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In rail transport, a train consists of a single or many connected rail vehicles that are capable of being moved together along a guideway to transport freight or passengers from one place to another along a planned route. The guideway (permanent way) usually consists of conventional rail tracks, but may be monorail or maglev. Propulsion for the train may come from a variety of sources, but most often from one or more locomotives or self-propelled multiple unit. |
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An SD26 is a diesel-electric locomotive developed and used in the western United States. The SD26 was essentially an EMD SD24 diesel locomotive that was specially modified by the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway (the Santa Fe) in the mid-1970s. In an effort to spare the cost of purchasing new motive power, the Santa Fe elected to expand on the success of its CF7 and other capital conversion programs and extend the life of its fleet of 80 aging SD24s by rebuilding them at its San Bernardino, California, workshops from January 1973 through January 1978. The rebuilt locomotives saw service throughout much of the Santa Fe system. Over half the SD26s were retired by Santa Fe in 1985 and replaced with then state-of-the-art equipment, while a year later the remaining units were sold to Guilford Transportation Industries (now known as Pan Am Systems), two of which are still in service as of 2007.
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The coupling between two flatcars at Beacon Yard, Boston, Massachusetts, United States.
The "knuckle coupler" like the example shown was invented by Eli H. Janney who was awarded U.S. Patent 138,405 in 1873 for his design. The 1893 US Railroad Safety Appliance Act in part mandated the use of automatic couplers like those invented by Janney. Couplers like these are now in use worldwide.
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- ...that DUEWAG AG built virtually all vehicles for West Germany's tram and light rail network since the 1960s and remained a major manufacturer of railway vehicles until being bought and subsequently dissolved by Siemens AG in 1999?
- ...that "The Tsar's finger", a deviation on the Moscow-Saint Petersburg Railway along an otherwise straight route, takes its name from an urban legend that claims it is the result of Russian railway engineers faithfully copying the route Tsar Nicholas I of Russia selected by ruling a straight line on a map and accidentally drawing around his finger?
- 1806 – Isambard Kingdom Brunel (pictured), founder of Great Western Railway, is born (d. 1859).
- 1872 – Erastus Corning, who established railroads in New York and was instrumental in the formation of New York Central, dies (b. 1794).
- 1934 – The Budd Company completes construction of the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad's Pioneer Zephyr.
- 1993 – Robert B. Claytor, president of Norfolk and Western Railway, dies (b. 1922).
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- April 3 - The French TGV sets a new train speed record. The train, with a modified engine and wheels, reached 574.8 km/h (357.2 mph). The record attempt took place on the new LGV Est line between Paris and Strasbourg using a specially equipped TGV Duplex train. The overhead lines had also been modified for the attempt to carry 31,000 V rather than the line's normal 25,000 V. (CNN)
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March 16 - A fire outside of Sacramento, California has caused major disruptions in both passenger and freight service in the area. The fire caused a trestle owned by Union Pacific Railroad to collapse. Amtrak has been forced to re-route and bus passengers on its California Zephyr service. (BizJournals.com)
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March 12 - Docklands railway station opens several months ahead of schedule and €4 million under budget. This station is the first new station in Dublin, Ireland since Tara Street Station opened in 1891. Plans are to extend Luas to reach the new station for further passenger interchange options. (RTÉ)
- March 12 - A CSX freight train traveling from Buffalo to Selkirk derails in Oneida, New York. Twenty six cars out of the train's total length of 79 cars derailed around 7:00 AM; the derailment led to the explosion of at least one tank car that was carrying propane. As a precaution, the explosion forced the closure of 23 miles (37 km) of the adjacent Thruway. (CSX) (CNN)
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March 6 - Officials with the city of St. Petersburg, Russia, endorse a resolution to begin construction of a new intercity light railway to connect areas to the south of the city center. Beginning with a 26.5 km (16.5 mi) section between Baltiyskaya Zhemchuzhina and the Obukhovo metro station on the Nevsko-Vasileostrovskaya Line, construction is expected to begin in 2008. Extensions to Saint Petersburg State University in Peterhof and Pulkovo Airport are planned. (ITAR-TASS)
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March 1 - Bombardier announces that it has been awarded a contract valued at €368 million ($487 million) from Trenitalia to build 150 new E464 electric locomotives to augment the railway's existing orders of 538 locomotives, of which 350 are currently in service. This order is expected to lead Trenitalia to become one of only a few European railway companies with single-model locomotive fleets. The new locomotives, which will be manufactured in Italy, Spain and Poland, are expected to be delivered beginning in February 2008. (Bombardier) (Reuters)
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