1908 in rail transport
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This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 1908.
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[edit] Events
[edit] February events
- February 28 First trip through the St. Clair tunnel between Port Huron, Michigan and Sarnia, Ontario using electric locomotives.
[edit] March events
- March 25 - The Washington, Baltimore and Annapolis Electric Railroad extends passenger service from its existing Washington-Annapolis route to Baltimore, Maryland.[1]
- March 30 - Spokane, Portland and Seattle Railway purchases the Columbia Railway and Navigation Company.[2]
[edit] April events
- April 20 - Sunshine train disaster, Melbourne, Australia: Rear-end collision, kills 44 and injures around 400.
[edit] May events
- May 17 - Trains operating through the St. Clair Tunnel connecting Sarnia, Ontario, and Port Huron, Michigan, begin using electric locomotives instead of steam locomotives.[3]
[edit] June events
- June 23 The Denver & Interurban begins operations using some electrified lines of the Union Pacific, Denver & Gulf. The UPD&G and the D&I are both owned by the Colorado & Southern.[4]
- June 30 Last day steam trains can operate south of the Harlem River in New York City.
[edit] July events
- July 8 - Construction begins on the Belt Line railway in Hull, Ontario.
- July 14 - Shinpei Goto steps down as president of the South Manchuria Railway.
[edit] November events
- November - The London, Brighton and South Coast Railway introduces the Southern Belle passenger train between London and Brighton.[5]
[edit] December events
- December 18 - Great Northern Railway completes construction of the line between Great Falls and Billings, Montana.[6]
- December 19 - Korekimi Nakamura begins his term as the second president of South Manchuria Railway.
[edit] Unknown date events
- The Soo Line acquires a majority interest in the Wisconsin Central Railway
[edit] Births
[edit] Unknown date births
- John Francis Nash, vice president of operations for New York Central and president of the Pittsburgh and Lake Erie Railroad and Lehigh Valley Railroad (d. 2004)
[edit] Deaths
[edit] January deaths
- January 14 - Matthias N. Forney, American steam locomotive manufacturer (b. 1835).
[edit] June deaths
- June 3 - Robert Gillespie Reid, builder of many Canadian railway bridges as well as the Newfoundland Railway (d. 1842).
[edit] References
- Brief biographies of mechanical engineers. Retrieved February 9, 2004.
- Significant dates in Ottawa/Hull street and light railway history. Retrieved July 7, 2005.
- White, John H., Jr. (1968). A history of the American locomotive; its development: 1830-1880. New York, NY: Dover Publications. ISBN 0-486-23818-0.
- ^ Washington D.C. Chapter National Railway Historical Society, Washington, D.C. Railroad History. Retrieved March 24, 2006.
- ^ Rivanna Chapter National Railway Historical Society. This month in railroad history: March. Retrieved on 29 March, 2006.
- ^ Significant dates in Canadian railway history. Colin Churcher's Railway Pages (2006-03-17). Retrieved on 2006-05-17.
- ^ Jones & Holley, The Denver & Interurban Railroad
- ^ Hill, Keith (2005). "Brighton's Belle Époque". BackTrack 19 (2): p 70-79.
- ^ Railroads of Montana - Lewiston newspaper index - Great Northern Railway. Retrieved December 18, 2005.
