1989 in rail transport
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This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 1989.
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Events
March events
- March 1 - The Abbeville-Grimes Railway (a predecessor of the Bay Line Railroad) begins operations between its namesake cities in Alabama.
September events
- September 17 - The Grand Canyon Railway officially reopens and carries passengers to the Grand Canyon National Park for the first time since 1968.
December events
- December 1 - The Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad is merged into the Missouri Pacific Railroad.
Unknown date events
- The St. Lawrence and Atlantic Railroad is formed from the sale of Canadian National Railway's Berlin Subdivision.
- Michael R. Haverty is promoted to president of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway, succeeding W. John Swartz.
Deaths
December deaths
- December 26 - Buck Crump, president of Canadian Pacific Railway Limited, 1955-1964 and 1966 (b. 1904).
References
- Bianchi, Curt (May 1995), "By steam to the Grand Canyon", Trains Magazine, p. 38-45.
- Vantuono, William C. (January 2001), Mike Haverty, Railroader of the Year. Retrieved March 25 2005.
