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This article lists anniversary events related to rail transport that occurred on October 30.
Events[edit]
19th century[edit]
20th century[edit]
- 1935 – Isaryō Station, on what would become the JR East Yonesaka Line, opens in Oguni, Yamagata Prefecture, Japan.
- 1970 – United States President Richard Nixon signs into law a bill that creates Amtrak to take over the burden of passenger train operations in America.
- 1972 – The driver of a fast train does not notice a stop signal due to heavy fog and collides with another train in Schweinsburg-Culten, East Germany. 22 die and 70 are injured.
- 1983
- 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.
- Amtrak discontinues the commuter-oriented Chesapeake between Washington and Philadelphia.[1]
Births[edit]
- 1828 – Horatio G. Brooks, founder of Brooks Locomotive Works, is born (d. 1887).
- 1881 – Charles E. Johnston, president of Kansas City Southern Railway 1928-1938, is born (d. 1951).
Deaths[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ National Railroad Passenger Corporation (dba Amtrak) (30 October 1983). "National Train Timetables". Museum of Railway Timetables. Retrieved 3 August 2014.