2011 Event New York City braces for Hurricane Irene, announcing plans to shut down subways buses and commuter trains 2011 Event All bullet trains in northern and central Japan were temporarily halted due a computer glitch; thousands of passengers are affected 1997 Death Bohumil Hrabal, Czechoslovakian writer, storyteller, wrote hyper-realist texts, studied at Charles Univerisity in Prague, known for novels titled Closely Watched Trains and I Served the King of England, dies at 82 1994 Event 1st trains for public run in English Channel Tunnel 1992 Event "2 Trains Running" closes at Walter Kerr Theater New York City after 160 performances 1992 Event "2 Trains Running" opens at Walter Kerr Theater New York City for 160 performances 1989 Event Gas explodes near 2 passenger trains in U.S.S.R., kills 100s 1989 Event Leaking pipe of Asha, U.S.S.R. causes 2 trains to catch fire; 460 die 1988 Event 3 trains collide in London, 40 die 1978 Event 43 die as 2 express trains collide head-on south of Bologna, Italy 1975 Event 2 passenger trains collided near Munich Germany killing 35 1972 Event 2 passenger trains collide head-on killing 76, Seville, Spain 1964 Event 1st driverless trains run on London Underground 1963 Event 2 high-speed commuter trains collided with a derailed freight train 1960 Event 2 passenger trains collided at high-speed killing 110 (Czechoslovakia) 1958 Event Buses replace Key System trains at 3 AM 1957 Event 2 commuter trains collide in heavy fog killing 92 (St. John's England) 1955 Event Race segregation forbidden on trains and buses between U.S. states 1953 Event 2 fast express trains crash head-on killing 103 (Czechoslovakia) 1952 Event 2 trains collide with a derailed commuter train, kills 112 (England) 1950 Event 2 self-propelled trains of Long Island RR collide, killing 77 1943 Event "Tamiami Champion" trains collide, kills 73 and injures 200 1940 Event Nazi's forbid Polish Jews to travel on trains 1934 Birthday Johnny Burnette, born in Memphis, guitarist, Trains Kept A-Rollin, You're 16 1918 Event 2 German ammunition trains explode in Hamont Belgium, 1,750 die 1914 Birthday Bohumil Hrabal, born in Brno-Zidenice, Moravia, Czechoslovakian writer, storyteller, wrote hyper-realist texts, studied at Charles Univerisity in Prague, known for novels titled Closely Watched Trains and I Served the King of England 1910 Event 2 trains crash in snow storm in Wellington Washington, 118 die 1910 Event 3 passenger trains buried at Steven's Pass in Cascade Range. 118 die. Worst snow slide in U.S. history 1903 Birthday Ward Bond, born in Denver, Colorado, actor, Seth-Wagon Trains 1899 Death Douglas Strutt Galton, English engineer (rails, trains), dies at 76 1872 Event George Westinghouse, Jr. patents triple air brake for trains 1859 Birthday Georg Knorr, German engineer, brake system trains 1853 Event Completion of Grand Trunk Line, trains begin running over 1st North American railroad between Portland, Maine and Montreal 1822 Birthday Douglas Strutt Galton, English engineer, rails/trains
