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February 1 – The Benavídez rail disaster, the worst rail accident in Argentina 's history, kills 168 people. February 13 – The United States Interstate Commerce Commission approves the discontinuation of the California Zephyr passenger train. February 23 – Indian Pacific begins public operation on the new standard gauge East–west rail ...
Penn Central (1968-1970) New York–Washington, D.C.[1958] 1952–1970 Afternoon Executive: Amtrak: New York–Washington, D.C.[1971] 1971–1972 Afternoon Express: New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad: New York–Boston [1900] 1891–1913 Afternoon Flyer: Grand Rapids and Indiana Railroad: Chicago–Grand Rapids, Michigan [1912] 1904–1918
1970s and 1980s: Amtrak introduces double-deck Superliner rolling stock. Auto-Train Corporation begins running as independent line (1971), but fails in 1981; In 1983, Amtrak revives service and runs slightly renamed "Auto Train" as one of its more-heavily promoted lines. 1977: Amtrak carried 19.2 million passengers an average of 226 miles. [18]
Festival Express. Festival Express is a 2003 British documentary film about the 1970 train tour of the same name across Canada taken by some of North America's most popular rock bands, including Grateful Dead, Janis Joplin, The Band, Buddy Guy, Flying Burrito Bros, Ian & Sylvia 's Great Speckled Bird, Mountain and Delaney & Bonnie & Friends. [2 ...
The first transcontinental railroad was completed in 1869. Railroads played a large role in the development of the United States from the Industrial Revolution in the Northeast (1820s–1850s) to the settlement of the West (1850s–1890s). The American railroad mania began with the founding of the first passenger and freight line in the country ...
Walt Disney Pictures. The Great St Trinian's Train Robbery. 1966. The Great Train Robbery. 1903. The Greatest Show on Earth. 1952. The Grey Fox. 1982.
Pages in category "Railway locomotives introduced in 1970" The following 25 pages are in this category, out of 25 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. B.
Amtrak's RTG (above) and RTL (below) Turboliner trainsets. The Turboliners were a family of gas turbine trainsets built for Amtrak in the 1970s. They were among the first new equipment purchased by Amtrak to update its fleet with faster, more modern trains. The first batch, known as RTG, were built by the French firm ANF and entered service on ...