1899 in rail transport
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This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 1899.
Events[]
February events[]
- February 9 – Minneapolis and St. Louis Railway purchases the .
Modest exterior of H.W. Braddock's Marylebone station building in London
March events[]
- March 12 – Southern Railway in the United States inaugurates the Piedmont Limited passenger train service.[1]
- March 15 – Marylebone Station, the new London terminus of the Great Central Railway, is opened.
- March – The first of Victoria's 2'6" narrow-gauge railways opens between Wangaratta and Whitfield.
April events[]
- April 15 – Chicago's Lake Street 'L' is extended at grade level beyond the City Limits at 52nd Avenue and reaches Austin. On May 15, it is extended into suburban Oak Park.
June events[]
- June 18 – Canadian Pacific Railway inaugurates the Imperial Limited passenger train between Montreal, Quebec, and Vancouver.
July events[]
- July 17 – Hankaku Railroad Line, Osaka to Fukuchiyama route officially completed in Japan (as predecessor for JR Takarazuka Line and Fukuchiyama Line).[citation needed]
- July 21 – The Burgdorf–Thun railway in Switzerland becomes the first to operate with an alternating current electrification system, using a three-phase overhead at 750 V 40 Hz.[2][page needed]
- July 23 – After successfully lobbying for a change in Canadian Federal regulations and a new city by-law to allow the service, the Ottawa Electric Railway begins Sunday operations.[3]
- July 30 – The Terminal Railroad Association of St. Louis is formed to handle switching and transfer chores in St. Louis. The sponsoring railroads are the Missouri Pacific Railroad, , Wabash Railroad, Ohio and Mississippi Railroad, Louisville and Nashville Railroad and the Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad.
August events[]
- August 8 – Atlantic Coast Line Railroad predecessor Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Company of South Carolina acquired from the Central of Georgia its half-interest in the lease of the Georgia Railroad; the ACL now had direct access to Atlanta.
September events[]
- September 18
- The Gyeongin Line, predecessor Noryangjin to Jemulpo, and the first railway line built on the Korean Peninsula, opens.
- New Haven Railroad signs a deal with Sanderson & Porter, construction contractors, acquiring control of the in Connecticut.
October events[]
- October 14 – North British Railway submits its proposal to absorb the Aberlady, Gullane and North Berwick Railway in Scotland by a stock exchange transaction.
November events[]
- November 8 – is founded in Japan.
- November 15 – The New York Central Railroad leases the Boston and Albany Railroad.
December events[]
- December 31 – Rail transport in Sudan: Desert railway from Wadi Halfa completed throughout to Khartoum by British military engineers on 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in) gauge.
Unknown date events[]
- Maine Central Railroad Calais Branch is completed connecting Washington County, Maine to the United States rail network.[4]
- William Cornelius Van Horne retires as president of Canadian Pacific Railway; he is succeeded by Thomas George Shaughnessy.
- Alexander J. Cassatt becomes president of the Pennsylvania Railroad.[5]
- American Car and Foundry is formed from the merger of 13 smaller rolling stock manufacturers across the United States.[6]
- , later to become part of American Car and Foundry, is founded in Memphis, Tennessee.
- Niagara, St. Catharines and Toronto Railway is formed in Ontario, Canada, by reorganization of the St. Catharines and Niagara Central Railway.
- Establishment in London, England, of The Railway Club, the oldest society in the world for railway enthusiasts.[7][8]
- William Truesdale becomes President of the Lackawanna Railroad, and initiates a bold plan to upgrade the road's facilities.
Births[]
January births[]
- January 15 – Robert Stetson Macfarlane, president of Northern Pacific Railway 1951–1966, is born.[9]
Unknown date births[]
- John W. Barriger III, president of the Monon Railroad 1946–1953, Pittsburgh and Lake Erie Railroad 1954–1964, Missouri–Kansas–Texas Railroad 1965–1970 and the Boston and Maine Railroad 1973–1974 (died 1976).[10]
Deaths[]
September deaths[]
- September 12 – Cornelius Vanderbilt II, president of the New York Central system (born 1843).
References[]
- White, John H., Jr. (Spring 1986), America's most noteworthy railroaders, Railroad History, Railway and Locomotive Historical Society, 154, p. 9–15.
- ^ "This date in Southern Railway history". Southern Railway History. Southern Railway Historical Association. Retrieved March 12, 2009.
- ^ Marshall, John (1989). The Guinness Railway Book. Enfield: Guinness Books. ISBN 0-8511-2359-7. OCLC 24175552.
- ^ "Significant dates in Ottawa/Hull street and light railway history". December 3, 2004. Archived from the original on 2005-08-16. Retrieved July 19, 2005.
- ^ Johnson, Ron (1985). The Best of Maine Railroads. Portland Litho. p. 74.
- ^ Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (2005). "RPI: Alumni hall of fame: Alexander J. Cassatt". Retrieved February 22, 2005.
- ^ Moody, John (1904). The Truth about the Trusts: A Description and Analysis of the American Trust. New York: Moody Publishing Company. p. 217. Retrieved April 16, 2008.
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- ^ "The Railway Club". Archived from the original on 2007-09-29. Retrieved 2005-07-20.
- ^ Simmons, Jack (1997). Biddle, Gordon (ed.). The Oxford Companion to British Railway History from 1603 to the 1990s. Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-211697-5.
- ^ Osthoff, Frederick C, ed. (1968). Who’s Who in Railroading in North America. New York: Simmons-Boardman. p. 314.
- ^ "John W. Barriger; Rail historian and railfan". Archived from the original on 2005-03-01. Retrieved February 22, 2005.
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