1980 in rail transport

This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 1980.

Events

January events

• January – Amtrak re-equips the Empire Builder, making it the first train to use all Superliner equipment.

March events

• March 31 – the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad (the Rock Island) ceases operations.

May events

• May – The Milwaukee Road ends operations on all points west of Miles City, Montana, shutting down nearly half of the railroad.
• May – Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority extends passenger service to Concord, New Hampshire.
• May – The Interstate Commerce Commission approves the liquidation of the Rock Island Railroad; at 7,073 track miles covering 13 states, it is the largest such action in United States history.

Unknown date events

• The Burlington Northern Railroad acquires the St Louis-San Francisco Railway.
• The Chessie System and Seaboard System Railroad merge to form CSX Transportation.
• Now owning a 98.34% control of the Cotton Belt Railroad, the Southern Pacific Railroad extends the Cotton Belt to Chicago, Illinois, through acquisition of the former Rock Island Railroad.
• The last train operates over the elevated freight "High Line" in New York City.
• Guilford Transportation Industries is formed to become a holding company for several smaller railroads of New England.
• After a complete system overhaul, the Glasgow Subway is reopened.
• L. Stanley Crane is succeeded by Harold H. Hall as president of the Southern Railway.

Births

Deaths

References

• Norfolk Southern Railway. Retrieved February 22 2005.
• (May 2005), Trains Timetable, Trains Magazine, p. 14.