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In rail transport, a train is a vehicle or (more frequently) a string of vehicles capable of being moved along a continuous line of rails or other guideway for the purpose of conveying freight or passengers between points on a predetermined route. The train may be hauled or propelled by one or more vehicles designed exclusively for that purpose (locomotives) or may be driven by a number of motors incorporated in all or several of the vehicles (multiple units). |
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Class B and Class E, normally referred to as Gullfisk (Norwegian for "goldfish"), were a class of 46 trams built by Strømmens Værksted and Skabo Jernbanevognfabrikk for Oslo Sporveier and Bærumsbanen of Oslo, Norway, in 1935 and 1937. They were the first aluminum trams to operate on the Oslo Tramway and the first bogie trams to operate on street lines. They had contemporary modern electronic equipment, a streamlined shape, and comfortable accommodation. Six prototype trams were delivered by Strømmen in 1935, with four different motor solutions, from AEG, Siemens, Vickers and Norsk Elektrisk & Brown Boveri (NEBB). None of these were particularly successful, and the 40 serial production trams used conventional motors from ELIN. These were delivered in 1937, with 20 being used by Oslo Sporveier mainly on the Kjelsås Line, but also on other services. The remaining 20 trams were leased to Bærumsbanen, that used them on the Kolsås and Østensjø Lines, and later on the Ekeberg Line. From 1967, Oslo Sporveier transferred all its trams to Bærumsbanen, where they remained in use until 1985. The class has been involved in several fatal incidents, including the Strømsveien tram fire in 1958. Six trams remain at the Oslo Tramway Museum; whilst Oslo Sporveier has kept two and converted them to maintenance vehicles, painted them yellow with zebra stripes.
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- 1922 – Livio Dante Porta, Argentinian steam locomotive mechanical engineer, is born (d. 2003).
- 1970 – The Western Pacific Railroad portion of the California Zephyr makes its last run.
- 1997 – Japan's Akita Shinkansen (pictured) begins operating over the Morioka-Akita section using Tazawako Line and Ōu Main Line tracks.
- 2005 – Texas Pacifico Transportation operates the first test train over former Santa Fe Railroad tracks between Presidio and San Angelo Junction, Texas.
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February 15 – Two passenger trains collide head-on in Buizingen, in the Belgian municipality of Halle, Flemish Brabant. One of the trains involved was a long-distance service traveling from Quiévrain to Liège, which had just left Halle station heading north. The other train was a local service traveling from Leuven to Braine-le-Comte, which had just left Buizingen heading south. Eighteen bodies were recovered from the wreckage, and more than 150 others were injured, some seriously. See also: Halle train collision. (De Standaard) (BBC)
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February 12 – Chicago's Metra is considering the possibility of selling the naming rights to its train stations, rail lines, and even bridges to generate additional revenue. The regional rail system for Chicago and its surrounding suburbs has been experiencing revenue shortfalls, along with other public transportation agencies such as the Chicago Transit Authority and Pace. Metra has said that it will be sensitive to the wishes of the communities near the stops, and town names will not be removed from station names. (AP) (ABC7) (Chicago Sun-Times)
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February 6 – The Zhengzhou-Xi'an High-Speed Railway opens in China. The first revenue train on the line departed Xi'an at 10:50 AM, arriving in Zhengzhou at 1:15 PM traveling at speeds up to 350 km/h (220 mph). Called by reporters the first high-speed railway in western China, the line is expected to host 14 high-speed passenger trains daily. Train travel time between the two cities before this line opened was as long as 6 hours. (China Daily) (iStockAnalyst) (CCTV)
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February 4 – Missouri Governor Jay Nixon announces that Union Pacific Railroad (UP) will transfer ownership of the MKT Bridge to the city of Boonville, Missouri. UP had wanted to demolish the bridge and reuse the steel in a new bridge crossing the Osage River at Jefferson City, but part of the railroad construction stimulus grants announced by President Obama will be used to pay for the new bridge instead. The city of Boonville has announced plans that it will rehab the existing bridge and incorporate it back into the Katy Trail. (LA Times/AP)
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January 28 – United States President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden announce a plan to provide $8 billion in stimulus grants to 31 states for the development and construction of 13 new high-speed rail passenger routes. The two states receiving the most money in grants are California with $2.3 billion and Florida with $1.3 billion for projects within their states. Another $1.1 billion from the grant money will help support a high-speed connection between Chicago and St. Louis. In making the announcement at a press conference in Tampa, Obama stated "There is no reason why other countries can build high-speed rail lines and we can't." (Bloomberg) (LA Times)
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January 25 – A committee of Welsh Assembly politicians has called for an extensive programme of works to upgrade the railways in Wales, saying that Wales is not being treated fairly in comparison with other parts of the United Kingdom. The committee's recommendations include better links between the north and south of Wales, high-speed links from Wales to other parts of the UK, and light rail systems for the southern cities of Cardiff, Swansea and Newport. However, one academic who gave evidence to the committee says that the proposals, if implemented in full, would cost about £5 billion (more than US$8 billion), and it is unclear whether this level of public finance will be available. (BBC) (Western Mail)
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