1908 in rail transport
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This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 1908.
Contents
Events
January events
- January 28 – Florida's Railroad Commissioners adopt rule number 12 of the state's general operating rules for railroads within the state; the rule mandates that railroad companies are required to immediately report by telegram any train wreck within the state beyond a simple derailment that involves injury or death to any person and follow up the telegram within five days with a full written report.[1]
February events
- February 25 – The Hudson and Manhattan Railroad starts revenue service between Hoboken, New Jersey and 19th Street, Manhattan.[2]
March events
- March 25 – The Washington, Baltimore and Annapolis Electric Railway extends passenger service from its existing Washington-Annapolis route to Baltimore, Maryland.[3]
- March 30 – Spokane, Portland and Seattle Railway purchases the Columbia Railway and Navigation Company.[4]
April events
- April 8 – The Chicago "L" Stock Yards branch serving the Union Stock Yards is opened.
- April 20 – A rear-end collision in Melbourne, Australia, called the Sunshine train disaster, kills 44 and injures around 400.
May events
- May 17 – Trains operating through the St. Clair Tunnel under the St. Clair River between Sarnia, Ontario, and Port Huron, Michigan, begin using electric locomotives instead of steam locomotives.[5]
June events
- June 23 – The Denver & Interurban begins operations using some electrified lines of the Union Pacific, Denver & Gulf. The UPD&G and the D&I are both owned by the Colorado and Southern Railway.[6]
- June 30 – Last day steam trains can operate south of the Harlem River in New York City.
- June – The distinctive 'bar and circle' design of station nameboards are introduced on the London Underground.[7]
July events
- July 1
- Public inauguration of Midland Railway Lancaster–Morecambe–Heysham electrification system (6.6 kV A.C. at 25 Hz), the first overhead wire scheme on a passenger railway in England.
- Chicago South Shore and South Bend Railroad begins service between Michigan City and South Bend, Indiana.
- July 8 – Construction begins on the Belt Line Railway of Toronto in Hull, Ontario.[8]
- July 10 – Thamshavnbanen, the first electrified railway in Norway, opens.[9]
- July 14 – Shinpei Goto steps down as president of the South Manchuria Railway.
August events
- August 7 – New Zealand Railways runs first through train on North Island main trunk line between Wellington and Auckland (680 km (420 mi)).[10]
September events
- September 1 – Hejaz Railway opens from Damascus, Syria, to Medina, Saudi Arabia, on the Arabian Peninsula.[11]
November events
- November 1 – The London, Brighton and South Coast Railway introduces the Southern Belle passenger train between London and Brighton.[12][13][14]
- November – Following experiments, the Great Western Railway of England begins to introduce Automatic Train Control on its main lines.[15]
December events
- December 18 – Great Northern Railway (U.S.) completes construction of the line between Great Falls and Billings, Montana.[16]
- December 19 – Korekimi Nakamura begins his term as the second president of South Manchuria Railway.
Unknown date events
- The Soo Line acquires a majority interest in the Wisconsin Central Railway.
- Prussian P 8 Class 4-6-0 steam locomotives introduced; around 3,700 are eventually built to this design.
Births
March births
- March 15 – Bernard Holden, president of Bluebell Railway, is born (d. 2012).
Unknown date births
- John Francis Nash, vice president of operations for New York Central and president of the Pittsburgh and Lake Erie Railroad and Lehigh Valley Railroad (died 2004).
Deaths
January deaths
- January 14 – Matthias N. Forney, American steam locomotive manufacturer (born 1835).[17][18]
June deaths
- June 3 – Robert Gillespie Reid, builder of many Canadian railway bridges as well as the Newfoundland Railway (died 1842).
References
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