1986 in rail transport

Rail transport-related events during the year of 1986

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  • 1987 in rail transport
Timeline of railway history

This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 1986.

Events

January events

  • January 1 – The Soo Line Railroad fully absorbs the Milwaukee Road after attempting to operate it as a subsidiary railroad.
  • January 3 – Vancouver's SkyTrain begins operations between the waterfront and New Westminster.

February events

  • February 8 – 23 people are killed in the Hinton train collision when a Via Rail passenger train collides with a Canadian National freight train near Hinton, Alberta.
  • February 17 – Class 59 Co-Co diesel locomotives built by EMD for Foster Yeoman introduced into heavy freight service on British Rail, the first US-built (and privately owned) diesel locomotives to operate regularly on the English network.[1]

March events

April events

June events

July events

September events

October events

November events

  • November 11 – Preserved steam locomotive British Railways Standard class 8 71000 Duke of Gloucester is recommissioned on the Great Central Railway following a 13-year restoration from part-dismantled condition.[8]
  • November 15 – Australia's well known steam locomotive 3801 is recommissioned at the Hunter Valley Training Company in New South Wales.[9]
  • November 21 – The Florida Central Railroad begins operations in Florida, United States.
  • November 27 – Oslo Central Station in Oslo, Norway is taken into use.

December events

Accidents

Deaths

July deaths

References

  • "Significant dates in Canadian railway history". April 3, 2005. Archived from the original on September 5, 2005. Retrieved August 6, 2005.
  • Rivanna Chapter, National Railway Historical Society (2005), This Month in Railroad History: July. Retrieved July 22, 2005.
  1. ^ Marsden, Colin J. (1998). Foster Yeoman – The Rail Story. Bournemouth: Channel AV Publishing. ISBN 1-901419-03-7.
  2. ^ 各駅情報(新習志野駅) [Station Information (Shin-Narashino Station)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved September 2, 2012.
  3. ^ "This month in railroad history: March". Rivanna Chapter, National Railway Historical Society. March 24, 2006. Archived from the original on April 17, 2006. Retrieved 24 March 2006.
  4. ^ Green, Oliver (1988). The London Underground - An Illustrated History. Ian Allan Publishing. p. 63. ISBN 0-7110-1720-4.
  5. ^ "Santa Fe-SP Merger Denied by ICC Vote". Pacific RailNews, September 1986, p. 4.
  6. ^ Koberstein, Paul (September 7, 1986). "Riders swamp light rail as buses go half-full and schedules go by the way". The Oregonian, p. A1.
  7. ^ "The Corkickle Brake". Industrial Railway Record. 111: 169–81. December 1987.
  8. ^ King, Peter (1987). 71000 Duke of Gloucester – the impossible dream. Shepperton: Ian Allan Publishing. ISBN 0-7110-1753-0.
  9. ^ 3801 Hits the Tracks Again State Wide December 1986 page 1