1916 in rail transport
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This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 1916.
Events
January events
February events
- February 4 - The Manila Railway Company (1906), Limited of London and the Manila Railroad Company corporation of New Jersey are merged by the Insular Government of the Philippine Islands to become the state-owned Manila Railroad Company.[1]
April events
- April
- lies at 68° 52′ 58″ N, the world's most northerly station at this date.
- narrow gauge railway locomotives for the British War Department Light Railways on the Western Front (World War I); substantially the same design is in production until the 1980s.[2][3]
- April 13 - Mantis James Van Sweringen purchase a 75% controlling interest in the Nickel Plate Road from William Kissam Vanderbilt for $8.5 million.
May events
- May 6 - Rome and Fiuggi Rail Roadopens for service.
July events
- July 16 - Much of the
August events
- August 24 - After a St. Louis - San Francisco Railway(often called the "Frisco").
- August 24 - Due to several serious accidents caused by broken red lenses in its signals, the New York Central Railroad discontinues white lights as indications to proceed. The new color is green.
September events
- September 11 - The almost-completed Quebec Bridge collapses for the second time.[5]
- September 30 - Construction is completed on the Hell Gate Bridge in New York City.
October events
- October 5 - Opening of Amur River line completes through rail communication on Trans-Siberian Railway.
November events
- November 16 - The two-storey station opened by the California Southern Railroad in San Bernardino, California, is destroyed by fire.[6]
- November 24 - German sleeping and dining car operator Mitropa is founded.
December events
- December 1 - In the shunting passenger train, killing 69.
Unknown date events
- Early Summer - The gauge steam railway.[7]
- The Pennsylvania Railroad adopts the motto "the Standard Railroad of the World".
- The B6sb switching locomotivesenter service.
- Joel Coffin purchases Lima Locomotive Corporation; the company is renamed Lima Locomotive Works.
- The first all-steel fish car is built for use on American railroads.[8]
- Underground Electric Railways Company of London, operator of the London Underground, adopts Johnston (typeface) as part of its corporate identity.[9][10]
- In the USA all-railroad mileage peaks at 254,251 miles (409,177 km) with the most of lines located in the east part of country.
Births
April births
- April 15 - Southern Pacific Company(U.S.) 1964–1976 (died 2005).
September births
- September 10 - Michael Cobb, British railway historian (died 2010).
Deaths
March deaths
- March 18 - Karl Gölsdorf, Austrian steam locomotive designer (born 1861).[11]
April deaths
- April 19 - Ephraim Shay, American inventor of the Shay locomotive (born 1839).
May deaths
- May 12 - Fred T. Perris, Chief Engineer of the California Southern Railroad (born 1836).[12][13]
- May 29 - James J. Hill, American financier who gained control of the Great Northern Railway and the Northern Pacific Railway (born 1838).
References
- OCLC 1785797.
- ^ "AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL TO EXECUTE A CERTAIN MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT WITH THE MANILA RAILROAD COMPANY AND THE MANILA RAILWAY COMPANY (1906), LIMITED, MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE PURPOSE OF CARRYING OUT SAID MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.". Philippine Legislature Act No. 2574, Act of February 4, 1916. Philippine Legislature. Retrieved July 23, 2022.
- ^ Davies, W. J. K. (1967). Light Railways of the First World War. Newton Abbot: David & Charles.
- ^ "War Department Light Railways". Archived from the original on 22 July 2007. Retrieved 10 August 2007.
- ^ Southern Railway Historical Association. "This Date in Southern Railway History". Retrieved 2005-07-12.
- ISBN 0-253-33761-5. Retrieved 2011-08-16.
- ^ San Bernardino Associated Governments (2004). "A Brief History of the Santa Fe Depot". Archived from the original on 2006-09-23. Retrieved 2006-07-17.
- ISBN 1-900622-00-9.
- ^ U.S. Government Printing Office (1979). "The Fish Car Era of the National Fish Hatchery System". Archived from the original on 7 April 2005. Retrieved 2005-03-28.
- ISBN 1-85669-064-4.
- ISBN 1-85414-231-3.
- ISBN 0-901461-22-9.
- ISBN 0-88418-000-X.
- ^ City of Perris, California. "A Brief History of the Perris Valley". Archived from the original on 2006-08-27. Retrieved 2006-07-09.