1902 in rail transport
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This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 1902.
Events
[edit]January events
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- January 1 – The Swiss Federal Railways is formed through the merger and nationalization of several smaller railroads.
- January 8 – A train collision occurs in the New York Central Railroad's Park Avenue Tunnel in New York City killing 17 people, injuring 38 and leading to increased demand for electric trains.
- January 24 – The Thompson Tramway, a predecessor of the Connecticut Company, is renamed Worcester and Connecticut Eastern Railway.
February events
[edit]- February 13 – The Pennsylvania, New Jersey and New York Railroad, a predecessor of the Pennsylvania Tunnel and Terminal Railroad, is incorporated.
- February 15 – The Berlin U-Bahn Underground is opened in Germany.
- February – Great Western Railway of England turns out the prototype 'Saint' Class 4-6-0 locomotive from its Swindon Works, beginning a series of successful 2-cylinder designs.[1]
- February – Edwin Winter becomes president of Brooklyn Rapid Transit in New York City.[2]
March events
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- March 10 – An antitrust suit is filed against Northern Securities Company, a holding company controlling Northern Pacific Railway, Great Northern Railway, Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad and others.[3]
April events
[edit]- April 9 – Underground Electric Railways Company of London formed to consolidate the group of Underground lines controlled by American financier Charles Yerkes.
- April 21 – The Pennsylvania, New York and Long Island Railroad, a predecessor of the Pennsylvania Tunnel and Terminal Railroad, is incorporated.
May events
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- May 1 – Ahead of merger documentation and filing, Canadian Pacific Railway takes control of the Ottawa, Northern and Western Railway.[4]
- May 10 – Construction begins on the Temiskaming and Northern Ontario Railway.[5]
- May 23 – Ottawa, Northern and Western Railway passenger trains are shifted to Ottawa's Broad Street Union Station.[4]
June events
[edit]- June 11 – Chūō Main Line, Ochanomizu of Tokyo to Shiojiri route official complete in Japan, as same time, Shinjuku of Tokyo to Matsumoto route direct passenger train service start. [citation needed]
- June 15
- The New York Central railroad debuts the 20th Century Limited passenger train between Chicago and New York.
- Canadian Pacific Railway reroutes its transcontinental passenger trains in Ottawa to use the Vaudreuil line and the Interprovincial Bridge.[4]
July events
[edit]- July 1 – Oliver Robert Hawke Bury becomes General Manager of the Great Northern Railway in England.[6]
Pacific Electric Railway passenger car number 219 on the first day of service from Los Angeles to Long Beach, California. - July 12 – First of the Neuquén-Cipolletti bridges opened for Buenos Aires Great Southern Railway traffic in Argentina.
- July 17 – The Texas Mexican Railway converts to standard gauge.
- July 31 – The Zillertal Railway opens in Austria.
September events
[edit]- September 1 – Damascus–Daraa railway line completed.
- September 22 – Ottawa, Northern and Western Railway acquires the Pontiac and Pacific Junction Railway.[4]
October events
[edit]- October 6 – The Basel–Dornach railway line opens in Switzerland.
- October 9 – The Trinity and Brazos Valley Railway, predecessor of the Burlington-Rock Island Railroad, is chartered in Texas.
- October 13 – Professor Ernest Rutherford of McGill University demonstrates the first wireless communication system between a station and a moving train using a Grand Trunk Railway passenger special operating between Toronto and Montreal.[5]
- October 15 – The Ferrovia della Valtellina in Italy begins operating the world's first three-phase AC railway electrification system on a public standard gauge line, designed by MÁV chief engineer Kálmán Kandó with equipment by the Ganz Works.[8][9]
November
[edit]- November 2 – Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad and Southern Pacific Railroad jointly inaugurate the Golden State Limited passenger train between Chicago, Illinois, and Los Angeles, California.[10]
- November 26 – Skreiabanen in Toten, Norway, is opened.
Unknown date events
[edit]- The Alaska Central Railroad (an early predecessor of the Alaska Railroad) begins construction northward from Seward, Alaska.
- The Atlantic Coast Line acquires the Plant System Railroads and gains control of the Louisville & Nashville Railroad.
- Serious buffer stop accident at Frankfurt-am-Main inspires development of Rawie range of energy-absorbing buffer stops.
- Narrow gauge Ferrocarril de Córdoba a Huatusco is completed to Coscomatepec, Veracruz.[11]
- Percy French writes the song Are Ye Right There Michael? ridiculing the West Clare Railway in Ireland.
Births
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Deaths
[edit]May deaths
[edit]- May 20 – H. H. Hunnewell, director for Illinois Central Railroad 1862-1871, president of Kansas City, Fort Scott and Gulf Railroad, president of Kansas City, Lawrence and Southern Railroad, dies (b. 1810).
November deaths
[edit]- November 12 - William Henry Barlow, English railway civil engineer (born 1812).
References
[edit]- ^ "2900 'Saint' Class". Great Western Archive. Retrieved 2010-06-16.
- ^ Busbey, T. Addison, ed. (1906). The Biographical Directory of the Railway Officials of America. Chicago: Railway Age. p. 666.
- ^ "This Month in Railroad History - March". Rivanna Chapter, National Railway Historical Society. Archived from the original on 17 April 2006. Retrieved March 10, 2006.
- ^ a b c d "Significant dates in Ottawa railway history". Colin Churcher's Railway Pages. November 4, 2008. Archived from the original on April 27, 2006. Retrieved November 20, 2008.
- ^ a b "Significant dates in Canadian railway history". Colin Churcher's Railway Pages. 2008-11-04. Archived from the original on 2006-04-27. Retrieved 2008-11-20.
- ^ "Biographies of chairmen, managers & other senior railway officers". steamindex.com. September 30, 2008. Bury, Oliver Robert Hawke. Retrieved November 20, 2008.
- ^ Walker, Jim (2006). Images of Rail: Pacific Electric Red Cars. Arcadia Publishing. p. 7. ISBN 0-7385-4688-7.
- ^ "Kálmán Kandó". Budapesti Műszaki és Gazdaságtudományi Egyetem. 2008. Archived from the original on 2018-02-15. Retrieved 2019-08-17.
- ^ Duffy, Michael C. (2003). Electric Railways: 1880-1990. IET. p. 117. Retrieved 2019-08-17 – via Internet Archive.
Valtellina railway.
- ^ "Famous trains of North America". Railway World. 50 (1): 15–21. 5 January 1906.
- ^ Best, Gerald M. (1968). Mexican Narrow Gauge. Howell-North.