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December 12 - Two commuter trains collide at around 8:00 am (local time) in the Clapham Junction rail crash, on the southeast side of London, England.

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Burlington Northern Railroad corporate headquarters are moved from Seattle, Washington, to Fort Worth, Texas.
Rio Grande Industries, the parent company of the Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad, purchases the Southern Pacific Railroad; the combined railroad takes SP's identity due to its brand status to shippers.
Union Station in Washington, DC is reopened after renovation.

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Categories: 1980s in rail transport | 1988

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1988 in rail transport - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (254 words)
	This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 1988.
	(local time) in the Clapham Junction rail crash, on the southeast side of London, England.
	Burlington Northern Railroad corporate headquarters are moved from Seattle, Washington, to Fort Worth, Texas.

1987 in rail transport - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (473 words)
	This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 1987.
	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.
	The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad and Chesapeake and Ohio Railway are merged into CSX Transportation.

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