1901 in rail transport

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This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 1901.

Contents 1 Events 1.1 January events 1.2 February events 1.3 May events 1.4 April events 1.5 June events 1.6 July events 1.7 August events 1.8 September events 1.9 November events 1.10 December events 1.11 Unknown date events 2 Births 2.1 December births 3 Deaths 3.1 January deaths 3.2 February deaths 3.3 Unknown date deaths 4 References

[edit] Events

[edit] January events

• January 3 - The St. Louis Southwestern Railway purchases the Stuttgart and Arkansas River Railroad in Arkansas.

[edit] February events

• February - The Canadian Locomotive Company is formed from the assets of the bankrupt Canadian Locomotive and Engine Company.

[edit] May events

• May - Frederick D. Underwood succeeds Eben B. Thomas as president of the Erie Railroad.

[edit] April events

• April 1 - Atlantic Coast Line Railroad acquires the Wilmington and Weldon Railroad in North Carolina.
• April 11 - The Ōu South Line in Japan opens between Yonezawa and Yamagata.

[edit] June events

• June 14 - The Atlantic City Railroad (predecessor of the Pennsylvania-Reading Seashore Lines) is incorporated from the merger of the Camden County Railroad, Ocean City Railroad and Seacoast Railroad.
• June 24 - The American Locomotive Company (ALCO) is formed through the merger of eight smaller American steam locomotive manufacturers.

[edit] July events

• July 25 - The Hull Electric Railway officially begins regular service over the Interprovincial Bridge between Ottawa and Aylmer.

[edit] August events

• August 5 - Queenscliff Junction, in Victoria, Australia, is closed.

[edit] September events

• September 17 - Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway inaugurates passenger train service on the Grand Canyon Railway between Williams, Arizona, and the south rim of the Grand Canyon.

[edit] November events

• November 7 - Memphis, Helena and Louisiana Railroad, a predecessor of the St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern Railroad, is organized in Arkansas.

[edit] December events

• December 3 - The 3.5 km first part of the Trondheim Tramway in Trondheim, Norway is opened. ^[1]
• December 12 - Pennsylvania Railroad president Alexander Cassatt announces the railroad's plan to enter New York City — to tunnel under the Hudson River and to build a grand station on the West Side of Manhattan, a station that would become Pennsylvania Station.

[edit] Unknown date events

• E. H. Harriman succeeds Charles Hayes as president of the Southern Pacific Company, parent company of the Southern Pacific Railroad.
• Jacob S. Rogers, still the primary shareholder, closes Rogers Locomotive Company, but then reopens the company as Rogers Locomotive Works after the ALCO merger.
• American Car and Foundry (ACF) acquires Jackson and Sharp Company and Common Sense Bolster Company.
• The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway (ATSF) purchases the Santa Fe and Grand Canyon Railway renames it to the Grand Canyon Railway and begins operating it as a subsidiary railroad and destination for customers of ATSF's passenger trains.
• George Frederick Baer becomes president of Reading Company.
• The Lake Shore Electric Railway is formed through the merger of the Lorain and Cleveland Railway, Sandusky and Interurban Railway and Toledo, Fremont and Norwalk Railway.

[edit] Births

[edit] December births

• December 11 - Donald Gordon, president of Canadian National Railway 1950-1966, is born (d. 1969).

[edit] Deaths

[edit] January deaths

• January 6 - Philip Armour, founder of Armour and Company meatpackers and subsidiary Armour Refrigerator Line refrigerator car operators (b. 1832).

[edit] February deaths

• February 9 - Fred Harvey, restaurateur who founded the Harvey House chain of restaurants and hotels to serve passengers of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway (b. 1835).

[edit] Unknown date deaths

• Jacob S. Rogers, son of Thomas Rogers and second president of Rogers Locomotive and Machine Works.

[edit] References

• Beck, Wayne (1957), Coton Belt News, The History of the St. Louis Soutwestern Railway. Retrieved August 6, 2005.
• Bianchi, Curt (May 1995), "By steam to the Grand Canyon", Trains Magazine, p. 38-45.
• Erie Railroad presidents. Retrieved March 15, 2005.
• History of the Geelong - Queenscliff Railway. Retrieved August 4, 2005.
• Missouri Pacific Historical Society, (2005), St. Louis Iron Mountain & Southern (SLIMS). Retrieved November 7, 2005.
• (December 3, 2004), Significant dates in Ottawa/Hull street and light railway history. Retrieved July 22, 2005.