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2001, 2002, 2003

Years in rail transport 2001 in rail transport 2002 in rail transport 2003 in rail transport

This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 2002.

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Contents 1 Events 1.1 January events 1.2 April events 1.3 May events 1.4 July events 1.5 August events 1.6 December events 1.7 Unknown date events 2 Deaths 3 References

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Events

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.

April events

• April - United States President George W. Bush appoints David L. 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.

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.

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

August events

• August 1 - Deutsche Bahn opens the high-speed line between Frankfurt and Cologne, Germany.

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.

Unknown date events

• Robert Krebs resigns as chairman of the board of directors for the Burlington Northern and 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.

Deaths

References

• Some of the events listed here were translated from 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. Retrieved April 2, 2005.
• General Motors Electro-Motive Division (April 4, 2002), EMD and Porterbrook Win Contract For First Belgian Private Railway. Retrieved April 13, 2005.
• General Motors Electro-Motive Division (July 4, 2002), EMD to provide locomotives to Norway. 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.

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