1980 in rail transport

This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 1980.

Events

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January

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February

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March

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April

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Glasgow Subway as rebuilt
  • April 16 – After a complete system overhaul, the Glasgow Subway is reopened.

June

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July

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August

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October

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November

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December

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Unknown date

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Accidents

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References

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  1. ^ Feather River Rail Society/Western Pacific Railroad Historical Society (2002). "Western Pacific History". Archived from the original on 23 July 2013. Retrieved January 23, 2006.
  2. ^ Perles, Anthony (1981). The People's Railway: The History of the Municipal Railway of San Francisco. Glendale, CA (US): Interurban Press. p. 250. ISBN 0-916374-42-4.
  3. ^ "Significant dates in Ottawa railway history". Colin Churcher's Railway Pages. February 17, 2006. Archived from the original on February 5, 2007. Retrieved February 20, 2006.
  4. ^ "東京都交通局,交通局について,都営地下鉄" [History of the Transportation Bureau]. kotsu.metro.tokyo.jp (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 23 February 2024. Retrieved 12 July 2024.
  5. ^ "AEM-7s enter revenue service, 1980". Amtrak: History of America's Railroad. February 5, 2014. Retrieved July 11, 2017.
  6. ^ Shine, Joseph W. (1986). SPSF Motive Power Roster - 1986. La Mirada, California: Four Ways West Publications. p. 9. ISBN 0-9616874-0-1.
  7. ^ Williams, Anne; Head, Vivian (2006). Terror Attacks. London: Futura. pp. 286–93. ISBN 978-0-7088-0783-5.
  8. ^ Gillham, J. C. (1988). The Age of the Electric Train: Electric Trains in Britain since 1883. London: Ian Allan. ISBN 0-7110-1392-6.
  9. ^ a b c Balkwill, Richard; Marshall, John (1993). The Guinness Book of Railway Facts and Feats (6th ed.). Enfield: Guinness Publishing. ISBN 0-85112-707-X.
  10. ^ Werner, George C. "Burlington System". The Handbook of Texas Online. Retrieved June 6, 2010.
  11. ^ "Last locomotive to operate in the United States". Library Service of Northern Illinois University. Archived from the original on 2006-09-03. Retrieved November 5, 2007.
  12. ^ Imashiro, Mitsuhide; Ishikawa, Tetsujiro (2012). The Privatisation of Japanese National Railways : Railway Management, Market and Policy. London: Bloomsbury Academic. pp. 68, 88–90. ISBN 9781780939278.
  13. ^ L. Stanley Crane, elected in 1978 as a member of the United States National Academy of Engineering
  14. ^ L. Stanley Crane (born in Cincinnati, 1915) raised in Washington, lived in McLean before moving to Philadelphia in 1981. He began his career with Southern Railway after graduating from The George Washington University with a chemical engineering degree in 1938. He worked for the railroad, except for a stint from 1959 to 1961 with the Pennsylvania Railroad, until reaching the company's mandatory retirement age in 1980. Crane went to Conrail in 1981 after a distinguished career that had seen him rise to the position of CEO at the Southern Railway. He died of pneumonia on July 15, 2003 at a hospice in Boynton Beach, Fla.

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