1902 in rail transport
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1901 in rail transport
1902 in rail transport
1903 in rail transport
1902 in rail transport
1903 in rail transport
This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 1902.
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[edit] Events
[edit] January events
January 1 - The Swiss Federal Railways is formed through the merger and nationalization of several smaller railroads. January 8 - A train collision occurs in the New York Central Railroad's Park Avenue Tunnel in New York City killing 17 people, injuring 38 and leading to increased demand for electric trains.
[edit] February events
February 13 - The Pennsylvania, New Jersey and New York Railroad, a predecessor of the Pennsylvania Tunnel and Terminal Railroad, is incorporated. February - Edwin Winter becomes president of Brooklyn Rapid Transit in New York City.[1]
[edit] March events
March 10 - An antitrust suit is filed against Northern Securities Company, a holding company controlling Northern Pacific Railway, Great Northern Railway, Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad and others.[2]
[edit] April events
April 21 - The Pennsylvania, New York and Long Island Railroad, a predecessor of the Pennsylvania Tunnel and Terminal Railroad, is incorporated.
[edit] June events
June 15 - The New York Central railroad debuts the 20th Century Limited passenger train between Chicago, Illinois, and New York, New York.
[edit] July events
July 1 - Oliver Robert Hawke Bury becomes General Manager of the Great Northern Railway in England. July 17 - The Texas Mexican Railway switches to standard gauge.
[edit] September events
September 22 - Ottawa, Northern and Western Railway acquires the Pontiac and Pacific Junction Railway.
[edit] October events
October 2 – Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad and Southern Pacific Railroad jointly inaugurate the Golden State Limited passenger train between Chicago, Illinois, and Los Angeles, California. October 9 – The Trinity and Brazos Valley Railway, predecessor of the Burlington-Rock Island Railroad, is chartered in Texas. October 13 – Professor Ernest Rutherford of McGill University demonstrates the first wireless communication system between a station and a moving train using a Grand Trunk Railway passenger special operating between Toronto and Montreal.[3]
[edit] November
November 26 - Skreiabanen in Toten, Norway is opened.
[edit] Unknown date events
The Alaska Central Railroad (an early predecessor of the Alaska Railroad) begins construction northward from Seward, Alaska. The Atlantic Coast Line acquires the Plant System Railroads and gains control of the Louisville & Nashville Railroad. Serious buffer stop accident at Frankfurt-am-Main inspires development of Rawie range of energy-absorbing buffer stops. MÃV chief engineer Kálmán Kandó designs the world's first standard gauge AC electrified railway in Italy.
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[edit] Deaths
[edit] References
(January 16, 2005), Biographies of chairmen, managers & other senior officers. Retrieved February 10, 2005. Colin Churcher's Railway Pages (August 16, 2005), Significant dates in Canadian railway history. Retrieved October 11, 2005. Colin Churcher's Railway Pages (September 7, 2005), Significant dates in Ottawa railway history. Retrieved September 22, 2005.
^ Busbey, T. Addison, editor (1906). The Biographical Directory of the Railway Officials of America, Edition of 1906. Chicago, Illinois: Railway Age, 666. ^ Rivanna Chapter, National Railway Historical Society, This Month in Railroad History - March. Retrieved March 10, 2006. ^ "Significant dates in Canadian railway history". Colin Churcher's Railway Pages (2006-09-15). Retrieved on 2006-10-12.
