1913 in rail transport
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This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 1913.
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[edit] Events
[edit] February events
- February 1 - New York City's Grand Central Terminal opens as the world's largest train station to date.
[edit] May events
- May 7 - Tracklaying begins on the Graysonia, Nashville and Ashdown Railroad (a predecessor of Kansas City Southern Railway) between Murfreesboro and Shawmut, Arkansas.[1]
[edit] July events
- July 15 - Opening of the Bern-Lötschberg-Simplon railway in Switzerland, including the 14.6 km (9.1 mi) Lötschberg Tunnel.[2]
[edit] August events
- August 1 - The Alton and Southern Railroad is formed through the merger of the Alton and Southern Railroad Company, the Denverside Connecting Railroad and the Alton and Southern Railway.
- August 13 - Stainless steel (which will soon be used to construct passenger car bodies) is invented by Harry Brearley in Sheffield.
- August 21 - Construction begins on the Morrisburg and Ottawa Electric Railway just south of Billings Bridge, Ottawa.
[edit] October events
- October 20 - The Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad's tracks reach Casper, Wyoming, making Casper the busiest rail junction in Wyoming.[3]
[edit] December events
- December 1 - First section of Buenos Aires Metro opened, the earliest metro system in the Southern Hemisphere or the Spanish-speaking world.
- December 18 - Korekimi Nakamura steps down as president of South Manchuria Railway.
- December 19 - Ryutaro Nomura succeeds Korekimi Nakamura as president of South Manchuria Railway.
[edit] Unknown date events
- The Nickel Plate Road completes its grade separation project in Cleveland, Ohio.
- The Supreme Court of the United States orders the Union Pacific Railroad to sell all of its stock in the Southern Pacific Railroad.
- ALCO ceases new steam locomotive production at the former Rogers Locomotive Works plant in Paterson, New Jersey; ALCO continues producing new locomotives at its other plants.
- First examples of Class 140 C steam locomotives delivered to Chemins de Fer de l'État in France; 340 will eventually be built.[4]
- The world’s first rail vehicle with diesel-electric transmission, and the first diesel of any type in regular revenue main line service, a 75 bhp (56 kW) railcar built by Atlas-Deva/Asea, enters service on the Södermanland Mellersta Railway in Sweden. It will remain in use until 1939.[5][6]
- First on-train cinema set up, on the Trans-Siberian Railway.[7]
- William Finley is succeeded by Fairfax Harrison as president of the Southern Railway.
- Julius Kruttschnitt succeeds Robert S. Lovett as Chairman of the Executive Committee for the Southern Pacific Railroad.
- Mary Averell Harriman, wife of the late Edward H. Harriman, creates the E. H. Harriman Award to recognize outstanding achievements in railway safety.[8]
[edit] Births
[edit] April births
- April 21 - Richard Beeching, chairman of the British Railways Board 1961–1965 (died 1985).
[edit] December births
- December 27 - Ian David Sinclair, president of Canadian Pacific Railway 1969-1981, is born (died 2006).
[edit] Deaths
[edit] March deaths
- March 31 - J. P. Morgan, American financier who helped to finance United States Steel Corporation (born 1837).
[edit] April deaths
- April 22 - John Saxby, English railway signalling engineer (born 1821).[9]
[edit] May deaths
- May 20 - Henry Morrison Flagler, visionary and builder of the Florida East Coast Railway (born 1830).
[edit] September deaths
- September 25 - Herbert William Garratt, English steam locomotive builder and inventor of the Garratt locomotive type (born 1864).[10]
[edit] References
- Norfolk Southern Railway. Retrieved February 22, 2005.
- (July 28, 2005), Significant dates in Ottawa railway history. Retrieved August 16, 2005.
- ^ Pitcher, Charles; Manager of DOT Compliance, Kansas City Southern Railway (reprinted by the Kansas City Southern Historical Society). "The Kansas City Southern Lines". Archived from the original on 13 April 2006. http://www.kcshs.org/schedule/subs/images/history/kcs_hist.htm. Retrieved 2006-05-05.
- ^ Marshall, John (1989). The Guinness Railway Book. Enfield: Guinness. ISBN 0-85112-359-7.
- ^ Casper Star-Tribune (June 22, 2005), BP Amoco Timeline. Retrieved June 22, 2005.
- ^ Defrance, Jacques (1960). Le matériel moteur SNCF.
- ^ Richardson, Matthew (2001). The Penguin Book of Firsts. New Delhi: Penguin Books India. p. 280. ISBN 0-14-302771-9.
- ^ Balkwill, Richard; Marshall, John (1993). The Guinness Book of Railway Facts and Feats (6th ed.). Enfield: Guinness Publishing. ISBN 0-85112-707-X.
- ^ Robertson, Patrick (2001). Film Facts. London: Aurum. ISBN 1-85410-654-6.
- ^ Association of American Railroads (May 19, 2005), Railroads Set Another Employee Safety Record in 2004. E. H. Harriman Memorial Awards Honors Outstanding Performance in Rail Safety. Retrieved January 11, 2006.
- ^ Marshall, John (2003). Biographical Dictionary of Railway Engineers (2nd ed.). Oxford: Railway and Canal Historical Society. ISBN 0-901461-22-9.
- ^ (April 27, 2004), Herbert William Garratt. Retrieved February 9, 2005.
