1975 in rail transport
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This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 1975.
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Events
April events
- April 1 – The second American Freedom Train tour begins, powered by newly restored Southern Pacific 4449, in Wilmington, Delaware. See also American Freedom Train – 1975–76 station stops.
June events
- June 6 – An overnight northbound passenger train from London, England, bound for Glasgow, Scotland, does not receive warning of a temporary speed restriction resulting in the Nuneaton rail crash.
Unknown date events
- The Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad files its third and final bankruptcy.
- As a result Independent Safety Board Act's passage the previous year, the United States National Transportation Safety Board becomes a completely independent agency, severing all organizational ties to the national Department of Transportation and all of its modal agencies.
Births
Deaths
References
- National Transportation Safety Board (March 15 2005), New NTSB publication examines 30-year history of transportation safety improvements. Retrieved March 15 2005.
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