pulls the world's last regularly scheduled passenger train behind a steam locomotive on a mainline railroad when it pulls a train between Daban and Chabuga, China. December 11 – In Switzerland, all trains become officially non-smoking December 12 – The Larkhall branch of the Argyle Line is re-opened. Opening Chatelherault railway station and re-opening Merryton railway station and Larkhall railway station. December 20 – New York City Subway workers walk off their jobs in a strike called by the Transport Workers Union at 3:00 AM local time. It is a move that may be in violation of a previous court ruling that makes subway worker strikes illegal, and MTA lawyers have asked the courts to review the strike action as one that may be in contempt of court with that ruling. Fines for such a ruling of contempt could include two days pay for each striking employee per day that the strike continues. The union claims that MTA should be able to afford the health care benefit and pension levels sought by the union due to a budget surplus of nearly US$1 billion. While the strike is in progress, the city of New York has implemented emergency statutes that include restricting private vehicles carrying less than four occupants from entering the city between 5:00 AM and 11:00 AM local time. December 26 – The first section of Guangzhou Metro Line 4 opens connecting Wanshengwei to Xinzao. Accidents and attacks January 6 – Graniteville train disaster – A Norfolk Southern train carrying a few carloads of hazardous materials (including chlorine gas) collides with a parked train in Graniteville, South Carolina, causing the deaths of 9 people and the injury of over 250 more. January 17 – Two MRT trains collide, injuring nearly 200 people. January 26 – Glendale train crash: In what police call a suicide attempt, a Metrolink train in Glendale, California (a suburb of Los Angeles), hits a car parked on a grade crossing and then derails into another Metrolink train and a parked Union Pacific Railroad locomotive resulting in 11 fatalities and 200 injuries. February 3 – Nagpur level crossing disaster kills 55 people. April 25 – Amagasaki rail crash – A JR West commuter train derails and strikes an apartment building in Amagasaki, Hyogo, Japan, killing 106 and injuring more than 460 others.Japanese commuter train derails, apartment building smashed. June 12 – At 7:10 AM local time,