1920 in rail transport

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This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 1920.

Contents 1 Events 1.1 January events 1.2 March events 1.3 May events 1.4 June events 1.5 November events 1.6 December events 1.7 Unknown date events 2 Births 2.1 April births 3 Deaths 3.1 July deaths 3.2 October deaths 3.3 November deaths 4 References

Events

January events

• January 28 – Groundbreaking commences to begin construction of the Cincinnati Subway.^[1]

March events

• March 1 – Control of American railroads is returned to private ownership and administration with the disbandment of the USRA.
• March 18 – Fruit Growers Express (FGE) is incorporated.

May events

• May 15 – The Ministry of Railways of Japan is established.

June events

• June 13 – Baltimore and Ohio Railroad inaugurates passenger service to Detroit's Fort Street Union Depot as the first passenger train departs for Washington, DC.^[2]

November events

• November – H. P. M. Beames succeeds Charles Bowen-Cooke as Chief Mechanical Engineer of the London and North Western Railway.
• November 20 – Work begins on the State Railway of Thailand to convert all 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 ¹⁄₂ in) track to meter gauge.^[3]

December events

• 23 December – The Kirkenes–Bjørnevatn Line in Norway takes electric traction into use.^[4]

Unknown date events

• William Sproule succeeds Julius Kruttschnitt as president of the Southern Pacific Company, parent company of the Southern Pacific Railroad. This is Sproule's second term as president.
• Government of India accepts recommendation of Sir William Acworth's East India Railway Committee that the government should take over management of the country's railways.^[5]

Births

April births

• April 17 - James B. McCahey, Jr., president of Chicago South Shore and South Bend Railroad (d. 1998).^[6]

Deaths

July deaths

• July 22 - William Kissam Vanderbilt, heir to Cornelius Vanderbilt and president of the New York Central system (b. 1849).

October deaths

• October 18 - Charles Bowen-Cooke, Chief Mechanical Engineer of the London and North Western Railway 1909-1920 (b. 1859).

November deaths

• November 17 - T. Jefferson Coolidge, president of Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway 1880-1881 (b. 1831).^[7]

References

1. ^ "The Cincinnati Subway System". Ohio Exploration. http://www.forgottenoh.com/subway.html. Retrieved January 28, 2010. 
2. ^ MichiganRailroads.com, Railroad history timeline - 1920-1929. Retrieved June 13, 2005.
3. ^ State Railway of Thailand, Historical background. Retrieved November 20, 2005.
4. ^ "Railway Statistics 2008" (pdf). Norwegian National Rail Administration. 2009. p. 34. http://www.jernbaneverket.no/no/dokumenter/Om-oss/Jernbanestatistikk/Jernbanestatistikk-2008/. Retrieved 28 April 2010. 
5. ^ Saxena, R. P. (2008). "Indian Railway History Time Line". http://irse.bravehost.com/IRHTML.htm. Retrieved December 23, 2009. 
6. ^ The Political Graveyard (March 10, 2005), Politicians in Railroading in Illinois. Retrieved December 30, 2005.
7. ^ "Politicians in Railroading in Massachusetts". The Political Graveyard. March 10, 2005. http://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/railroad.html. Retrieved 2005-12-29.