1921 in rail transport

none 1920 1921 1922 1920 Events January January 26 – Abermule train collision, Wales: faulty operation of single line train tablet leads to head-on collision killing 17 people. April April 15 – Southern Pacific Railroad takes delivery of 4-6-2 number 2472 (now preserved) from Baldwin Locomotive Works.Diebert, Timothy S. Strapac, Joseph A. Southern Pacific Company Steam Locomotive Conpendium Shade Tree Books 1987 0-930742-12-5 p 178. July July 14 – In an effort to consolidate maintenance and simplify operations, Grand Trunk Railway and Canadian Northern Ontario Railway open a 0.35 mi km connection in Lyn, Ontario.http://www.railways.incanada.net/candate/ottawa.htm Significant dates in Ottawa railway history Colin Churcher's Railway Pages 10 June 2006 2006-07-14 https://web.archive.org/web/20060715135305/http://www.railways.incanada.net/candate/ottawa.htm 15 July 2006 dead July 24 – In the Russian SFSR, the propeller-driven Aerowagon derails at speed, killing 6.Ishkov Sergey Последний «полет» аэровагона https://mospravda.ru/2019/07/24/119159/ Moskovskaya Pravda 2019-07-24 August August 19 – Publication in the United Kingdom of the Railways Act 1921, which provides for the amalgamation of British railway companies into four large groups, "The Big Four", with effect from January 1, 1923. September September 17 – The Dovre Line between Oslo and Trondheim in Norway is officially opened. December December 5 – The Louisville and Nashville Railroad introduces the Pan-American passenger train between Cincinnati, Ohio and New Orleans, Louisiana. Unknown date Spring – Founding of Railway & Locomotive Historical Society in the U.S.Railway & Locomotive Historical Society http://rlhs.org/ 2007-07-18 https://web.archive.org/web/20070707165116/http://rlhs.org/ 7 July 2007 live Standard Oil begins shipments of gasoline from Casper, Wyoming, by tank car on the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad to Baton Rouge, Louisiana; in Baton Rouge, the fuel is transloaded to ships for export. The city of Casper claims that it ships more oil by railroad than any other city in the world.Casper Star-Tribune (June 22, 2005), BP Amoco Timeline. Retrieved June 22, 2005. Births July births July 31 – James I. C. Boyd, British railway historian (died 2009). Deaths February deaths February 9 – Lucius E. Johnson, president of the Norfolk and Western Railroad 1904–1921 (born 1846). April deaths April 10 – Henry Kirke Porter, American steam locomotive builder (born 1840). May deaths May 18 – Franklin Knight Lane, Interstate Commerce Commission commissioner 1905–1913, chairman of same in 1913 (b. 1864). September deaths September 3 – Joseph A. Bennett, president of the Bridgton and Saco River Railroad (born 1852).Two Feet to the Lakes Jones, Robert C. Pacific Fast Mail 1993 0-915713-26-8 31 November deaths November 29 – George Stephen, first president of Canadian Pacific Railway Limited 1881–1888 (born 1829). See also List of rail accidents (1920–1929) References