1980 in rail transport

Years in rail transport

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

Events

January

February

March

April

Glasgow Subway as rebuilt

May

June

July

August

October

November

December

Unknown date

Accidents

References

  1. Feather River Rail Society/Western Pacific Railroad Historical Society (2002). "Western Pacific History". Archived from the original on 23 July 2013. Retrieved January 23, 2006.
  2. "Significant dates in Ottawa railway history". Colin Churcher's Railway Pages. February 17, 2006. Retrieved February 20, 2006.
  3. Williams, Anne; Head, Vivian (2006). Terror Attacks. London: Futura. pp. 286–93. ISBN 978-0-7088-0783-5.
  4. Gillham, J. C. (1988). The Age of the Electric Train: Electric Trains in Britain since 1883. London: Ian Allan. ISBN 0-7110-1392-6.
  5. 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.
  6. Werner, George C. "Burlington System". The Handbook of Texas Online. Retrieved June 6, 2010.
  7. "Last locomotive to operate in the United States". Library Service of Northern Illinois University. Retrieved November 5, 2007.
  8. L. Stanley Crane, elected in 1978 as a member of the United States National Academy of Engineering
  9. 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.

Bibliography

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