1985 in rail transport
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This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 1985.
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Events
February
- February 21 - The Soo Line acquires the Milwaukee Road and attempts to operate it as a subsidiary railroad.
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- The state of Alaska purchases the Alaska Railroad from the US federal government.
- Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority expands rail service on the Red Line beyond Harvard Square, into the west Cambridge and Somerville areas.
- The Chicago Central and Pacific Railroad is formed by a spinoff of former Illinois Central lines from Chicago, Illinois, westward.
- Amtrak's Gulf Coast Limited passenger train makes its final run.
Deaths
March deaths
- March 23 - Richard Beeching, chairman of the British Railways Board 1961–1965 (b. 1913).



