1920 in rail transport
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This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 1920.
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[edit] Events
[edit] January events
- January 28 – Groundbreaking commences to begin construction of the Cincinnati Subway.[1]
[edit] March events
- March 1 – Control of American railroads is returned to private ownership and administration with the disbandment of the USRA.
- March 18 – Fruit Growers Express (FGE) is incorporated.
[edit] May events
- May 15 – The Ministry of Railways of Japan is established.
[edit] June events
- June 13 – Baltimore and Ohio Railroad inaugurates passenger service to Detroit's Fort Street Union Depot as the first passenger train departs for Washington, DC.[2]
[edit] November events
- November – H. P. M. Beames succeeds Charles Bowen-Cooke as Chief Mechanical Engineer of the London and North Western Railway.
- November 20 – Work begins on the State Railway of Thailand to convert all 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in) track to meter gauge.[3]
[edit] December events
- December 23 – The Kirkenes–Bjørnevatn Line in Norway takes electric traction into use.[4]
[edit] Unknown date events
- William Sproule succeeds Julius Kruttschnitt as president of the Southern Pacific Company, parent company of the Southern Pacific Railroad. This is Sproule's second term as president.
- Government of India accepts recommendation of Sir William Acworth's East India Railway Committee that the government should take over management of the country's railways.[5]
[edit] Births
[edit] April births
- April 17 – James B. McCahey, Jr., president of Chicago South Shore and South Bend Railroad (died 1998).[6]
[edit] Deaths
[edit] July deaths
- July 22 – William Kissam Vanderbilt, heir to Cornelius Vanderbilt and president of the New York Central system (born 1849).
[edit] October deaths
- October 18 – Charles Bowen-Cooke, Chief Mechanical Engineer of the London and North Western Railway 1909–1920 (born 1859).
[edit] November deaths
- November 17 – T. Jefferson Coolidge, president of Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway 1880–1881 (born 1831).[7]
[edit] References
- ^ "The Cincinnati Subway System". Ohio Exploration. http://www.forgottenoh.com/subway.html. Retrieved January 28, 2010.
- ^ MichiganRailroads.com, Railroad history timeline – 1920–1929. Retrieved June 13, 2005.
- ^ State Railway of Thailand, Historical background. Retrieved November 20, 2005.
- ^ "Railway Statistics 2008" (pdf). Norwegian National Rail Administration. 2009. p. 34. http://www.jernbaneverket.no/no/dokumenter/Om-oss/Jernbanestatistikk/Jernbanestatistikk-2008/. Retrieved April 28, 2010.
- ^ Saxena, R. P. (2008). "Indian Railway History Time Line". http://irse.bravehost.com/IRHTML.htm. Retrieved December 23, 2009.
- ^ The Political Graveyard (March 10, 2005), Politicians in Railroading in Illinois. Retrieved December 30, 2005.
- ^ "Politicians in Railroading in Massachusetts". The Political Graveyard. March 10, 2005. http://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/railroad.html. Retrieved December 29, 2005.
