1913 in rail transport

none 1912 1913 1914 1910 Events right|260px|thumb|Grand Central Terminal, New York January 2006 January events January 13 - Julius Kruttschnitt leaves Union Pacific Railway and succeeds Robert S. Lovett as Chairman of the Executive Committee for the Southern Pacific Railroad. February events February 1 - New York City's Grand Central Terminal opens as the world's largest train station to date. May events May 7 - Tracklaying begins on the Graysonia, Nashville and Ashdown Railroad (a predecessor of Kansas City Southern Railway) between Murfreesboro and Shawmut, Arkansas.http://www.kcshs.org/schedule/subs/images/history/kcs_hist.htm The Kansas City Southern Lines 2006-05-05 ((Pitcher, Charles; Manager of DOT Compliance, Kansas City Southern Railway)) Reprinted by the Kansas City Southern Historical Society https://web.archive.org/web/20060413155650/http://www.kcshs.org/schedule/subs/images/history/kcs_hist.htm 13 April 2006 live right|260px|thumb|Lötschberg line June events June 28/29 - Bever–Scuol-Tarasp railway opens in Switzerland. July events July 2 - General Electric produces a gas-electric locomotive which is sold to the Electric Line of Minnesota as its #100 Dan Patch.July 2, 1913 – Beginning of the End for Steam Locomotives http://aoghs.org/this-week-in-petroleum-history/june-30-july-6/ This Week in Petroleum History American Oil & Gas Historical Society 2014-07-06 2014-07-06 https://web.archive.org/web/20140714163416/http://aoghs.org/this-week-in-petroleum-history/june-30-july-6/ 2014-07-14 dead July 15 - Opening of the Bern–Lötschberg–Simplon railway's Lötschberg railway line in Switzerland, including the 14.6 km mi on Lötschberg Tunnel.October 2016 August events August 1 - The Alton and Southern Railroad is formed through the merger of the Alton and Southern Railroad Company, the Denverside Connecting Railroad and the Alton and Southern Railway. August 13 - Stainless steel (which will soon be used to construct passenger car bodies) is invented by Harry Brearley in Sheffield. August 21 - Construction begins on the Morrisburg and Ottawa Electric Railway just south of Billings Bridge, Ottawa. September events September 1 – Howard Elliott succeeds Charles Sanger Mellen as president of New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad. September 2 – Traveling at 40 mph in heavy fog north of New Haven, Connecticut, the White Mountain Express crashes through two cars of the Bar Harbor Express and overturns a third coach, killing 21 and injuring 50.Sleeping Homecomers Victims of Rear-end Collision https://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9B05E4DB123FE633A25750C0A96F9C946296D6CF The New York Times September 3, 1913 December 21, 2013 October events October 20 - The Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad's tracks reach Casper, Wyoming, making Casper the busiest rail junction in Wyoming.Casper Star-Tribune (June 22, 2005), BP Amoco Timeline. Retrieved June 22, 2005. December events December 1 - First section of Buenos Aires Metro opened, the earliest metro system in the Southern Hemisphere or the Hispanophone world, and the southernmost. December 18 - Korekimi Nakamura steps down as president of South Manchuria Railway. December 19 - Ryutaro Nomura succeeds Korekimi Nakamura as president of South Manchuria Railway. December 26 - A major fire at its predecessor forces the new Michigan Central Station in Detroit to open early. Unknown date events The Nickel Plate Road completes its grade separation project in Cleveland, Ohio. The Supreme Court of the United States orders the Union Pacific Railroad to sell all of its stock in the Southern Pacific Railroad. ALCO ceases new steam locomotive production at the former Rogers Locomotive Works plant in Paterson, New Jersey; ALCO continues producing new locomotives at its other plants. First examples of Class 140 C steam locomotives delivered to Chemins de Fer de l'État in France; 340 will eventually be built.Le matériel moteur SNCF Jacques Defrance 1960 The world’s first rail vehicle with diesel-electric transmission, and the first diesel of any type in regular revenue main line service, a 75 bhp on railcar built by Atlas-Deva/Asea, enters service on the Södermanland Mellersta Railway in Sweden. It will remain in use until 1939.Matthew Richardson The Penguin Book of Firsts 2001 Penguin Books India New Delhi 0-14-302771-9 280Richard Balkwill Marshall, John John Marshall (railway historian) The Guinness Book of Railway Facts and Feats 6th Enfield Guinness Publishing 1993 0-85112-707-X The Butte, Anaconda and Pacific Railway, a copper ore-hauling short line in Montana, electrifies using a 2,400 Volts DC system engineered by General Electric, the first primarily freight railroad in North America to electrify. Hejaz Railway Station opened in Damascus. First on-train cinema set up, on the Trans-Siberian Railway.Patrick Robertson Film Facts London Aurum 2001 1-85410-654-6 William Finley is succeeded by Fairfax Harrison as president of the Southern Railway. Mary Averell Harriman, wife of the late Edward H. Harriman, creates the E. H. Harriman Award to recognize outstanding achievements in railway safety.Association of American Railroads (May 19, 2005), Railroads Set Another Employee Safety Record in 2004. E. H. Harriman Memorial Awards Honors Outstanding Performance in Rail Safety https://web.archive.org/web/20060112015341/http://www.aar.org/Newsroom/Harriman.asp 2006-01-12 . Retrieved January 11, 2006. Births April births April 21 - Richard Beeching, chairman of the British Railways Board 1961–1965 (died 1985). December births December 27 - Ian David Sinclair, president of Canadian Pacific Railway 1969-1981, is born (died 2006). Deaths March deaths March 31 - J. P. Morgan, American financier who helped to finance United States Steel Corporation (born 1837). April deaths April 22 - John Saxby, English railway signalling engineer (born 1821).Marshall, John Biographical Dictionary of Railway Engineers 2nd Oxford Railway and Canal Historical Society 2003 0-901461-22-9 John Marshall (railway historian) May deaths May 20 - Henry Morrison Flagler, visionary and builder of the Florida East Coast Railway (born 1830). September deaths September 25 - Herbert William Garratt, English steam locomotive builder and inventor of the Garratt locomotive (born 1864).(April 27, 2004), Herbert William Garratt. Retrieved February 9, 2005. References Norfolk Southern Railway. Retrieved February 22, 2005. (July 28, 2005), Significant dates in Ottawa railway history. Retrieved August 16, 2005.