1901 in rail transport
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This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 1901.
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[edit] Events
[edit] January events
- January 3 - The St. Louis Southwestern Railway purchases the Stuttgart and Arkansas River Railroad in Arkansas.
[edit] February events
- February - The Canadian Locomotive Company is formed from the assets of the bankrupt Canadian Locomotive and Engine Company.
[edit] May events
- May - Frederick D. Underwood succeeds Eben B. Thomas as president of the Erie Railroad.
[edit] April events
- April 1 - Atlantic Coast Line Railroad acquires the Wilmington and Weldon Railroad in North Carolina.
- April 11 - The Ōu South Line in Japan opens between Yonezawa and Yamagata.
[edit] June events
- June 14 - The Atlantic City Railroad (predecessor of the Pennsylvania-Reading Seashore Lines) is incorporated from the merger of the Camden County Railroad, Ocean City Railroad and Seacoast Railroad.
- June 24 - The American Locomotive Company (ALCO) is formed through the merger of eight smaller American steam locomotive manufacturers.
[edit] July events
- July 25 - The Hull Electric Railway officially begins regular service over the Interprovincial Bridge between Ottawa and Aylmer.
[edit] August events
- August 5 - Queenscliff Junction, in Victoria, Australia, is closed.
[edit] September events
- September 17 - Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway inaugurates passenger train service on the Grand Canyon Railway between Williams, Arizona, and the south rim of the Grand Canyon.
[edit] November events
- November 7 - Memphis, Helena and Louisiana Railroad, a predecessor of the St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern Railroad, is organized in Arkansas.
[edit] December events
- December 3 - The 3.5 km first part of the Trondheim Tramway in Trondheim, Norway is opened. [1]
- December 12 - Pennsylvania Railroad president Alexander Cassatt announces the railroad's plan to enter New York City — to tunnel under the Hudson River and to build a grand station on the West Side of Manhattan, a station that would become Pennsylvania Station.
[edit] Unknown date events
- E. H. Harriman succeeds Charles Hayes as president of the Southern Pacific Company, parent company of the Southern Pacific Railroad.
- Jacob S. Rogers, still the primary shareholder, closes Rogers Locomotive Company, but then reopens the company as Rogers Locomotive Works after the ALCO merger.
- American Car and Foundry (ACF) acquires Jackson and Sharp Company and Common Sense Bolster Company.
- The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway (ATSF) purchases the Santa Fe and Grand Canyon Railway renames it to the Grand Canyon Railway and begins operating it as a subsidiary railroad and destination for customers of ATSF's passenger trains.
- George Frederick Baer becomes president of Reading Company.
- The Lake Shore Electric Railway is formed through the merger of the Lorain and Cleveland Railway, Sandusky and Interurban Railway and Toledo, Fremont and Norwalk Railway.
[edit] Births
[edit] December births
- December 11 - Donald Gordon, president of Canadian National Railway 1950-1966, is born (d. 1969).
[edit] Deaths
[edit] January deaths
- January 6 - Philip Armour, founder of Armour and Company meatpackers and subsidiary Armour Refrigerator Line refrigerator car operators (b. 1832).
[edit] February deaths
- February 9 - Fred Harvey, restaurateur who founded the Harvey House chain of restaurants and hotels to serve passengers of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway (b. 1835).
[edit] Unknown date deaths
- Jacob S. Rogers, son of Thomas Rogers and second president of Rogers Locomotive and Machine Works.
[edit] References
- Beck, Wayne (1957), Coton Belt News, The History of the St. Louis Soutwestern Railway. Retrieved August 6, 2005.
- Bianchi, Curt (May 1995), "By steam to the Grand Canyon", Trains Magazine, p. 38-45.
- Erie Railroad presidents. Retrieved March 15, 2005.
- History of the Geelong - Queenscliff Railway. Retrieved August 4, 2005.
- Missouri Pacific Historical Society, (2005), St. Louis Iron Mountain & Southern (SLIMS). Retrieved November 7, 2005.
- (December 3, 2004), Significant dates in Ottawa/Hull street and light railway history. Retrieved July 22, 2005.
