1912 in rail transport
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This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 1912.
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[edit] Events
[edit] January events
- January 3 – Canadian Pacific Railway leases the Dominion Atlantic Railway in Nova Scotia.
- January 22 – The Florida East Coast Railway opens its rail connection to Key West.
[edit] February events
- February 27 – Pacific Great Eastern Railway (predecessor of the British Columbia Railway) is incorporated to build a line from Vancouver north to a connection with the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway at Prince George, British Columbia.
[edit] June events
- June 2 – Chicago, Lake Shore and South Bend Railroad (predecessor of the Chicago South Shore and South Bend Railroad) begins "one-car" passenger service directly to the Chicago Loop.[1]
[edit] November events
- November 24 – The Pennsylvania Railroad’s premier Chicago to New York train is christened the “Broad Way Limited”, named for the railroad’s four-track main line, not the New York City theatre district.
[edit] Unknown date events
- Oliver Robert Hawke Bury steps down from the General Manager position at the Great Northern Railway in England.
[edit] Births
[edit] Unknown date births
- W. Graham Claytor Jr., president of Amtrak 1982-1993 (d. 1994).
[edit] Deaths
[edit] Unknown date deaths
- Eli H. Janney, inventor of the knuckle coupler (b. 1831).
[edit] References
- (January 16, 2005), Biographies of chairmen, managers & other senior officers. Retrieved February 10, 2005.
- Norfolk Southern Railway. Retrieved February 22, 2005.
- (April 3, 2005), Significant dates in Canadian railway history. Retrieved August 6, 2005.
- White, John H., Jr. (Spring 1986). "America's most noteworthy railroaders". Railroad History 154: pp. 9-15. OCLC 1785797. ISSN 0090-7847.
- ^ "South Shore Railroad history". Chicago Post-Tribune. 2008-06-29. http://www.post-trib.com/news/1026442,SSHISTORY629.article. Retrieved on 2008-06-30.
