1983 in rail transport

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This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 1983.

Events

February events

• February 27 - The first phase of the O'Hare rapid transit extension of the Chicago 'L' system is placed into operation from Jefferson Park to Rosemont via the Kennedy Expressway median.

April events

• April 25 - Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad discontinues independent intercity passenger train service with the final run of the Rio Grande Zephyr.

May events

• May 6 - The last Georgia Railroad mixed train is operated by the Seaboard System Railroad.

June events

• June 20 - The Chicago and North Western Railway wins a bidding war against the Soo Line for control of the former Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad "Spine Line"; the Interstate Commerce Commission awarded the line to CNW's $93 million bid.

July events

• July 3 - Chicago and North Western Railway holds official groundbreaking ceremonies for the construction of the line into Wyoming's Powder River Basin.^[1]
• July 16
  • The route of Amtrak's California Zephyr is shifted off the Union Pacific Railroad in Wyoming to the Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad.
  • The entire Kowloon Canton Railway (now East Rail Line) between Kowloon (Hung Hom) and Lo Wu stations is electrified.

September events

• September 23 - In preparation for a sale of the Alaska Railroad's assets to the state of Alaska, the United States Railway Association sets the railroad's fair market value at $22.3 million.

October events

• October 28 - The last GG1 in revenue service pulls its last train, New Jersey Transit train number 3323.
• October 30 - Amtrak launches a rebranded, thrice-weekly Auto Train using much of the same equipment and the same route as the train operated by Auto-Train Corporation.

December events

• December 18 - Canadian National Railway abandons track between Renfrew Junction and Whitney, Ontario on the company's Renfrew Subdivision.^[2]

Unknown date events

• Benjamin Biaggini steps down as Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Southern Pacific Company, the parent company of the Southern Pacific Railroad.
• The Seaboard Coast Line Railroad and the Louisville and Nashville Railroad merge to form the Seaboard System Railroad.

Deaths

References

• Alaska Railroad (2005), The Alaska Railroad - History. Retrieved September 23, 2005.
• Rivanna Chapter, National Railway Historical Society (2005), This Month in Railroad History: July. Retrieved July 12, 2005.
• Rivanna Chapter, National Railway Historical Society (2005), This Month in Railroad History: October. Retrieved October 28, 2005.

1. ^ Feurer, Keith (Summer 2004). "Look who came out on top". North Western Lines (Chicago and North Western Railway Historical Society) 32 (1): 16–39. ISSN 0279-5000. 
2. ^ Colin Churcher's Railway Pages (December 12, 2005), Significant dates in Ottawa railway history. Retrieved December 18, 2005.