This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 1987. 1986 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1987 is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1988 is a leap year starting on a Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... This article will list events related to rail transport that occurred in 1986. ... This article will list events related to rail transport that occurred in 1988. ... 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. ... 1987 is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Events

January events

• January 4 - Amtrak and Conrail trains collide in Maryland.

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February events

• February 2 - The Irish national transport operator Córas Iompair Éireann (CIE) is split up into subsidiaries, with Iarnród Éireann (Irish Rail) taking responsibility for the Irish railway network in the Republic of Ireland.

February 2 is the 33rd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Córas Iompair Éireann1 (CIÉ) (English: Irish Transport Company) is a statutory authority which is owned by the Irish Government. ... 1994: Iarnród Éireann Iarnród Éireann (IÉ; in English Irish Rail), is the national passenger railway system in Ireland. ... Rail services in Ireland are provided by Iarnród Éireann in the Republic of Ireland, and by Northern Ireland Railways in Northern Ireland. ...

April events

• April 1 - The Japanese National Railways (JNR) are divided and privatized. The Japan Railway companies succeeded the former JNR.
• April 4 - The Soo Line railroad announces the sale of its Lake States Transportation Division to private investors, forming the new Wisconsin Central Transportation Corporation.

April 1 is the 91st day of the year (92nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 274 days remaining. ... Japanese National Railways (日本国有鉄道 Nippon Kokuyū Tetsudō), abbreviated Kokutetsu (国鉄) or JNR, was the national railway network of Japan from 1872 to 1987. ... Approximate areas that the JR Hokkaido, JR East, JR Central, JR West, JR Shikoku, and JR Kyushu Companies cover. ... April 4 is the 94th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (95th in leap years). ... Categories: Rail stubs | Defunct railroad companies of the United States | Illinois railroads | Michigan railroads | Minnesota railroads | North Dakota railroads | South Dakota railroads | Wisconsin railroads ... There were two Wisconsin Central railroads that ran through Wisconsin and neighboring states. ...

July events

• July 13 - Union Pacific Railroad files with the Interstate Commerce Commission to acquire the Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad.
• July 31 - Queen Elizabeth II presides over the opening ceremonies of the Docklands Light Railway in London, England.

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Unknown date events

• The United States Congress divests government ownership of Conrail in the largest initial public stock offering (IPO) to date.
• The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad and Chesapeake and Ohio Railway are merged into CSX Transportation.
• Line One (the Red line) of Cairo Metro opens.
• Both San Jose and Sacramento, California open the first lines of their new regional light rail systems.

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Deaths

References

• Strack, Don (October 14, 2004), Union Pacific Corporate History. Retrieved July 12, 2005.