1901 in rail transport: Difference between revisions

September 17 – Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway (ATSF), having purchased the Santa Fe and Grand Canyon Railway and renamed it to the Grand Canyon Railway, begins to operate a passenger train service over its new subsidiary railroad between Williams, Arizona, and the south rim of the Grand Canyon as a destination for ATSF's customers.^[7]

October events

October 13 – The London and South Western Railway in England completes experimental installation at Grateley on its West of England main line of automatic semaphore signals controlled by track circuits and pneumatics, the first such scheme in the United Kingdom.^[8]^[9]^[10]

November events

November – Official start of traffic on Chinese Eastern Railway.
November 7 – Memphis, Helena and Louisiana Railroad, a predecessor of the St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern Railroad, is organized in Arkansas.^[11]
November 12 – The Pacific Electric Railway is incorporated in California.^[12]

December events

December 2 – The Chicago and Indiana Air Line Railway is incorporated.^[13]
December 3 – The 3.5-kilometre (2.2 mi) first part of the Trondheim Tramway in Trondheim, Norway is opened. ^[14]
December 12 – Pennsylvania Railroad president Alexander Cassatt announces the railroad's plan to enter New York City — to tunnel under the Hudson River and to build a grand station on the West Side of Manhattan, a station that would become Pennsylvania Station.
December 21 – "Last spike" ceremony for the Uganda Railway (metre gauge), completed from Mombasa to Port Florence (Kisumu) on the shore of Lake Victoria.^[15]

Unknown date events

E. H. Harriman succeeds Charles Hayes as president of the Southern Pacific Company, parent company of the Southern Pacific Railroad.
Jacob S. Rogers, still the primary shareholder, closes Rogers Locomotive Company, but then reopens the company as Rogers Locomotive Works after the ALCO merger.
American Car and Foundry (ACF) acquires Jackson and Sharp Company and Common Sense Bolster Company.
George Frederick Baer becomes president of Reading Company.
The Lake Shore Electric Railway is formed through the merger of the Lorain and Cleveland Railway, Sandusky and Interurban Railway and Toledo, Fremont and Norwalk Railway.

Births

December births

December 11 – Donald Gordon, president of Canadian National Railway 1950-1966, is born (d. 1969).

Deaths

January deaths

January 6 – Philip Armour, founder of Armour and Company meatpackers and subsidiary Armour Refrigerator Line refrigerator car operators (b. 1832).

February deaths

February 9 – Fred Harvey (entrepreneur) who founded the Harvey House chain of restaurants and hotels to serve passengers of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway (b. 1835).

April deaths

April 13 – Edward Watkin, Chairman of several English railway companies, most notably the South Eastern Railway and the Great Central Railway (b. 1819).

Unknown date deaths

Jacob S. Rogers, son of Thomas Rogers and second president of Rogers Locomotive and Machine Works.

References

^ Beck, Wayne. Cotton Belt News (1957). "The History of the St. Louis Southwestern Railway". Archived from the original on 2009-10-19. Retrieved 2005-08-06. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help); Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
^ Keat, Peter J. (2001). Goodbye to Victoria, the Last Queen Empress – the story of Queen Victoria's funeral train. Usk: Oakwood Press. ISBN 0-85361-569-1.
^ Thomas, John (1965). The West Highland Railway. Dawlish: David & Charles.
^ "Erie Railroad presidents". Retrieved 2005-03-15.
^ "Significant dates in Ottawa/Hull street and light railway history". December 3 2004. Retrieved 2005-07-22. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
^ "History of the Geelong–Queenscliff Railway". Retrieved 2005-08-04.
^ Bianchi, Curt (May 1995). "By steam to the Grand Canyon". Trains Magazine: p. 38–45. {{cite journal}}: |pages= has extra text (help); Check date values in: |date= (help)
^ Pryer, G. A. (1977). A pictorial record of Southern Signals. Oxford: Oxford Publishing Co. ISBN 0-902888-81-1.
^ Kichenside, Geoffrey (1998). Two centuries of Railway Signalling. Sparkford: Oxford Publishing Co. ISBN 0-86093-541-8. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help)
^ Left, Sarah (15 January 2002). "Key dates in Britain's railway history". The Guardian Unlimited. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
^ Missouri Pacific Historical Society (2005). "St. Louis Iron Mountain & Southern (SLIMS)". Retrieved 2005-11-07. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
^ Walker, Jim (2006). Images of Rail: Pacific Electric Red Cars. Arcadia Publishing. p. 7.
^ "South Shore Railroad history". Chicago Post-Tribune. 2008-06-29. Retrieved 2008-06-30. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |1= (help)
^ Aspenberg, Nils Carl (1995). På meterspor i Nidaros. Oslo: Baneforlaget. p. 6.
^ Miller, Charles (1971). The Lunatic Express. New York: Macdonald.

