1898 in rail transport
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This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 1898.
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[edit] Events
[edit] April events
- April 20 - Electrification of the South Side Elevated Railway in Chicago is completed ending all steam locomotive operations on the route. Multiple-unit (M.U.) train control is also introduced by railroad engineer Frank J. Sprague.
[edit] May events
- May - E. H. Harriman becomes chairman of the executive committee for the Union Pacific Railroad.
- May 11 - The Lynton and Barnstaple Railway in England opens.
- May 16 - Passenger service is inaugurated on the Lynton and Barnstaple Railway.
[edit] June events
- June 12 - Regular revenue service begins on the Detroit, Ypsilanti and Ann Arbor Railway in Michigan. [1]
[edit] July events
- July 11 – Opening of the London and South Western Railway’s Waterloo & City Line, the second deep-level electrified "tube" railway in London.[1]
- July 21 – First section of White Pass and Yukon Route opens out of Skagway, Alaska, first railroad in the territory.
- July 23 – Brooks Locomotive Works completes its 3,000th new steam locomotive.[2]
[edit] September events
- September 2 - The Wellingborough rail accident in England kills 7 people.
[edit] October events
- October 17 - The Wrawby Junction rail crash in England kills 9 people.
[edit] Unknown date events
- Sunset magazine is founded as a promotional tool of the Southern Pacific Railroad.
- The Loup Creek & Deepwater railway is officially renamed Deepwater Railway
[edit] Births
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[edit] Deaths
[edit] March deaths
- March 6 - Hugh J. Jewett, president of the Erie Railroad 1874–1884 (b. 1817).
[edit] October deaths
- October 12 - John M. Forbes, president of the Michigan Central Railroad and the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad (b. 1813).
[edit] November deaths
- November 20 - Sir John Fowler, British civil engineer (b. 1817).
[edit] Unknown date deaths
- Wilson Eddy, American steam locomotive manufacturer (b. 1813).
[edit] References
- Erie Railroad presidents. Retrieved March 15, 2005.
- Railroad History Timeline - 1898. Retrieved June 10, 2005.
- Timeline of Old Plank Road Trail history and development. Retrieved March 1, 2005.
- White, John H., Jr. (Spring 1986). "America's most noteworthy railroaders". Railroad History 154: pp. 9–15. ISSN 0090-7847. OCLC 1785797.
- White, John H., Jr. (1968). A history of the American locomotive; its development: 1830-1880. New York, NY: Dover Publications. ISBN 0-486-23818-0.
- ^ Gillham, J. C. (1988). The Age of the Electric Train: Electric Trains in Britain since 1883. London: Ian Allan. ISBN 0-7110-1392-6.
- ^ "Supply Trade Notes". The Railway Age (Chicago, IL) XXXII (16): 446. October 18, 1901. http://books.google.com/books?id=EopMAAAAYAAJ. Retrieved February 22, 2011.
