1925 in rail transport

none 1924 1925 1926 1920 Events January events January 1 – Government of India takes over East Indian Railway Company.http://irse.bravehost.com/IRHTML.htm Saxena, R. P. Indian Railway History Time Line 2008 2009-12-23 https://web.archive.org/web/20120229092028/http://irse.bravehost.com/IRHTML.htm 2012-02-29 dead February events February 3 – Great Indian Peninsular Railway inaugurates first section of Bombay suburban electrification out of Victoria Terminus. February 16 – A new suspension bridge opens over Niagara Falls, replacing the previous span built in 1855. February 28 – The Chicago, Lake Shore and South Bend Railroad enters receivership.http://www.post-trib.com/news/1026442,SSHISTORY629.article South Shore Railroad history 2008-06-29 Chicago Post-Tribune 2008-06-30September 2016 medicmedic March events March 14 – Groundbreaking ceremonies for construction of the Independent Subway System's Eighth Avenue Line are held at 123rd Street and St. Nicholas Avenue.https://www.nycsubway.org/wiki/History_of_the_Independent_Subway History of the Independent Subway NYCSubway.org March 3, 2018 March 24 – The Gyokunan Electric Railway in Japan opens. April events April 24 – The first section of the Itsukaichi Railway opens between Haijima and Itsukaichi stations in Japan. June events June 23 – The Chicago South Shore and South Bend Railroad is incorporated and purchases the assets of the Chicago, Lake Shore and South Bend Railroad. July events July 1 – Government of India takes over Great Indian Peninsula Railway. July 5 – Samuel Insull begins serving as president of Chicago South Shore and South Bend Railroad with the introduction of major reconstruction projects for the railroad. July 10 – Tobu Tojo Line, Ikebukuro, Tokyo, to Yorii route officially completed in Japan.January 2017 July 17 – Japanese Government Railways introduce automatic couplers in a 24-hour changeover.Ferneyhough Frank The History of Railways in Britain Reading Osprey 1975 0-85045-060-8 September events September 8 – Hull Electric Railway discontinues through service to Queen's Park, Toronto: passengers must now transfer to trains running from Aylmer.Colin Churcher's Railway Pages 2004-12-03 http://www.railways.incanada.net/candate/street.htm Significant dates in Ottawa/Hull street and light railway history 2005-09-08 https://web.archive.org/web/20050827060840/http://www.railways.incanada.net/candate/street.htm 27 August 2005 dead September 27 – The Ginza Line, the oldest subway line in Asia, begins construction in Tokyo, Japan between Asakusa and Ueno.History https://www.tokyometro.jp/lang_en/corporate/profile/history/index.html https://web.archive.org/web/20230605063443/https://www.tokyometro.jp/lang_en/corporate/profile/history/index.html 2023-06-05 2024-07-13 tokyometro.jp October events October – Sir Henry Fowler succeeds George Hughes as Chief Mechanical Engineer of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway. October 22 – Central Railroad of New Jersey 1000, the first commercial diesel-electric locomotive, enters service at the Bronx Terminal Yard. November events November 1 – Japan's Yamanote Line, which becomes one of Tokyo's busiest and most important commuter lines, opens. November 4 – Opening of Khyber Pass Railway, from Peshawar to Landi Kotal.Owais Mughal http://pakistaniat.com/2006/09/26/pakistan-train-khyber-pass-railway/ Khyber Pass Railway All Things Pakistan 2006-09-26 2009-12-23 November 21 – Seaboard Air Line introduces the “Orange Blossom Special”. December events December 15 – Long Island Rail Road 401, the first diesel-electric locomotive used in mainline service, is demonstrated for the first time. Unknown date events Rebuilding of Berlin Friedrichstraße station in Germany is completed. Henry deForest succeeds Julius Kruttschnitt as chairman of the executive committee for the Southern Pacific Company, the parent company of the Southern Pacific Railroad. Lima Locomotive Works builds the first 2-8-4 steam locomotives, their first "Super Power" types, for the Boston and Albany Railroad's routes through The Berkshires; also, the first production 2-10-4s, for the Texas and Pacific Railway.Richard Balkwill Marshall, John John Marshall (railway historian) The Guinness Book of Railway Facts and Feats 6th Enfield Guinness Publishing 1993 0-85112-707-X Electro-Motive Engineering changes its name to Electro-Motive Corporation (a company that would later become General Motors Electro-Motive Division). William W. Atterbury becomes president of the Pennsylvania Railroad.Atterbury-Bakalar Air Museum 2000 http://www.atterburybakalarairmuseum.org/general_atterbury.htm General Atterbury 2005-02-21 https://web.archive.org/web/20050309005258/http://www.atterburybakalarairmuseum.org/general_atterbury.htm 9 March 2005 dead American Car and Foundry acquires Fageol and Hall-Scott. The New York Central Railroad establishes a new subsidiary, the Eastern Refrigerator Despatch. Operation of the ERD, along with its 2,100 reefers, is quickly absorbed by Merchants Despatch. Births Unknown date births H. Reid, prominent railroad photographer and historian (died 1992). References White, John H., Jr. (Spring 1986). America's most noteworthy railroaders, Railroad History 154, p. 9-15.