Fred A. Stindt, a railroad and maritime historian who helped establish the California State Railroad Museum and was past president of the Railway & Locomotive Historical Society, dies at the age of 80.
Don Phillips, veteran Washington Post transportation reporter and author of Trains’ monthly “Potomac Pundit” column from 1977-1986, rejoins Trains with a monthly column bearing his name.
CSX completes the first transcontinental shipment of an entire double-stack train of refrigerated containers on a test run from Tacoma, Wash., to Little Ferry, N.J.
Omer Lavallee, retired Canadian Pacific archivist and prominent Canadian railroad historian who authored several books, dies at the age of 67.
Norfolk Southern, the only company to stick with RoadRailer technology, announces that the service has achieved profitability.
Potomac Yard, located just south of Washington, D.C., which was built in 1906 to interchange traffic between railroads in the North and West with those in the South and Southeast, closes.
Union Pacific orders two locomotives fueled by liquefied natural gas as part of a $70 million order for 50 SD60Ms for delivery in 1992.
Executive Art Director George Gloff, who joined Kalmbach as an artist on Jan. 26, 1951, retires.
Labor unions strike all U.S. railroads over wage, job security, and work rules; strike ended when President George H.W. Bush signed Congressional legislation ordering a 38-day cooling-off period.
After 27 years of planning, Virginia Railway Express commences commuter rail service between Washington, D.C., and Manassas. Service to Fredericksburg begins July 20.
Hurricane Andrew strikes South Florida and Louisiana, damaging the lines of CSX, Florida East Coast, Southern Pacific in Louisiana, and Miami’s Gold Coast Railroad Museum.
Norfolk Southern names David R. Goode as Chairman and CEO.
Pittsburgh & Lake Erie Railroad ceases operation after 113 years of service.
Kevin P. Keefe named editor of Trains, succeeding J. David Ingles, who was named senior editor.
Metrolink is formed by the Southern California Regional Rail Authority to provide commuter rail service for a six-county area of Los Angeles.
Amtrak runs demonstration train X2000, a Swedish-built, high-speed passenger train, with hydraulic tilt technology that allows the train to take curves at higher-than-normal speeds.
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