2005 in rail transport - Definition and Overview

This article will list events related to rail transport that occurred in 2005.

Events

January events

• January 3 - Kansas City Southern names Arthur Shoener, formerly a vice president at Union Pacific Railroad, as the new CEO of the holding company's Kansas City Southern Railway and Texas-Mexican Railway divisions. [1] (http://notes.kcsi.com/WebApps/kcspress.nsf/626e6035eadbb4cd85256499006b15a6/29a5c1e16fb437aa86256f7e004f07fe?OpenDocument)
• January 4 - Bombardier receives a contract from SNCF for 350 million Euros to build 100 new regional trainsets.
• January 5 - A Norfolk Southern train carrying a few carloads of hazardous materials (including chlorine gas) collides with a parked train in Graniteville, South Carolina, causing the Graniteville train disaster. [2] (http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/01/06/train.wreck.ap/)
• January 7 - A passenger train and freight train collide head-on in Crevalcore, in northern Italy (near Bologna), on the single-track mainline between Bologna and Verona. [3] (http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=393524)
• January 12 - General Motors announces that it has agreed to sell its Electro-Motive Division to a partnership led by Greenbriar Equity Group and Berkshire Partners. [4] (http://media.gm.com/servlet/GatewayServlet?target=http://image.emerald.gm.com/gmnews/viewmonthlyreleasedetail.do?domain=74&docid=11063)
• January 12 - Five cars of a CN freight train derail in Fort St. John, Manitoba (a suburb of Winnipeg), Canada; as one of the cars was carrying propane, the area is evacuated. The tank car remains upright and intact, so local residents are allowed to return fairly quickly. [5] (http://www.ble.org/pr/news/headline.asp?id=12421)
• January 17 - Two Bangkok Metro trains collide, injuring nearly 200 people. [6] (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/4180109.stm), [7] (http://smh.com.au/news/World/200-hurt-in-Bangkok-subway-crash/2005/01/17/1105810832556.html?oneclick=true)
• January 18 - A station at the Milwaukee Airport opens on Amtrak's Hiawatha service. [8] (http://www.railroad.net/forums/viewtopic.php?t=9567), [9] (http://www.jsonline.com/news/metro/jan05/292889.asp), [10] (http://www.amtrak.com/servlet/ContentServer?pagename=Amtrak/am2Copy/News_Release_Page&c=am2Copy&cid=1093553983301&ssid=180)
• January 24 - Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway introduces a new corporate logo that replaces the railroad's verbose name with BNSF Railway. [11] (http://www.bnsf.com/news/articles/2005/01/2005_01_24a.html?index=/news/index.html)
• January 26 - In what police call a suicide attempt, a Metrolink train in Glendale, California, (a suburb of Los Angeles) hits a car parked on a grade crossing and then derails into another Metrolink train and a parked Union Pacific Railroad locomotive; the Glendale train crash results in 11 fatalities and 200 injuries. [12] (http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=533&ncid=533&e=2&u=/ap/20050126/ap_on_re_us/train_derail), [13] (http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2005/01/26/national/main669449.shtml), [14] (http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/state/20050126-1234-wst-trainderail.html)
• January 31 - Regular Metrolink passenger service is restored through Glendale, California, the scene of the previous week's Glendale train crash. [15] (http://www.ble.org/pr/news/headline.asp?id=12642)

February events

Future events

March

• March 1 - Amtrak's Three Rivers line is discontinued west of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Unknown date

• The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority Metro Orange Line busway, extending from the end of the current Red Line from Hollywood, California into the San Fernando Valley, is scheduled to be completed.
• The Docklands Light Railway extension to London City Airport is scheduled to open.
• Construction is scheduled to begin on the Docklands Light Railway extension to Woolwich Arsenal.
• UP 844 is expected to return to excursion service after an overhaul.

Deaths

References

• Associated Press (January 17 2005), 200 hurt in Bangkok subway crash (http://smh.com.au/news/World/200-hurt-in-Bangkok-subway-crash/2005/01/17/1105810832556.html?oneclick=true). Retrieved January 19 2005.
• BBC News (January 17 2005), Thai subway shut for safety probe (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/4180109.stm). Retrieved January 19 2005.
• BNSF Railway (January 24 2005), BNSF Adopts New Corporate and Subsidiary Logos and Changes Name of Railway Subsidiary as Part of Tenth Anniversary Celebration (http://www.bnsf.com/news/articles/2005/01/2005_01_24a.html?index=/news/index.html). Retrieved January 25 2005.
• Bull Sheet Monthly News (http://www.bullsheet.com/news/200410.html)
• CBS/AP (January 26 2005), Parked car caused train wreck (http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2005/01/26/national/main669449.shtml). Retrieved January 26 2005.
• Edgar, Amy Geier, Associated Press (January 6 2005), Four Die, 200 Injured in S.C. Train Crash (http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20050106/ap_on_re_us/train_wreck). Retrieved January 7 2005.
• General Motors (January 12 2005), GM Agrees To Sell Electro-Motive Division (http://media.gm.com/servlet/GatewayServlet?target=http://image.emerald.gm.com/gmnews/viewmonthlyreleasedetail.do?domain=74&docid=11063). Retrieved January 12 2005.
• Kansas City Southern Industries (January 3 2005), KCS Names Arthur Shoener EVP and COO of the Company, President & CEO of KCS's U.S. Rail Holdings, The Kansas City Southern Railway Company and Texas Mexican Railway Company; Owen Zidar Named Vice President Marketing (http://notes.kcsi.com/WebApps/kcspress.nsf/626e6035eadbb4cd85256499006b15a6/29a5c1e16fb437aa86256f7e004f07fe?OpenDocument). Retrieved January 25 2005.
• (January 2005), KCS says no to merger, for now (http://steamrailroading.com/ipw-web/portal/cms//modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=207). Retrieved January 25 2005.
• Kitching, Chris (January 13 2005), CN tankers derail, force evacuations (http://www.ble.org/pr/news/headline.asp?id=12421). Retrieved January 25 2005.
• Liu, Caitlin, and Torrejon, Veronica; Los Angeles Times, Train service is fully restored (http://www.ble.org/pr/news/headline.asp?id=12642). Retrieved February 1 2005.
• Molloy, Tim; Associated Press (January 26 2005), Suicide try triggers California commuter rail tragedy, police say (http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/state/20050126-1234-wst-trainderail.html). Retrieved January 26 2005.
• National Railroad Passenger Corporation (January 18 2005), Governor Doyle, Senator Kohl & Amtrak dedicate new passenger rail station at Milwaukee airport (http://www.amtrak.com/servlet/ContentServer?pagename=Amtrak/am2Copy/News_Release_Page&c=am2Copy&cid=1093553983301&ssid=180). Retrieved February 4 2005.
• Nguyen, Daisy; Associated Press (January 26 2005), 9 killed as suburban L.A. trains derail (http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=533&ncid=533&e=2&u=/ap/20050126/ap_on_re_us/train_derail). Retrieved January 26 2005.
• Paolucci, Gianluca; Reuters (January 7 2005), Italy Train Crash Kills at Least 13, Many Injured (http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=393524). Retrieved January 25 2005.
• Sandler, Larry, Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel Online (January 13 2005), Amtrak on track to open at airport (http://www.jsonline.com/news/metro/jan05/292889.asp). Retrieved January 19 2005.