Portal:Trains/Anniversaries/April 30

RPO cancellation

1970 – Canadian Pacific Railway operates its first unit train of coal destined for Japanese markets from Sparwood, British Columbia.^[1]
1971 – On the eve of Amtrak's assumption of American passenger train operations, the United States Post Office Department cancels all but one of the eight remaining Railway Mail Service routes (postmark pictured); the final route served Washington, D.C., to New York City.^[2]
1972 – British Rail suspends operation of the Brighton Belle passenger train between London and Brighton, England.
1985 – Canadian National Railway and Canadian Pacific Railway assume joint operations of southern Ontario's Canada Southern Railway line.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b "Significant dates in Canadian railway history". Colin Churcher's Railway Pages. March 17, 2006. Retrieved April 26, 2006.
^ "The Post Office Role in U.S. Development: Railway Mail Service". History of the United States Post Office. Retrieved April 26, 2006.