1908 in rail transport

none February 2012 1907 1908 1909 1900 Events January events January 28 – Florida's Railroad Commissioners adopt rule number 12 of the state's general operating rules for railroads within the state; the rule mandates that railroad companies are required to immediately report by telegram any train wreck within the state beyond a simple derailment that involves injury or death to any person and follow up the telegram within five days with a full written report.433 https://archive.org/details/americanandengl15courgoog Railroad Reports Michie, Thomas J. The Michie Company Charlottesville, VA 1910 January 28, 2010 February events February 25 – The Hudson and Manhattan Railroad starts revenue service between Hoboken, New Jersey and 19th Street, Manhattan. March events March 25 – The Washington, Baltimore and Annapolis Electric Railway extends passenger service from its existing Washington-Annapolis route to Baltimore, Maryland.Washington D.C. Chapter National Railway Historical Society http://www.dcnrhs.org/dc_rail_history.htm Washington, D.C. Railroad History March 24, 2006 https://web.archive.org/web/20060205100435/http://www.dcnrhs.org/dc_rail_history.htm February 5, 2006 dead March 30 – Spokane, Portland and Seattle Railway purchases the Columbia Railway and Navigation Company.Rivanna Chapter National Railway Historical Society http://avenue.org/nrhs/histmar.htm This month in railroad history: March March 29, 2006 https://web.archive.org/web/20060417075629/http://avenue.org/nrhs/histmar.htm April 17, 2006 live April events April 8 – The Chicago "L" Stock Yards branch serving the Union Stock Yards is opened. April 20 – A rear-end collision in Melbourne, Australia, called the Sunshine train disaster, kills 44 and injures around 400. right|260px|thumb|Electric traction in St. Clair Tunnel May events May 17 – Trains operating through the St. Clair Tunnel under the St. Clair River between Sarnia, Ontario, and Port Huron, Michigan, begin using electric locomotives instead of steam locomotives.http://www.railways.incanada.net/candate/candate.htm Significant dates in Canadian railway history Colin Churcher's Railway Pages March 17, 2006 May 17, 2006 https://web.archive.org/web/20060427113227/http://www.railways.incanada.net/candate/candate.htm April 27, 2006 dead 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 and Southern Railway.Jones William C. Holley, Noel T. The Kite Route: story of the Denver & Interurban Railroad 1986 Pruett Boulder, Co. 0-87108-721-9 June 30 – Last day steam trains can operate south of the Harlem River in New York City. June – The distinctive 'bar and circle' design of station nameboards are introduced on the London Underground.David Lawrence A Logo for London Harrow Weald Capital Transport 2000 1-85414-232-1 July events July 1 Public inauguration of Midland Railway Lancaster–Morecambe–Heysham electrification system (6.6 kV A.C. at 25 Hz), the first overhead wire scheme on a passenger railway in England. Chicago South Shore and South Bend Railroad begins service between Michigan City and South Bend, Indiana. July 8 – Construction begins on the Belt Line Railway of Toronto in Hull, Ontario.http://www.railways.incanada.net/candate/street.htm Significant dates in Ottawa/Hull street and light railway history July 7, 2005 https://web.archive.org/web/20050816215418/http://www.railways.incanada.net/candate/street.htm August 16, 2005 dead mdy-all July 9 – The Prussian state railways South Bridge (Cologne) collapses during construction. July 10 – Thamshavnbanen, the first electrified railway in Norway, opens.Norsk Jernbaneklubb Norsk Jernbaneklubb Banedata '94 82-90286-15-5 1994 Norwegian July 14 – Shinpei Goto steps down as president of the South Manchuria Railway. August events August 7 – New Zealand Railways runs first through train in the North Island main trunk line between Wellington and Auckland (680 km mi on).The North Island main trunk line New Zealand History online https://nzhistory.govt.nz/culture/main-trunk-line/north-island-main-trunk-line May 13, 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20090508004710/http://www.nzhistory.net.nz/culture/main-trunk-line/north-island-main-trunk-line May 8, 2009 live September events September 1 – Hejaz Railway opens from Damascus, Syria, to Medina, Saudi Arabia, on the Arabian Peninsula.Hedjaz Railway Tourret, R. Tourret Publishing Abingdon 1989 0-905878-05-1 September 23 – Yokohama Railway Line, Higashi-Kanagawa of Yokohama to Hachioji route officially completed in Japan (as predecessor of Yokohama Line).December 2016 October events October 1 - The Hofpleinlijn, the first electrified railway in the Netherlands, opens between Rotterdam Hofplein and Scheveningen, of which the part until The Hague exists today as part of Rotterdam Metro line E. November events November 1 – The London, Brighton and South Coast Railway introduces the Southern Belle passenger train between London and Brighton.Hill, Keith February 2005 Brighton's Belle Époque BackTrack 19 2 70–79Winkworth, D. W. Southern Titled Trains 1988 David & Charles Newton Abbot 0-7153-9179-8The Railway Magazine 40 From The Railway Magazine archives Longman, Jon December 2008 154 1,292 November – Following experiments, the Great Western Railway of England begins to introduce Automatic Train Control on its main lines.MacDermot, E. T. History of the Great Western Railway, vol. II, 1863–1921 1964 Ian Allan London December events December 18 – Great Northern Railway (U.S.) completes construction of the line between Great Falls and Billings, Montana.http://www.railroads-of-montana.com/lewistown_newspaper_index_greatnorthernrailway.htm Railroads of Montana – Lewiston newspaper index – Great Northern Railway December 18, 2005 https://web.archive.org/web/20051216011109/http://railroads-of-montana.com/lewistown_newspaper_index_greatnorthernrailway.htm December 16, 2005 dead December 19 – Korekimi Nakamura begins his term as the second president of South Manchuria Railway. Unknown date events The Soo Line acquires a majority interest in the Wisconsin Central Railway. Prussian P 8 Class 4-6-0 steam locomotives introduced; around 3,700 are eventually built to this design. Births March births March 15 – Bernard Holden, president of Bluebell Railway in England (d. 2012). September births September 18 – John Francis Nash, vice president of operations for New York Central and president of the Pittsburgh and Lake Erie Railroad and Lehigh Valley Railroad (died 2004). Deaths January deaths January 14 – Matthias N. Forney, American steam locomotive manufacturer (born 1835).https://steamindex.com/people/american.htm#forney American engineers April 4, 2024 steamindex.com 5 May 2020 Forney, Matthias Nace June deaths June 3 – Robert Gillespie Reid, builder of many Canadian railway bridges as well as the Newfoundland Railway (died 1842). References 30em