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In rail transport, a train is a vehicle or (more frequently) a string of vehicles capable of being moved along a continuous line of rails or other guideway for the purpose of conveying freight or passengers between points on a predetermined route. The train may be hauled or propelled by one or more vehicles designed exclusively for that purpose (locomotives) or may be driven by a number of motors incorporated in all or several of the vehicles (multiple units). |
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- ...that although a railway connection to Redcliffe in Queensland, Australia, was proposed as early as 1895, during the 2009 Queensland state election, the Liberal National Party of Queensland promised to start construction of the Kippa-Ring railway line in its first term if it was elected, with the first stage of the line from Petrie to Mango Hill commissioned in 2014, and completed to Kippa-Ring by 2016?
- ...that the Festungsbahn in Salzburg, Germany, opened in 1892 as a water balance funicular, was later modernized in 1960 to use electric traction and again modernized in 1991 with new cars that allowed a higher passenger capacity and faster speed reducing the travel time for its 198-metre (650 ft) length to one minute?
- ...that in 1955 British Railways built Standard Class 9F steam locomotives Nos 92020-9 with Franco-Crosti boilers, so these locomotives' standard chimney at the front was only used during lighting-up, while exhaust during operation was expelled through a chimney on the fireman's side, just forward of the firebox?
- ...that the section of railroad in Union and Middlesex counties in New Jersey that faces Staten Island, New York, across the Arthur Kill serving several chemical plants came to be known as the Chemical Coast when the line was operated by Conrail in the 1980s and 1990s?
- 1877 – Baltimore and Ohio Railroad workers riot in Baltimore, Maryland. Nine railroad employees are killed as the Maryland milita attempts to quell the riot.
- 1880 – Construction on the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad reaches Leadville, Colorado.
- 1885 – The Hull and Barnsley Railway, a constituent of the London and North Eastern Railway, opens.
- 1895 – Gov. Stanford (pictured), Central Pacific Railroad's first locomotive, is retired from regular service.
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July 5 – At approximately 2:00 AM local time, a Walt Disney World Monorail System train piloted by Austin Wuennenberg collides with a second monorail train at the park's Transportation and Ticket Center; Wuennenberg is killed in the collision, while several park guests were injured. The operator of the second train was uninjured but was taken to a nearby hospital for being emotionally shaken. No possible cause for the accident has yet been released by investigators. The monorail system is closed while park and police investigations continue. (AP)
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July 2 – Government officials in the People's Republic of China announce that Macquarie Group and JPMorgan Chase have been hired to restructure some of the nation's most important railway properties into a new holding company that could lead an initial public offering of stock valued up to $5 billion. Although specific properties have not been officially named, the existing Shanghai-Beijing line is expected to be included in the new holding company. (Financial Times)
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June 29 Two China Railways passenger trains on the Jingguang railway collide, leaving at least three people dead and 63 injured. The crash occurred at 02:34AM local time, between express trains numbered K9017 and K9063. A brake failure is reported to have caused the crash, although this has not been confirmed. This is the deadliest railway incident in China since the April 2008 Zibo Railway crash. See also: 2009 Hunan train collision (Xinhua) (USA Today)
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June 29 – The Viareggio train accident occurs at the rail station in the seaside town of Viareggio, Tuscany, central Italy, when one tank car of a 14-car freight train carrying liquified petroleum gas from La Spezia to Pisa derails and explodes, killing fifteen local residents and injuring over 50 shortly before midnight local time (22:00 UTC). (BBC)
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June 22 – Two southbound Red Line Washington Metro trains collide during the afternoon rush hour in Northeast Washington, D.C. in the United States. A moving train collided with a train stopped ahead of it, causing its lead car to telescope, and causing the deaths of the train operator and eight passengers. Several survivors were trapped for hours, and 80 were injured. See also: 2009 Washington Metro train collision. (CNN) (Washington Post) (NBC) (BBC) (WTOP)
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