1990 in rail transport

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1989, 1990, 1991

Years in rail transport

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This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 1990.

Contents 1 Events 1.1 January events 1.2 May events 1.3 December events 1.4 Unknown date events 2 Deaths 3 References

[edit] Events

[edit] January events

• January 15 - VIA Rail discontinues Super Continental service and shifts The Canadian from its Canadian Pacific Railway to a Canadian National Railway route between Toronto and Vancouver, ending service to many cities and towns along the CP line, including Calgary and Regina.

[edit] May events

• May 28 - An Alaska Railroad train derails 19 tank cars near Dunbar. Approximately 170,000 gallons of diesel and jet fuel are spilled; the cleanup efforts last nearly three weeks.

[edit] December events

• December 1 - Construction crews on the Channel Tunnel from both England and France break through the last amount of rock separating the two tunnels, forming the first land link between the two countries.
• December 31 - Minsk Metro's Avtozavodskaya Line opens between Traktornyi Zavod and Frunzenskaya.

[edit] Unknown date events

• David L. Gunn steps down from leadership of the New York City Transit Authority.
• Robert J. Ritchie succeeds William Stinson as president of Canadian Pacific Railway.
• The Gateway Western Railway begins operations over former Chicago and Alton Railroad tracks between Kansas City and St. Louis, Missouri.

[edit] Deaths

[edit] References

• Combs, John (1997-2005), Alaska Railroad History. Retrieved May 27, 2005.
• (February 2002), Flags fall in corporate shuffles, Trains Magazine, p. 17.