2006

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Contents 1 By month 1.1 January 1.2 February 1.3 May 1.4 June 1.5 July 1.6 November 2 Unknown date 3 References

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[edit] January

• January 1 – The Portola Railroad Museum, in California, is reorganized as the Western Pacific Railroad Museum.
• January 3 – Officials with the Virginia and Truckee Railroad hold a "silver spike" ceremony in Carson City, Nevada, to commemorate the completion of two miles of track restoration near Gold Hill.

• January 5 – A northbound Virginia Railway Express train on CSX tracks derails near Quantico, Virginia, as a result of a worn and chipped switch point rail.^[1]
• January 6 – China's railway minister Liu Zhijun announces a 160 billion yuan plan to begin more than 80 new railway projects, many of which are focused on high-speed rail services.

[edit] February

• February 20 – Chicago Transit Authority begins work on a capacity expansion project for the Chicago 'L''s Brown Line.
• The Tasmanian Government grants Derwent Valley Railway $60,000 to help them with their financial difficulties after the line was closed in 2005.

[edit] May

• Pacific National comes to a new agreement with the Tasmanian Government which included returning all tracks and rail lands to Government ownership, allowing restoration of service on the Derwent Valley Railway.

[edit] June

• June 26 – Amtrak's northbound City of New Orleans passenger train encounters a section of misaligned track near Arcola, Louisiana; the engineer was able to slow the train enough that it did not derail as it traversed the misalignment.^[2]

[edit] July

• July 1 – Operations begin on the Qingzang railway between Golmud, China and Lhasa, Tibet.
• July 11 – A northbound Chicago 'L' Blue Line train derails in the subway between the Clark/Lake and Grand/Milwaukee stations in downtown Chicago; 152 of the trains almost 1,000 passengers are treated for minor injuries.^[3]

[edit] November

• November 20 – Women-only cars are introduced on the Tokyo Metro Tōzai Line to prevent groping.

[edit] Unknown date

• The Keystone Corridor in Pennsylvania is upgraded with two segments of 110 mph operation between Philadelphia and Harrisburg.
• Tomy introduces its second series of Thomas the Tank Engine wind-up toys.
• Killington Lane railway station on the preserved Lynton and Barnstaple Railway opens.

[edit] References