England region of the United States is located in the northeastern corner of the country. ... A train arrives at West Street station The Glasgow Subway is a metro system which has a circular two-track layout. ... The Southern Railway (AAR designation SOU) was the product of nearly 150 predecessor lines that were combined, reorganized and recombined since the 1830s. ...

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References

• Norfolk Southern Railway. Retrieved February 22, 2005.
• (May 2005), Trains Timetable, Trains Magazine, p. 14.
• Handbook of Texas Online. "BURLINGTON SYSTEM". Retrieved 26 May 2005.