1977 in rail transport

This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 1977.

Events

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January events

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February events

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March events

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May events

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  • May – Auto-Train Corporation launches a second Auto Train, this time between Louisville, Kentucky and Sanford, Florida.
  • May 9 – The last ParisIstanbul train with the name Orient Express makes its final run. The name persists as a train running from Paris to Vienna.
  • May 21 – The Glasgow Subway shuts down for a complete system overhaul.[4]
  • May 23 – A train hijack takes place at the village of De Punt, in the province of Groningen in the Netherlands by activists aiming to endorse the Republic of South Maluku (Republik Maluku Selatan (RMS)), a self-proclaimed republic in the Maluku Islands. At the same time a hostage situation occurs at a school in Bovensmilde. The Dutch Marines storm the train on June 11, after six Starfighters fly over the train, creating a noise and distraction for the hostage takers. Six hostage takers and two passengers lose their lives in the operation. The activists at the school surrender after they learn of the fate of their fellow activists in the train.

June events

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November events

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December events

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Accidents

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Deaths

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References

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  1. ^ Friends of Bedford Depot Park, Inc. (March 18, 2000), A Chronology of Bedford's Railroad History. Retrieved January 10, 2006.
  2. ^ Chicago-L.org.
  3. ^ a b "South Shore Railroad history". Chicago Post-Tribune. June 29, 2008. Retrieved June 30, 2008.[dead link]
  4. ^ Wright, John; Maclean, Ian (1997). Circles Under the Clyde – a history of the Glasgow Underground. Harrow Weald: Capital Transport. ISBN 1-85414-190-2.
  5. ^ Bergman, Edwin B. (1980). 29 years to oblivion: the last years of Railway Mail Service in the United States. Omaha, Nebraska: Mobile Post Office Society.
  6. ^ Green, Oliver (1988). The London Underground - An Illustrated History. Ian Allan. p. 63. ISBN 0-7110-1720-4.
  7. ^ "L. Stanley Crane". United States National Academy of Engineering. L. Stanley Crane (born in Cincinnati, 1915) raised in Washington, lived in McLean, Virginia 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, Florida