1916 in rail transport

none 1915 1916 1917 1910 Events January events January 15 - First through Berlin-Istanbul train. February events February 4 - The Manila Railway Company (1906), Limited of London and the Manila Railroad Company corporation of New Jersey are merged by the Insular Government of the Philippine Islands to become the state-owned Manila Railroad Company.AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL TO EXECUTE A CERTAIN MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT WITH THE MANILA RAILROAD COMPANY AND THE MANILA RAILWAY COMPANY (1906), LIMITED, MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE PURPOSE OF CARRYING OUT SAID MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. No. 2574 Philippine Legislature Act https://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/dtSearch/dtisapi6.dll?cmd=getdoc&DocId=2713&Index=%2A9b8c493322d6ea4e01a8b64cca8b398a Philippine Legislature February 4, 1916 July 23, 2022 April events April Murman Railway in Russia completed from Petrograd to the city that becomes Murmansk (central section not completed until November). The intermediate station at Kola lies at 68° 52′ 58″ N, the world's most northerly station at this date. Motor Rail deliver the first of over 900 petrol engined 60 cm narrow gauge railway locomotives for the British War Department Light Railways on the Western Front (World War I); substantially the same design is in production until the 1980s.Davies, W. J. K. Light Railways of the First World War David & Charles Newton Abbot 1967http://www.wdlr.org.uk War Department Light Railways 10 August 2007 https://web.archive.org/web/20070722080041/http://wdlr.org.uk/ 22 July 2007 live April 13 - Oris Paxton Van Sweringen and his younger brother Mantis James Van Sweringen purchase a 75% controlling interest in the Nickel Plate Road from William Kissam Vanderbilt for $8.5 million. May events May 6 - Rome and Fiuggi Rail Road opens for service. July events July 16 - Much of the Southern Railway's mainline in North and South Carolina is damaged or destroyed by flooding.Southern Railway Historical Association https://www.srha.net/public/history/event_list.asp?D_ID=7-16 This Date in Southern Railway History 2005-07-12 August events August 24 - After a bankruptcy, the St. Louis and San Francisco Railroad is reorganized as the St. Louis - San Francisco Railway (often called the "Frisco"). August 24 - Due to several serious accidents caused by broken red lenses in its signals, the New York Central Railroad discontinues white lights as indications to proceed. The new color is green. September events September 11 - The almost-completed Quebec Bridge collapses for the second time.Middleton William D. The Bridge at Québec 2001 Bloomington Indiana University Press 0-253-33761-5 158 https://archive.org/details/bridgeatquebec0000midd registration 2011-08-16 September 30 - Construction is completed on the Hell Gate Bridge in New York City. October events October 5 - Opening of Amur River line completes through rail communication on Trans-Siberian Railway. November events November 16 - The two-storey station opened by the California Southern Railroad in San Bernardino, California, is destroyed by fire.http://www.sanbag.ca.gov/about/santa-fe_history.html San Bernardino Associated Governments A Brief History of the Santa Fe Depot 2004 2006-07-17 https://web.archive.org/web/20060923200554/http://www.sanbag.ca.gov/about/santa-fe_history.html 2006-09-23 dead November 24 - German sleeping and dining car operator Mitropa is founded. December events December 1 - In the Herceghalom rail crash in Hungary, a side collision occurs between an express train and a shunting passenger train, killing 69. Unknown date events Early Summer - The Fairbourne Railway, in Wales, is converted from a horse-drawn tramway into a 15in gauge steam railway.Milner W. J. Rails through the Sand: an illustrated history of the Fairbourne Miniature Railway 1916-1985 Chester RailRomances 1996 1-900622-00-9 The Pennsylvania Railroad adopts the motto "the Standard Railroad of the World". The Pennsylvania Railroad's first I1s 2-10-0 "Decapod" locomotive is completed and first A5s 0-4-0 and B6sb switching locomotives enter service. Joel Coffin purchases Lima Locomotive Corporation; the company is renamed Lima Locomotive Works. The first all-steel fish car is built for use on American railroads.U.S. Government Printing Office 1979 http://www.catskillarchive.com/rrextra/fishcar.Html The Fish Car Era of the National Fish Hatchery System 2005-03-28 https://web.archive.org/web/20050407082631/http://www.catskillarchive.com/rrextra/fishcar.Html 7 April 2005 live Underground Electric Railways Company of London, operator of the London Underground, adopts Johnston (typeface) as part of its corporate identity.Green Oliver Rewse-Davies, Jeremy Designed for London: 150 years of transport design London Laurence King 1995 1-85669-064-4 81–2Howes Justin Justin Howes Johnston’s Underground Type Harrow Weald Capital Transport 2000 1-85414-231-3 In the USA all-railroad mileage peaks at 254,251 miles (409,177 km) with the most of lines located in the east part of country. Births April births April 15 - Benjamin Biaggini, president of the Southern Pacific Company (U.S.) 1964–1976 (died 2005). September births September 10 - Michael Cobb, British railway historian (died 2010). Deaths March deaths March 18 - Karl Gölsdorf, Austrian steam locomotive designer (born 1861).Marshall, John Biographical Dictionary of Railway Engineers 2nd Oxford Railway and Canal Historical Society 2003 0-901461-22-9 John Marshall (railway historian) April deaths April 19 - Ephraim Shay, American inventor of the Shay locomotive (born 1839). May deaths May 12 - Fred T. Perris, Chief Engineer of the California Southern Railroad (born 1836).Serpico, Philip C. Santa Fé Route to the Pacific 1988 Omni Publications Palmdale, California 0-88418-000-X 18–24City of Perris, California http://www.cityofperris.org/history.asp A Brief History of the Perris Valley 2006-07-09 https://web.archive.org/web/20060827004101/http://www.cityofperris.org/history.asp 2006-08-27 dead May 29 - James J. Hill, American financier who gained control of the Great Northern Railway and the Northern Pacific Railway (born 1838). 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