1911 in rail transport
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This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 1911.
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[edit] Events
[edit] January events
- January 23 – The Pontypridd railway accident in South Wales kills 11 people.
[edit] May events
- May 12 – Electric trains begin work between London Victoria station and Crystal Palace
- May 30 – The first Milwaukee Road Olympian passenger train arrives in Deer Lodge, Montana.
[edit] June events
- June 30 - First Great Western Railway 4300 Class 2-6-0 locomotive is turned out of its Swindon Works, England. The class, designed by George Jackson Churchward, will comprise 342 members and see overseas service during World War I.[1]
[edit] July events
- July 10 – Six construction workers die in an accident while working on the Western Maryland Railway's Salisbury Viaduct.
- July 11 – The Tinnos Line in Norway takes electric traction into use.[2]
- July 14 – The Santa Maria Valley Railroad is incorporated in Los Angeles, California.
- July 25 – Canadian Northern Railway (CNOR) purchases the right-of-way and assets of the defunct Carillon and Grenville Railway, the last broad gauge railroad (at 5 ft 6 in (1,676 mm)) in North America, to become part of CNOR's Montreal-Ottawa mainline.
[edit] September events
- September – First Great Central Railway Class 8K 2-8-0 freight locomotive, No. 966, is turned out of its Gorton locomotive works, England. The class, designed by John G. Robinson, will exceed 650 in total and see overseas service during World War I.
[edit] October events
- October 1
- Hudson and Manhattan Railroad trains make their first station stops at the Pennsylvania Railroad's Manhattan Transfer station in New York City.
- Nigel Gresley (later Sir Nigel) becomes Locomotive Engineer, Great Northern Railway.
- October 5 – Kowloon Canton Railway opens throughout.
[edit] November events
- November 20 – Western Maryland Railway breaks ground for the station in Meyersdale, Pennsylvania.
- November 30 – The Rjukan Line in Norway takes electric traction into use.[2]
[edit] December events
- December 12 – Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway inaugurates its first extra-fare named passenger train, the Santa Fe De Luxe between Chicago, Illinois, and Los Angeles, California.
[edit] Unknown date events
- Chesapeake and Ohio Railway introduces the first 4-8-2 steam locomotives in the United States (built by the American Locomotive Company) onto its Mountain section.[3]
- Penn Station in Baltimore, Maryland opens.
- William Sproule succeeds Robert S. Lovett as president of the Southern Pacific Company, parent company of the Southern Pacific Railroad
[edit] Births
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[edit] Deaths
[edit] March deaths
- March 18 - David Moffat, Colorado financier and head of nine railroads, dies (born 1839).
[edit] September deaths
- September 12 - John Souther, founder of Globe Locomotive Works (born 1816).
[edit] References
- (September 10, 2001), History of the Western Maryland Railway. Retrieved July 7, 2005.
- Newcomb, Kenneth W., The Makers of the Mold. Retrieved February 15, 2005.
- (April 3, 2005), Significant dates in Canadian railway history. Retrieved July 22, 2005.
- Waters, Lawrence Leslie (1950). Steel Trails to Santa Fe. Lawrence, Kansas: University of Kansas Press. p. 388.
- (September 10, 2001), Western Maryland Railroad history. Retrieved November 20, 2005.
- ^ Bradley, Rodger (1988). GWR Two Cylinder 4–6–0s and 2–6–0s. Newton Abbot: David and Charles. ISBN 0-7153-8894-0.
- ^ a b "Railway Statistics 2008" (pdf). Norwegian National Rail Administration. 2009. p. 34. http://www.jernbaneverket.no/no/dokumenter/Om-oss/Jernbanestatistikk/Jernbanestatistikk-2008/. Retrieved 28 April 2010.
- ^ Balkwill, Richard; Marshall, John (1993). The Guinness Book of Railway Facts and Feats (6th ed.). Enfield: Guinness Publishing. ISBN 0-85112-707-x.
