1922 in rail transport

none 1921 1922 1923 1920 Events May events May 17 – The Arkansas Short Line Railroad, a predecessor of St. Louis Southwestern Railway, is incorporated.http://us.geocities.com/TheTropics/8199/c_belt.html The History of St. Louis Southwestern Railway Beck Wayne 1957 2006-05-17 https://web.archive.org/web/20091018232359/http://us.geocities.com/TheTropics/8199/c_belt.html 2009-10-18 dead July events July 1 – The Great Railroad Strike of 1922 begins in the United States, coinciding with a reduction in railroad shop wages by seven cents per day mandated by the Railroad Labor Board. Continues until September 1.Colin J. Davis 1977 Power at Odds: The 1922 National Railroad Shopmen's Strike University of Illinois Press Urbana 0-252-06612-X August events August 31 – H. L. Hamilton and Paul Turner form a company called Electro-Motive Engineering (later to become General Motors Electro-Motive Division) in Cleveland, Ohio. October events October – International Union of Railways (UIC) established in Paris to promote co-operation and standardisation.Anastasiadou Irene International Railway Organization in 19th and 20th century Europe 2005 http://www.tie-project.nl/publications/pdf/wd%209%20Anastasiadou.pdf 2007-07-17 https://web.archive.org/web/20071020165038/http://www.tie-project.nl/publications/pdf/wd%209%20Anastasiadou.pdf 2007-10-20 dead October 22 – Stuttgart Hauptbahnhof (first stage) opened in Germany. November events The first Willamette locomotive is built for Coos Bay Lumber Company of Marshfield, Oregon.The Shay Locomotive: Titan of the Timber Koch Michael The World Press 1971 467 July 26 – The Drammen Line in Norway takes electric traction into use between Oslo West Station and Brakerøya.http://www.jernbaneverket.no/no/dokumenter/Om-oss/Jernbanestatistikk/Jernbanestatistikk-2008/ Railway Statistics 2008 Norwegian National Rail Administration 2009 pdf 28 April 2010 34 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20101122071524/http://www.jernbaneverket.no/PageFiles/7894/Jernbanestatistikk%202008_22%20juni_web.pdf 22 November 2010 December events December 9 – Chemins de fer de Paris à Lyon et à la Méditerranée resumes the Calais-Mediterranée Express, now known as Le Train Bleu because of its Wagons-Lits cars, between Calais Gare Maritime and Menton on the French Riviera. Unknown date events The New York Central acquires the Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad (the Big Four Railroad). Sir Henry Thornton succeeds David Blyth Hanna as president of Canadian National Railway. George Hughes succeeds H. P. M. Beames as Chief Mechanical Engineer of the London and North Western Railway. Births February births February 27 – Robert B. Claytor, president of Norfolk and Western Railway (died 1993) March births March 22 – Livio Dante Porta, Argentinian steam locomotive mechanical engineer (died 2003) July births July 20 – Alan Stephenson Boyd, first United States Secretary of Transportation 1966–1969, president of Illinois Central Railroad 1969-1972, president of Amtrak (died 2020) Deaths Deaths in 1922 Category:1922 deaths See also List of rail accidents (1920–1929) References