1905 in rail transport
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This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 1905.
Events
January events
- January 30 - The Halifax to Yarmouth, Nova Scotia.[1]
- January 31 - Ottawa and New York Railway.[2]
March events
- March 21 - Construction begins on the Apalachicola Northern Railroad in Florida.
April events
- April - Ralph Peters becomes president of the Long Island Rail Road
- April 1 - Nippon Railroad Line, Joban Line)[citation needed]
- April 26 - The trackage rights.[3]
June events
- June 11 - The Chicago, Illinois, and New York City in 18 hours.[1]
- June 12 - Pennsylvania Special (which would later become the Broadway Limited) sets a speed record between Chicago and New York City, travelling at 127.2 mph (204.7 km/h).[2]
- June 21 - The New York Central Railroad's flagship passenger train, the 20th Century Limited, is derailed in an apparent act of sabotage in Mentor, Ohio, killing 21.
July events
- July 1 - The three principal railway companies in Ferrovie dello Stato.
- July 8 - Death Valley Scotty pays US$5,500 in cash to Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway general passenger agent J. J. Byrne to charter the Scott Special.[4][5]
- July 9 - The Death Valley Scotty for US$5,500, departs Los Angeles, on its record breaking run to Chicago, in just under 45 hours.[4][5]
- July 11 - The Scott Special arrives at Dearborn Station in Chicago, 44 hours and 54 minutes after departing Los Angeles.[4][5]
- July 27 - The Hall Road rail accident near Liverpool in England kills 21 people.
August events
- August 9 - Heath Park Halt, the terminus for passenger services on the Nickey line in England, opens.[6]
- August 22 - The Portland and Seattle Railwayis incorporated.
September events
- September 1 - The Witham rail crash in England kills 11.
- September 9 - Construction begins on the Nevada Northern Railway in Ely, Nevada.[7]
- September 12 - Opening of the
October events
- October 15 - Rail line completed in the Sudan from Atbara to the Red Sea at Suakin; also, the Syria Ottoman Railway's Jezreel Valley railway completing a through rail link between Haifa and Damascus.
- October 29 (October 16 Circum-Baikal Railway brought into permanent operation in the Russian Empire, completing through rail communication on the Trans-Siberian Railway.
- October 31 - Bombay, Baroda & Central India Railway property purchased by Government of India.[10]
November events
- November 3 - The Englewood branch of the old South Side Elevated system of the Chicago 'L'opens between 59th Street junction and State Street.
Unknown date events
- Construction begins on the Tidewater Railway in Virginia.
- Indian Railways Board set up.[10]
- Rogers Locomotive & Machine Works.
- American Car & Foundry acquires Indianapolis Car and Foundry and Indianapolis Car Company.
Births
January births
- January 17 - Louis Armand, French railway engineer, manager and resistance fighter (died 1971).
- January 21 - Oswald Nock, English railway author and signalling engineer (died 1994).[11]
Deaths
February deaths
- February 8 - financier who built the Northern Pacific Railway(born 1821).
September deaths
- September 4 - Chief Mechanical Engineer of Great Western Railwayof England 1877-1902 (born 1840).
December deaths
- December 14 - Herman Haupt, American railroad civil engineer (born 1817).
- December 29 -
References
- ^ Smith, Ivan (1998), Significant Dates in Nova Scotia's Railway History (1900 - 1949) Archived 2006-05-24 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved January 30, 2006.
- ^ Colin Churcher's Railway Pages, (January 8, 2006), Significant dates in Ottawa railway history Archived 2006-04-27 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved January 30, 2006.
- ISBN 0-87095-101-7.
- ^ a b c Signor, John R., ed. (Jan–Mar 2006). "Death Valley Scotty's "Coyote" Special". The Warbonnet. Vol. 12, no. 1. pp. 17–29. (The Warbonnet is the official journal of the Santa Fe Railway Historical and Modeling Society)
- ^ a b c Waters, Leslie L. (1950). Steel Trails to Santa Fe. Lawrence, Kansas: University of Kansas Press. pp. 389–392.
- ^ Butt, R. V. J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Yeovil: Patrick Stephens Ltd.
- ^ "A Nevada Northern Railway History". Archived from the original on 2005-04-24. Retrieved 2005-09-08.
- ^ American Society of Civil Engineers. "Victoria Falls Bridge". Archived from the original on 2005-05-06. Retrieved 2007-08-01.
- ^ "The Victoria Falls Bridge". Geoff's Trains. Archived from the original on 2007-10-21. Retrieved 2007-08-01.
- ^ a b Saxena, R. P. (2008). "Indian Railway History Time Line". Archived from the original on 2012-02-29. Retrieved 2009-12-23.
- required.)
- ^ "Robber Baron: the life of Charles Tyson Yerkes". Archived from the original on 17 August 2007. Retrieved 12 August 2007.
Further reading
- 1942 Quiz Book on Railroads and Railroading. Retrieved July 7, 2005.
- Rivanna Chapter, National Railway Historical Society, (2005), This Month in Railroad History - August. Retrieved August 22, 2005.
- Rivanna Chapter, National Railway Historical Society, (2005), This Month in Railroad History - June. Retrieved June 10, 2005