1908 in rail transport: Difference between revisions
Content deleted Content added
Kyle the bot (talk | contribs) m robot Adding: fr:1908 dans les chemins de fer |
July 14 - South Manchuria Railway presidency |
||
| Line 21: | Line 21: | ||
=== July events === |
=== July events === |
||
* [[July 8]] - Construction begins on the Belt Line railway in [[Hull, Ontario]]. |
* [[July 8]] - Construction begins on the Belt Line railway in [[Hull, Ontario]]. |
||
* [[July 14]] - [[Shinpei Goto]] steps down as president of the [[South Manchuria Railway]]. |
|||
===November events=== |
===November events=== |
||
Revision as of 16:29, 1 March 2007
| Years in rail transport |
|---|
| Timeline of railway history |
This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 1908.
Events
February events
- February 28 First trip through the St. Clair tunnel between Port Huron, Michigan and Sarnia, Ontario using electric locomotives.
March events
- March 25 - The Washington, Baltimore and Annapolis Electric Railroad extends passenger service from its existing Washington-Annapolis route to Baltimore, Maryland.[1]
- March 30 - Spokane, Portland and Seattle Railway purchases the Columbia Railway and Navigation Company.[2]
April events
- April 20 - Sunshine train disaster, Melbourne, Australia: Rear-end collision, kills 44 and injures around 400.
May events
- May 17 - Trains operating through the St. Clair Tunnel connecting Sarnia, Ontario, and Port Huron, Michigan, begin using electric locomotives instead of steam locomotives.[3]
June events
- June 23 The Denver & Interurban begins operations using some electrified lines of the Union Pacific, Denver & Gulf. The UPD&G and the D&I are both owned by the Colorado & Southern.[4]
- June 30 Last day steam trains can operate south of the Harlem River in New York City.
July events
- July 8 - Construction begins on the Belt Line railway in Hull, Ontario.
- July 14 - Shinpei Goto steps down as president of the South Manchuria Railway.
November events
- November - The London, Brighton and South Coast Railway introduces the Southern Belle passenger train between London and Brighton.[5]
December events
- December 18 - Great Northern Railway completes construction of the line between Great Falls and Billings, Montana.[6]
Unknown date events
- The Soo Line acquires a majority interest in the Wisconsin Central Railway
Births
Unknown date births
- John Francis Nash, vice president of operations for New York Central and president of the Pittsburgh and Lake Erie Railroad and Lehigh Valley Railroad (d. 2004)
Deaths
January deaths
- January 14 - Matthias N. Forney, American steam locomotive manufacturer (b. 1835).
June deaths
- June 3 - Robert Gillespie Reid, builder of many Canadian railway bridges as well as the Newfoundland Railway (d. 1842).
References
- Brief biographies of mechanical engineers. Retrieved February 9 2004.
- Significant dates in Ottawa/Hull street and light railway history. Retrieved July 7 2005.
- White, John H. Jr. (1968). A history of the American locomotive; its development: 1830–1880. New York, NY: Dover Publications. ISBN 0-486-23818-0.
- ^ Washington D.C. Chapter National Railway Historical Society, Washington, D.C. Railroad History. Retrieved March 24 2006.
- ^ Rivanna Chapter National Railway Historical Society. "This month in railroad history: March".
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|accessmonthday=ignored (help); Unknown parameter|accessyear=ignored (|access-date=suggested) (help) - ^ "Significant dates in Canadian railway history". Colin Churcher's Railway Pages. 2006-03-17. Retrieved 2006-05-17.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|year=(help) - ^ Jones & Holley, The Denver & Interurban Railroad
- ^ Hill, Keith (2005). "Brighton's Belle Époque". BackTrack. 19 (2): p 70-79.
{{cite journal}}:|pages=has extra text (help); Unknown parameter|Month=ignored (help) - ^ Railroads of Montana - Lewiston newspaper index - Great Northern Railway. Retrieved December 18 2005.