This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 2000. 1999 is a common year starting on Friday of the Common Era, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ... 2000 is a leap year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 2001 is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ... This article will list events related to rail transport that occurred in 1999. ... This article will list events related to rail transport that occurred in 2001. ... 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. ... 2000 is a leap year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Events

January events

• January 29 - The Rome-Termini station, in Italy, opens.

January 29 is the 29th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ...

May events

• May 23 - General Motors Electro-Motive Division delivers to the Union Pacific Railroad the first five EMD SD70M diesel locomotives in the largest single order (1,000 locomotives) for diesel locomotives ever by a single railroad.

May 23 is the 143rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (144th in leap years). ... General Motors Electro-Motive Division (normally shortened to GM EMD or just EMD) is the worlds largest builder of railroad locomotives. ... The Union Pacific Railroad (NYSE: UNP) is the largest railroad in the United States. ... Categories: Rail stubs | EMD locomotives ... Great Western Railway No. ...

June events

• June 7 - The Anton Anderson Memorial Tunnel, originally built for rail traffic in 1943, opens for combined rail/highway traffic, making it the longest combined rail/highway tunnel in North America.

June 7 is the 158th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (159th in leap years), with 207 days remaining. ... The Anton Anderson Memorial Tunnel is a tunnel through Maynard Mountain near Whittier, Alaska and part of the Portage Glacier Highway. ... 1943 is a common year starting on Friday. ... World map showing location of North America A satellite composite image of North America North America is the third largest continent in area and in population after Eurasia and Africa. ...

July events

• July 21 - Manchester Metrolink, in Manchester, England, is extended to Eccles.

July 21 is the 202nd day (203rd in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 163 days remaining. ... A Metrolink Tram in Manchester city centre Metrolink is the light-rail (tram) system which runs throughout Greater Manchester, in England, centred on Manchester city centre. ... Location within the British Isles. ... Royal motto: Dieu et mon droit (French: God and my right) Englands location within the UK Official language English de facto Capital London de facto Largest city London Area  - Total Ranked 1st UK 130,395 km² Population  - Total (2001)  - Density Ranked 1st UK 49,138,831 377/km² Religion...

October events

• October 17 - The Hatfield rail crash, south of Hatfield, Hertfordshire, UK, occurs when a train traveling at 115 mph derails due to a rail that breaks under it.

October 17 is the 290th (in leap years the 291st) day of the year according to the Gregorian calendar. ... The Hatfield rail crash was a railway accident that occurred on 17 October 2000, at Hatfield, Hertfordshire, UK. A Great North Eastern Railway Intercity train bound for Leeds had left London Kings Cross at 1210 local time. ... Location within the British Isles. ...

November events

• November 11 - An faulty heater aboard a funicular train in Kaprun, Austria, starts a fire in the train's brake fluid while the train is in a tunnel; only four of the train's 155 passengers survived the fire in the Kaprun disaster.

November 11 is the 315th day of the year (316th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 50 days remaining. ... Angels Flight, Los Angeles, California with gantlet track configuration A funicular, also called funicular railway or inclined railway, inclined plane, or in the United Kingdom a cliff railway, consists of a system of transport in which cables attach to a tram-like vehicle on rails to move it up and... One of the reservoirs of the Kaprun Kraftwerk (power project) Kaprun is a small town in the Pinzgau district of Land Salzburg in Austria. ... The white funicular train is waiting at the valley station. ...

Unknown date events

• Robert Krebs resigns as Chief Executive Officer of Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway
• The fourth and final phase of Cairo Metro's Line Two (Yellow) opens.
• Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway and Canadian National Railway file for a merger, but the merger is denied by regulatory agencies.

Robert D. Krebs has headed three major United States railroads in succession,leading the Southern Pacific when it was acquired by Santa Fe Industries, rising to lead the resulting Santa Fe Pacific Corporation, and finally being chosen to head the new Burlington Northern Santa Fe (BNSF) when Santa Fe Pacific... An eastbound BNSF Railway train passes some maintenance of way equipment in Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin, August 8, 2004. ... Map of the Cairo Metro The Cairo Metro in Egypt is Africas only full-fledged metro system. ... An eastbound BNSF Railway train passes some maintenance of way equipment in Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin, August 8, 2004. ... Missing image Canadian National Railways logo or herald (used pre-1960) Missing image Network Map of Canadian National Railway The Canadian National Railway (CN; AAR reporting marks CN, CNA, CNIS), known as Canadian National Railways (CNR) between 1918 and 1960, and Canadian National/Canadien National (CN) from 1960 to present...

Deaths

References

• Some of the events listed here were translated from 2000 dans les chemins de fer (http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/2000_dans_les_chemins_de_fer), the equivalent French-language Wikipedia article.
• General Motors Electro-Motive Division (May 23, 2000), General Motors' Electro Motive ships first five locomotives for huge Union Pacific order (http://www.emdiesels.com/en/company/news/links/20000523_UP_sd70m.html). Retrieved April 13, 2005.