1973 in rail transport
| Years in rail transport |
This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 1973.
Events
January events
- January 27 – MBTA purchases several rail lines in New England from Penn Central to form the basis of the new commuter system's network.
February events
- February 26 – Chessie System is incorporated to become the parent corporation of a combined B&O/C&O/WM railroad system.[1]
March events
- March 30 – Toronto's Yonge Subway is extended to York Mills Station.[2]
June events
- June 3 – The Norwegian State Railways open Lieråsen Tunnel on the Drammen Line between Asker and Lier (10.7 km (6.6 mi)).[3]
September events
- September 28 – Amtrak's Turboliners make their first run on the Chicago–St. Louis corridor.[4]
October events
- October 1 – British Rail opens Selby deviation of East Coast Main Line south of York, a 22.8 km (14.2 mi) new line built to avoid speed restrictions as a result of potential subsidence induced by coal mining in the Selby area.[5]
December events
- December 19 - The Ealing rail crash occurred when an express train from London Paddington to Oxford derailed at speed between Ealing Broadway and West Ealing. Ten passengers were killed and 94 were injured
Unknown date events
- The isolated coal hauler, the Black Mesa and Lake Powell Railroad, opens in Northern Arizona, the world's first line to use 50,000 V overhead line power.
- John W. Barriger III becomes president of the Boston and Maine Railroad.[6]
Accidents
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References
- ↑ "Railroad Fallen Flags: C". Classic Trains (Waukesha, WI: Kalmbach Publishing). 2006-06-26. Retrieved 2008-02-26.
- ↑ City of Toronto (2006). "Toronto Transit Commission - History". Archived from the original on 29 March 2006. Retrieved 2006-03-29.
- ↑ Balkwill, Richard; Marshall, John (1993). The Guinness Book of Railway Facts and Feats (6th ed.). Enfield: Guinness Publishing. ISBN 0-85112-707-X.
- ↑ Sanders, Craig (2006). Amtrak in the Heartland. Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press. p. 227. ISBN 0-253-34705-X. OCLC 61499942.
- ↑ Marshall, John (1989). The Guinness Railway Book. Enfield: Guinness. ISBN 0-85112-359-7.
- ↑ "John W. Barriger; Rail historian and railfan". Archived from the original on 1 March 2005. Retrieved 2005-02-22.