Years in rail transport
Timeline of railway history

This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 1971.

Events

April

May

The first northbound Coast Daylight under Amtrak at San Jose, California on May 1, 1971

June

July

September

October

November

December

Unknown date

Accidents

February accidents

March accidents

  • March 4 – A local train collides with a mini truck at a level crossing on the Fujikyu line, Fujiyoshida, Yamanashi, Japan, killing at least 179 people and injuring 6100.
  • March 11 – A runaway train carrying 350 passengers, mostly children, derails next to a 12-metre deep (39 ft) ravine near Vicuña, Chile, killing twelve people.

May accidents

June accidents

July accidents

  • July 21 – A fast train from Basel to Copenhagen derails due to a technical failure in the Class 103 engine; 23 die and 121 are injured.

Births

Deaths

August deaths

  • August 30 – Louis Armand, French railway engineer, manager and resistance fighter (born 1905)

References

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  2. Scott-Morgan, John; Martin, Kirk (2008). Red Panniers: Last Steam on the Underground. Lydney, Gloucester: Lightmoor Press. p. 145. ISBN 9781899889297. OCLC 271770628.
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  4. Balkwill, Richard; Marshall, John (1993). The Guinness Book of Railway Facts and Feats (6th ed.). Enfield: Guinness Publishing. ISBN 978-0-85112-707-1.
  5. Wood, G. C. (1972). 6000 King George V – a chronology. Hereford: 6000 Locomotive Association.
  6. "実に地球300周…雪国駆けた「丸顔の美人」 さらば新幹線200系". MSN Sankei News. 15 March 2013. Archived from the original on 1 February 2014. Retrieved 20 January 2014. 最後の活躍の舞台となった上越新幹線。その誕生には、田中角栄元首相が赤鉛筆で線を引きルートを決めたとの逸話も残る。
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