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none February 2012 1919 1920 1921 1920 Events January events January 28 – Groundbreaking commences to begin construction of the Cincinnati Subway.http://www.forgottenoh.com/subway.html The Cincinnati Subway System Ohio Exploration January 28, 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100223205042/http://www.forgottenoh.com/subway.html February 23, 2010 dead mdy-all February events February 23–March 4, May 4–29 - 1920 French railway strikes.Shorter Edward Tilly Charles Strikes in France 1830-1968 1974 Cambridge University Press 9780521202930 https://books.google.com/books?id=Oe48AAAAIAAJ&q=%221920%22+railway+strike+France&pg=PA123 2018-09-03 March events March 1 – Control of American railroads is returned to private ownership and administration with the disbandment of the USRA. March 18 – Fruit Growers Express (FGE) is incorporated in the United States. April events April 1 – Deutsche Reichseisenbahnen merges the German state railways. May events May 15 – The Ministry of Railways of Japan is established. June events June 13 – Baltimore and Ohio Railroad inaugurates passenger service to Detroit's Fort Street Union Depot as the first passenger train departs for Washington, DC.MichiganRailroads.com http://www.michiganrailroads.com/RRHX/Timeline/1920s/TimeLine1920sBackUp.htm Railroad history timeline – 1920–1929 June 13, 2005 https://web.archive.org/web/20060716082438/http://www.michiganrailroads.com/RRHX/Timeline/1920s/TimeLine1920sBackUp.htm July 16, 2006 dead July events July 5 – Portland–Lewiston Interurban carries its heaviest passenger load with trains to the Maine Statehood Centennial Exposition. October events October 1 – Palestine Railways established to manage lines within British Mandatory Palestine, including the Jezreel Valley railway. November events November – H. P. M. Beames succeeds Charles Bowen-Cooke as Chief Mechanical Engineer of the London and North Western Railway. November 20 – Work begins on the State Railway of Thailand to convert all sg track to meter gauge.State Railway of Thailand http://www.railway.co.th/Eng/history.html Historical background November 20, 2005 https://web.archive.org/web/20041110010535/http://www.railway.co.th/Eng/history.html November 10, 2004 dead mdy-all December events December 23 – The Kirkenes–Bjørnevatn Line in Norway takes electric traction into use.http://www.jernbaneverket.no/no/dokumenter/Om-oss/Jernbanestatistikk/Jernbanestatistikk-2008/ Railway Statistics 2008 Norwegian National Rail Administration 2009 pdf April 28, 2010 34 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20101122071524/http://www.jernbaneverket.no/PageFiles/7894/Jernbanestatistikk%202008_22%20juni_web.pdf November 22, 2010 Unknown date events William Sproule succeeds Julius Kruttschnitt as president of the Southern Pacific Company, parent company of the Southern Pacific Railroad. This is Sproule's second term as president. Government of India accepts recommendation of Sir William Acworth's East India Railway Committee that the government should take over management of the country's railways.http://irse.bravehost.com/IRHTML.htm Saxena, R. P. Indian Railway History Time Line 2008 December 23, 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20120229092028/http://irse.bravehost.com/IRHTML.htm February 29, 2012 dead mdy-all Partition of the Ottoman Empire leads to abandonment of the Hejaz railway. Births April births April 16 – Alan Pegler, British railway preservationist (died 2012). April 17 – James B. McCahey, Jr., president of Chicago South Shore and South Bend Railroad (died 1998).The Political Graveyard March 10, 2005 http://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/railroad.html Politicians in Railroading in Illinois December 30, 2005 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20110709135655/http://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/railroad.html July 9, 2011 Deaths July deaths July 22 – William Kissam Vanderbilt, heir to Cornelius Vanderbilt and president of the New York Central system (born 1849). October deaths October 18 – Charles Bowen-Cooke, Chief Mechanical Engineer of the London and North Western Railway 1909–1920 (born 1859). November deaths November 17 – T. Jefferson Coolidge, president of Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway 1880–1881 (born 1831).The Political Graveyard March 10, 2005 http://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/railroad.html Politicians in Railroading in Massachusetts December 29, 2005 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20060618000650/http://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/railroad.html June 18, 2006 December deaths December 1 – Edward Ponsonby, 8th Earl of Bessborough, director of London, Brighton and South Coast Railway from 1895 and chairman of same from 1908 (born 1851). See also List of rail accidents (1920–1929) References 30em