1928 in rail transport
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This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 1928.
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[edit] Events
[edit] June events
- June 13 - The first tests are performed with the first rail detector car, invented by Elmer Ambrose Sperry, in Beacon, New York. [1]
[edit] September events
- September 22 - Canadian Premier John Bracken drives the last spike on Canadian National Railway's line between Flin Flon and Cranberry Portage, Manitoba.
[edit] November events
- November 28 - After both the eastbound and westbound passenger trains depart, a fire is discovered in the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway's Wainwright, Alberta, station; due to problems with the local fire truck, the station is completely destroyed in the blaze.
- November 29 - The last trains on Pacific Great Eastern Railway's (predecessor of British Columbia Railway) Vancouver-Horseshoe Bay line are run.
- The Merchants Despatch purchases the Northern Refrigerator Car Line (founded by Milwaukee's Cudahy brothers) and its 1,800 cars.
[edit] Unknown date events
- The Chicago, Milwaukee, and St. Paul, a predecessor of the Milwaukee Road, changes its name to Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific after a reorganization.
- William Sproule steps down from the presidency of the Southern Pacific Company, the parent company of the Southern Pacific Railroad. The position remains open until 1929.
- Hale Holden succeeds Henry deForest as Chairman of the Executive Committee for the Southern Pacific Company, the parent company of the Southern Pacific Railroad.
- The Boston, Revere Beach and Lynn Railroad, in Massachusetts, converts from steam locomotive power to electric power, adding motors, electrical equipment and controls to its passenger cars.
- The Atlantic Coast Line Railroad completes the last section of the Perry Cutoff, creating a more direct route between Chicago and Florida's west coast.
- The last new PRR K4s Pacific is built.
- Lindfield train disaster, Sydney, Australia: collision when train speeds after stop-and-proceed at red signal.
- The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway acquires the Kansas City, Mexico and Orient Railway.
[edit] Births
[edit] Deaths
[edit] April deaths
- April 5 - Chauncey Depew, president of New York Central Railroad (b. 1834).
[edit] July deaths
- July 30 - Job A. Edson, president of Kansas City Southern Railway 1905-1918 and 1920-1927, dies (b. 1854).
[edit] References
- Colin Churcher's Railway Pages (August 16, 2005), Significant dates in Canadian railway history. Retrieved September 22, 2005.
- Kansas City Southern Historical Society, The Kansas City Southern Lines. Retrieved August 15, 2005.
- Rivanna Chapter, National Railway Historical Society (2005), This Month in Railroad History - June. Retrieved June 13, 2005.
- Santa Fe Railroad (1945), Along Your Way, Rand McNally, Chicago, Illinois.
- Wainwright Railway Preservation Society (2004), Fire Destroys the GTPR Station. Retrieved November 28, 2005.
