1913 in rail transport

1912 1913 1914

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This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 1913.

Contents 1 Events 1.1 February events 1.2 May events 1.3 July events 1.4 August events 1.5 October events 1.6 December events 1.7 Unknown date events 2 Births 2.1 April births 2.2 December births 3 Deaths 3.1 March deaths 3.2 April deaths 3.3 May deaths 3.4 September deaths 4 References

Events

February events

• February 1 - New York City's Grand Central Terminal opens as the world's largest train station to date.

May events

• May 7 - Tracklaying begins on the Graysonia, Nashville and Ashdown Railroad (a predecessor of Kansas City Southern Railway) between Murfreesboro and Shawmut, Arkansas.^[1]

July events

• July 15 - Opening of the Bern-Lötschberg-Simplon railway in Switzerland, including the 14.6 km (9.1 mi) Lötschberg Tunnel.^[2]

August events

• August 1 - The Alton and Southern Railroad is formed through the merger of the Alton and Southern Railroad Company, the Denverside Connecting Railroad and the Alton and Southern Railway.
• August 13 - Stainless steel (which will soon be used to construct passenger car bodies) is invented by Harry Brearley in Sheffield.
• August 21 - Construction begins on the Morrisburg and Ottawa Electric Railway just south of Billings Bridge, Ottawa.

October events

• October 20 - The Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad's tracks reach Casper, Wyoming, making Casper the busiest rail junction in Wyoming.^[3]

December events

• December 1 - First section of Buenos Aires Metro opened, the earliest metro system in the Southern Hemisphere or the Spanish-speaking world.
• December 18 - Korekimi Nakamura steps down as president of South Manchuria Railway.
• December 19 - Ryutaro Nomura succeeds Korekimi Nakamura as president of South Manchuria Railway.

Unknown date events

• The Nickel Plate Road completes its grade separation project in Cleveland, Ohio.
• The Supreme Court of the United States orders the Union Pacific Railroad to sell all of its stock in the Southern Pacific Railroad.
• ALCO ceases new steam locomotive production at the former Rogers Locomotive Works plant in Paterson, New Jersey; ALCO continues producing new locomotives at its other plants.
• First examples of Class 140 C steam locomotives delivered to Chemins de Fer de l'État in France; 340 will eventually be built.^[4]
• The world’s first rail vehicle with diesel-electric transmission, and the first diesel of any type in regular revenue main line service, a 75 bhp (56 kW) railcar built by Atlas-Deva/Asea, enters service on the Södermanland Mellersta Railway in Sweden. It will remain in use until 1939.^[5][6]
• First on-train cinema set up, on the Trans-Siberian Railway.^[7]
• William Finley is succeeded by Fairfax Harrison as president of the Southern Railway.
• Julius Kruttschnitt succeeds Robert S. Lovett as Chairman of the Executive Committee for the Southern Pacific Railroad.
• Mary Averell Harriman, wife of the late Edward H. Harriman, creates the E. H. Harriman Award to recognize outstanding achievements in railway safety.^[8]

Births

April births

• April 21 - Richard Beeching, chairman of the British Railways Board 1961–1965 (d. 1985).

December births

• December 27 - Ian David Sinclair, president of Canadian Pacific Railway 1969-1981, is born (d. 2006).

Deaths

March deaths

• March 31 - J. P. Morgan, American financier who helped to finance United States Steel Corporation (b. 1837).

April deaths

• April 22 - John Saxby, English railway signalling engineer (b. 1821).^[9]

May deaths

• May 20 - Henry Morrison Flagler, visionary and builder of the Florida East Coast Railway (b. 1830).

September deaths

• September 25 - Herbert William Garratt, English steam locomotive builder and inventor of the Garratt locomotive type (b. 1864).^[10]

References

• Norfolk Southern Railway. Retrieved February 22, 2005.
• (July 28, 2005), Significant dates in Ottawa railway history. Retrieved August 16, 2005.

1. ^ Pitcher, Charles; Manager of DOT Compliance, Kansas City Southern Railway (reprinted by the Kansas City Southern Historical Society). "The Kansas City Southern Lines". http://www.kcshs.org/schedule/subs/images/history/kcs_hist.htm. Retrieved 2006-05-05. 
2. ^ Marshall, John (1989). The Guinness Railway Book. Enfield: Guinness. ISBN 0-85112-359-7. 
3. ^ Casper Star-Tribune (June 22, 2005), BP Amoco Timeline. Retrieved June 22, 2005.
4. ^ Defrance, Jacques (1960). Le matériel moteur SNCF. 
5. ^ Richardson, Matthew (2001). The Penguin Book of Firsts. New Delhi: Penguin Books India. p. 280. ISBN 0-14-302771-9. 
6. ^ Balkwill, Richard; Marshall, John (1993). The Guinness Book of Railway Facts and Feats (6th ed.). Enfield: Guinness Publishing. ISBN 0-85112-707-X. 
7. ^ Robertson, Patrick (2001). Film Facts. London: Aurum. ISBN 1-85410-654-6. 
8. ^ Association of American Railroads (May 19, 2005), Railroads Set Another Employee Safety Record in 2004. E. H. Harriman Memorial Awards Honors Outstanding Performance in Rail Safety. Retrieved January 11, 2006.
9. ^ Marshall, John (2003). Biographical Dictionary of Railway Engineers (2nd ed.). Oxford: Railway and Canal Historical Society. ISBN 0-901461-22-9. 
10. ^ (April 27, 2004), Herbert William Garratt. Retrieved February 9, 2005.