[1] Beck, Wayne. Cotton Belt News (1957). "The History of the St. Louis Southwestern Railway". Archived from the original on 2009-10-19. Retrieved 2005-08-06. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help); Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

[2] Keat, Peter J. (2001). Goodbye to Victoria, the Last Queen Empress – the story of Queen Victoria's funeral train. Usk: Oakwood Press. ISBN 0-85361-569-1.

[3] Thomas, John (1965). The West Highland Railway. Dawlish: David & Charles.

[4] "Erie Railroad presidents". Retrieved 2005-03-15.

[5] "Significant dates in Ottawa/Hull street and light railway history". December 3 2004. Retrieved 2005-07-22. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)

[6] "History of the Geelong–Queenscliff Railway". Retrieved 2005-08-04.

[7] Bianchi, Curt (May 1995). "By steam to the Grand Canyon". Trains Magazine: p. 38–45. {{cite journal}}: |pages= has extra text (help); Check date values in: |date= (help)

[8] Pryer, G. A. (1977). A pictorial record of Southern Signals. Oxford: Oxford Publishing Co. ISBN 0-902888-81-1.

[9] Kichenside, Geoffrey (1998). Two centuries of Railway Signalling. Sparkford: Oxford Publishing Co. ISBN 0-86093-541-8. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help)

[10] Left, Sarah (15 January 2002). "Key dates in Britain's railway history". The Guardian Unlimited. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)

[11] Missouri Pacific Historical Society (2005). "St. Louis Iron Mountain & Southern (SLIMS)". Retrieved 2005-11-07. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)

[12] Walker, Jim (2006). Images of Rail: Pacific Electric Red Cars. Arcadia Publishing. p. 7.

[13] "South Shore Railroad history". Chicago Post-Tribune. 2008-06-29. Retrieved 2008-06-30. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |1= (help)

[14] Aspenberg, Nils Carl (1995). På meterspor i Nidaros. Oslo: Baneforlaget. p. 6.

[15] Miller, Charles (1971). The Lunatic Express. New York: Macdonald.

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 * February - The [[Canadian Locomotive Company]] is formed from the assets of the bankrupt [[Canadian Locomotive and Engine Company]].
 * February 2 &ndash; The body of [[Victoria of the United Kingdom|Queen Victoria]] is conveyed by the [[London and South Western Railway|London & South Western]], [[London, Brighton and South Coast Railway|London, Brighton & South Coast]] and [[Great Western Railway]]s from [[Gosport]] via [[London]] to [[Windsor, Berkshire|Windsor]], [[England]] for her [[funeral]].<ref>{{cite book|author=Keat, Peter J.|title= Goodbye to Victoria, the Last Queen Empress &ndash; the story of Queen Victoria's funeral train|date=2001|publisher=Oakwood Press|location=Usk|isbn=0-85361-569-1}}</ref>
+[[Image:Glenfinnan Viaduct.jpg|thumb|right|[[Glenfinnan Viaduct]] on the [[Mallaig Extension Railway]]]]
 ===April events===
-* April 1 &ndash; The [[West Highland Railway]], operated by the [[North British Railway]], is opened throughout to [[Mallaig]] on the west coast of [[Scotland]].<ref>{{cite book|author=Thomas, John|title=The West Highland Railway|date=1965|publisher=David & Charles|location=Dawlish}}</ref>
+* April 1 &ndash; The [[West Highland Railway]]'s [[Mallaig Extension Railway]], operated by the [[North British Railway]], is opened throughout to [[Mallaig]] on the west coast of [[Scotland]].<ref>{{cite book|author=Thomas, John|title=The West Highland Railway|date=1965|publisher=David & Charles|location=Dawlish}}</ref>
 ===May events===