2002 in rail transport
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This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 2002.
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Events
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January events
- January - The Muskingum Electric Railroad, one of only six heavy freight electric railroads in the United States, closes.
- January 2 - The Iowa Interstate Railroad operates its first unit coal train over the former Milwaukee Road mainline through Amana, Iowa.
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April events
- April - United States President George W. Bush appoints David Gunn to head Amtrak.
- April - David Laney joins the Board of Directors for Amtrak.
- April 4 - General Motors Electro-Motive Division and Porterbrook are awarded a contract to build new diesel locomotives for the first open access rail freight carrier in Belgium.
- April 29 - The first Pendolino train, operated by Virgin Trains, arrives at Euston Station in London, England.
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May events
- May - The Metrolink 91 Line opens for service between Los Angeles and Riverside, California.
- May 2 - An eastbound Canadian National train collides with a trailer near Firmdale, Manitoba, Canada; about 20 cars carrying plastic pellets, benzene, glycol and hexane catch fire, forcing the evacuation of nearly 200 local residents.
- May 10 - The Potters Bar rail crash occurs at Potters Bar, north of London, England, when a northbound passenger train derails at high speed, killing seven and seriously injuring another eleven.
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July events
- July 4 - General Motors Electro-Motive Division announces that it will build new locomotives for HSBC Rail; the locomotives will be leased by CargoNet for use in Norway north of the Arctic Circle and are expected to enter service after February 2003.
- July 26 - The German manufacturer of rail equipment, Vossloh, announces the acquisition of the French company Cogifer.
- July 30 - The Iowa, Chicago and Eastern Railroad takes over operations from the defunct I&M Rail Link in the north central United States. [1] (http://dmerail.com/News/ICEPRES2.htm)
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August events
- August 1 - Deutsche Bahn opens the high-speed line between Frankfurt and Cologne, Germany.
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December events
- December - National Express Group hands back it's M>Train, M>Tram and V/Line public transport franchises in Victoria, Australia to the state government due to financial instability, leaving Connex as the only privatised rail operator in the state.
- December 15 - All first-class cars on the TGV become non-smoking cars.
- December 27 - The first X'Trapolis train enters service with Connex in Melbourne, Australia.
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Unknown date events
- Robert Krebs resigns as chairman of the board of directors for the Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway.
- The Dakota, Minnesota and Eastern Railroad and the Iowa, Chicago and Eastern Railroad are combined under the holding company Cedar American Rail Holdings.
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Deaths
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References
- Some of the events listed here were translated from 2003 dans les chemins de fer (http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/2003_dans_les_chemins_de_fer), the equivalent French-language Wikipedia article.
- Dakota, Minnesota and Eastern Railroad (July 29 2002), IMRL Sale Final; IC&E Begins Operations Tomorrow (http://dmerail.com/News/ICEPRES2.htm). Retrieved April 2 2005.
- General Motors Electro-Motive Division (April 4 2002), EMD and Porterbrook Win Contract For First Belgian Private Railway (http://www.emdiesels.com/en/company/news/links/20020404_Porterbrook_Belgian.html). Retrieved April 13 2005.
- General Motors Electro-Motive Division (July 4 2002), EMD to provide locomotives to Norway (http://www.emdiesels.com/en/company/news/links/20020704_Norway_HSBC.html). Retrieved April 13 2005.
- (May 2002), Iowa Interstate operates first coal train to Cedar Rapids, Trains Magazine, p. 22.
- Reh, Vincent (February 2002), Muskingum Electric Railroad just about done, Trains Magazine, p. 22-23.
