1998

Timelines:	1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001
Births:	1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001
Deaths:	1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001
Establishments:	1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001
Disestablishments:	1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001
Introductions:	1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001
Accidents:	1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001
Images:	1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001

By month

January

• January 6 - A severe ice storm begins over eastern Ontario and Quebec, Canada, that permanently disables the centralized traffic control system on Canadian National Railway's Alexandria subdivision.
• January 28 - Preserved Boston and Maine Railroad Budd Rail Diesel Car #6211 is moved to Bedford, Massachusetts, for static display at the planned Bedford Depot Park.

December

• December 31 - GE delivers the first AC6000CW diesel-electric locomotive.

Unknown date

• The Blue Ridge Scenic Railway in Georgia begins operations.