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1985 In Rail Transport
Events January events * January 5 - At ceremonies held in Nenana, Alaska, Nenana and Seward, Alaska, ownership of the Alaska Railroad is officially transferred to the U.S. state of Alaska. * January 9 –Kitakyushu Monorail, Heiwadori Station to Kikugaoka Station route officially completed in Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. * January 13 - Awash rail disaster killed 428 in Awash, Ethiopia, Awash, Ethiopia. February events * February 21 - The Soo Line Railroad, Soo Line acquires the Milwaukee Road and attempts to operate it as a subsidiary railroad. March events * March - The Tōhoku Shinkansen line in Japan is extended from Omiya Station (Saitama), Omiya Station to Ueno Station, near Tokyo. * March 2 – Porto Alegre Metro, Porto Alegre Metro Line 1, Mercado to Sapucaia route, first section of operation service start in Brazil. * March 11 – A first section of Recife Metro, Recife Metro Line 1, Recife to Wermeck route, officially regular operation service to start ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nenana, Alaska
Nenana ( taa, Toghotili; is a home rule city in the Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area of the Unorganized Borough in the Interior of the U.S. state of Alaska. Nenana developed as a Lower Tanana community at the confluence where the tributary Nenana River enters the Tanana. The population was 378 at the 2010 census, down from 402 in 2000. Completed in 1923, the Mears Memorial Bridge was built over the Tanana River as part of the territory's railroad project connecting Anchorage and Fairbanks. History and culture Nenana is in the westernmost portion of Tanana territory. (The Tanana are among the large Dené language family, also known as Athabascan.) The town was first known by European Americans as ''Tortella,'' a transliteration of the Indian word ''Toghotthele'', which means "mountain that parallels the river." It was later named for the river and the Nenana people who live nearby. The Nenana people became accustomed to contact with Europeans, due to trading journeys to the Villa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
