1928 in rail transport

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This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 1928.

Contents 1 Events 1.1 June events 1.2 September events 1.3 November events 1.4 Unknown date events 2 Births 3 Deaths 3.1 April deaths 3.2 July deaths 4 References

[edit] Events

[edit] June events

• June 13 - The first tests are performed with the first rail detector car, invented by Elmer Ambrose Sperry, in Beacon, New York. [1]

[edit] September events

• September 22 - Canadian Premier John Bracken drives the last spike on Canadian National Railway's line between Flin Flon and Cranberry Portage, Manitoba.
• September 28 - Third class sleeping cars are introduced on those British railways providing such a service.

[edit] November events

• November 28 - After both the eastbound and westbound passenger trains depart, a fire is discovered in the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway's Wainwright, Alberta, station; due to problems with the local fire truck, the station is completely destroyed in the blaze.
• November 29 - The last trains on Pacific Great Eastern Railway's (predecessor of British Columbia Railway) Vancouver-Horseshoe Bay line are run.
• The Merchants Despatch purchases the Northern Refrigerator Car Line (founded by Milwaukee's Cudahy brothers) and its 1,800 cars.

[edit] Unknown date events

• The Chicago, Milwaukee, and St. Paul, a predecessor of the Milwaukee Road, changes its name to Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific after a reorganization.
• William Sproule steps down from the presidency of the Southern Pacific Company, the parent company of the Southern Pacific Railroad. The position remains open until 1929.
• Hale Holden succeeds Henry deForest as Chairman of the Executive Committee for the Southern Pacific Company, the parent company of the Southern Pacific Railroad.
• The Boston, Revere Beach and Lynn Railroad, in Massachusetts, converts from steam locomotive power to electric power, adding motors, electrical equipment and controls to its passenger cars.
• The Atlantic Coast Line Railroad completes the last section of the Perry Cutoff, creating a more direct route between Chicago and Florida's west coast.
• The last new PRR K4s Pacific is built.
• Lindfield train disaster, Sydney, Australia: collision when train speeds after stop-and-proceed at red signal.
• The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway acquires the Kansas City, Mexico and Orient Railway.

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[edit] Deaths

[edit] April deaths

• April 5 - Chauncey Depew, president of New York Central Railroad (b. 1834).

[edit] July deaths

• July 30 - Job A. Edson, president of Kansas City Southern Railway 1905-1918 and 1920-1927, dies (b. 1854).

[edit] References

• Colin Churcher's Railway Pages (August 16, 2005), Significant dates in Canadian railway history. Retrieved September 22, 2005.
• Kansas City Southern Historical Society, The Kansas City Southern Lines. Retrieved August 15, 2005.
• Rivanna Chapter, National Railway Historical Society (2005), This Month in Railroad History - June. Retrieved June 13, 2005.
• Santa Fe Railroad (1945), Along Your Way, Rand McNally, Chicago, Illinois.
• Wainwright Railway Preservation Society (2004), Fire Destroys the GTPR Station. Retrieved November 28, 2005.