1926 in rail transport
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This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 1926.
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[edit] Events
[edit] March events
- March 14 - El Virilla train accident in Costa Rica kills 248 people.
[edit] May events
- May 1 - Burlington Refrigerator Express (BREX) is formed as a joint venture between the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad (CB&Q) and the Fruit Growers Express (FGE).
- May 3 - U.K. General Strike commences, continuing to affect railways until May 12.
- May 8 - A. Philip Randolph organizes the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters, considered a major labor as well as civil rights milestone.
- May 20 - The United States Railway Labor Act becomes law.
[edit] July events
- July 6 - First electric railway in the Soviet Union opened, connecting Baku, Azerbaijan, with its oil workers’ suburban settlements.[1][2]
- July 9 - The first use of a radiotelephone on a train, on the New York Central Railroad.
- July 23 - Law enacted to nationalize rail transport in Belgium fully as Société Nationale des Chemins de fer Belges/Nationale Maatschappij der Belgische Spoorwegen.
[edit] September events
- September 12 - Chemin de Fer du Nord introduces Flèche d’Or all-first-class Pullman boat train service between Paris and Calais, France.[3]
[edit] October events
- October 10 – Yachihata Station in Japan is opened.
[edit] December events
- December 20 – Opening of first section of underground railway in Australia, the City Circle between Central and St. James railway stations in Sydney (John Bradfield (engineer)).[3]
[edit] Unknown date events
- Atlantic Coast Line Railroad gains control of the Atlanta, Birmingham and Coast Railroad.
- American Car and Foundry acquires J. G. Brill and Company.
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[edit] Deaths
[edit] October deaths
- October 20 - Eugene V. Debs, American labor leader, founding member of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen, founder of the American Railway Union, arrested during the Pullman strike in Chicago, Illinois (born 1855).
[edit] References
- ^ "History of the City of Baku. Part IV". Window to Baku. http://www.window2baku.com/eng/9001history_4.htm. Retrieved 2010-01-12.
- ^ Mir-Babayev, Mir-Yusif (Summer 2003). "Azerbaijan’s Oil History – Brief oil chronology since 1920, Part 2". Azerbaijan International 11.2: 56–63. http://azer.com/aiweb/categories/magazine/ai112_folder/112_articles/112_chronology.html. Retrieved 2010-01-12.
- ^ a b Ferneyhough, Frank (1975). The History of Railways in Britain. Reading: Osprey. ISBN 0-85045-060-8.
