1980 in rail transport

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

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Southern Railway (U.S.)</span> Defunct United States railroad

The Southern Railway was a class 1 railroad based in the Southern United States between 1894 and 1982, when it merged with the Norfolk and Western Railway (N&W) to form the Norfolk Southern Railway. The railroad was the product of nearly 150 predecessor lines that were combined, reorganized and recombined beginning in the 1830s, formally becoming the Southern Railway in 1894.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">EMD E8</span> Model of 2250 hp American passenger cab locomotive

The EMD E8 is a 2,250-horsepower (1,678 kW), A1A-A1A passenger-train locomotive built by General Motors' Electro-Motive Division (EMD) of La Grange, Illinois. A total of 450 cab versions, or E8As, were built from August 1949 to January 1954, 447 for the U.S. and 3 for Canada. 46 E8Bs were built from December 1949 to January 1954, all for the U.S. The 2,250 hp came from two 12 cylinder model 567B engines, each driving a generator to power the two traction motors on one truck. The E8 was the ninth model in the line of passenger diesels of similar design known as EMD E-units. Starting in September 1953, a total of 21 E8As were built which used either the 567BC or 567C engines.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Conrail</span> Former American Class I railroad (1976–1999)

Conrail, formally the Consolidated Rail Corporation, was the primary Class I railroad in the Northeastern United States between 1976 and 1999. The trade name Conrail is a portmanteau based on the company's legal name. It continues to do business as an asset management and network services provider in three Shared Assets Areas that were excluded from the division of its operations during its acquisition by CSX Corporation and the Norfolk Southern Railway.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">EMD GP40-based passenger locomotives</span>

The passenger locomotives derivatives of the General Motors EMD GP40 diesel-electric locomotive have been, and continue to be, used by multiple passenger railroads in North America. For passenger service, the locomotives required extra components for providing steam or head-end power (HEP) for heating, lighting and electricity in passenger cars. Most of these passenger locomotives were rebuilt from older freight locomotives, while some were built as brand new models.

References

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  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. 1 2 3 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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