1993 in rail transport

This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 1993.

Events

August events

• August 27 – The Green Bay and Western and the Fox River Valley Railroad are merged into a new Wisconsin Central subsidiary, the Fox Valley and Western Railroad.

September events

• September 22 – Amtrak's worst rail accident to date occurs in the Big Bayou Conot train disaster when the westbound Sunset Limited derails on a bridge in Alabama; the cause of the accident is found to be a collision between a river barge and one of the bridge's pilings knocking the rail out of alignment on the bridge.

December events

• December 7 – Colin Ferguson opens fire with his Ruger 9mm pistol on a Long Island Railroad train, killing six and injuring 19. The event becomes known as "The Long Island Railroad Massacre."

Unknown date events

• The Monongahela Railway is merged into Conrail.
• The Chicago 'L' Orange Line to Midway Airport opens.
• Milwaukee Road 261 is restored to operating condition.
• Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority, operator of the Metro Rail system in Los Angeles, California, is formed from the merger of the Southern California Rapid Transit District (RTD) and the Los Angeles County Transportation Commission (LACTC).

Deaths

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