1920 in rail transport
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This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 1920.
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[edit] Events
[edit] March events
- March 1 - Control of American railroads is returned to private ownership and administration with the disbandment of the USRA.
- March 18 - Fruit Growers Express (FGE) is incorporated.
[edit] June events
- June 13 - Baltimore and Ohio Railroad inaugurates passenger service to Detroit's Fort Street Union Depot as the first passenger train departs for Washington, DC.[1]
[edit] November events
- November - H.P.M. Beames succeeds Charles Bowen-Cooke as Chief Mechanical Engineer of the London and North Western Railway.
- November 20 - Work begins on the State Railway of Thailand to convert all 1,435 mm (4 ft 8½ in) track to meter gauge.[2]
[edit] Unknown date events
- William Sproule succeeds Julius Krutschnitt as president of the Southern Pacific Company, parent company of the Southern Pacific Railroad. This is Sproule's second term as president.
[edit] Births
[edit] April births
- April 17 - James B. McCahey, Jr., president of Chicago South Shore and South Bend Railroad (d. 1998).[3]
[edit] Deaths
[edit] July deaths
- July 22 - William Kissam Vanderbilt, heir to Cornelius Vanderbilt and president of the New York Central system (b. 1849).
[edit] November deaths
- November 17 - T. Jefferson Coolidge, president of Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway 1880-1881, dies (b. 1831).[4]
[edit] Unknown date deaths
- Charles Bowen-Cooke, Chief Mechanical Engineer of the London and North Western Railway 1909-1920 (b. 1859).
[edit] References
- ^ MichiganRailroads.com, Railroad history timeline - 1920-1929. Retrieved June 13, 2005.
- ^ State Railway of Thailand, Historical background. Retrieved November 20, 2005.
- ^ The Political Graveyard (March 10, 2005), Politicians in Railroading in Illinois. Retrieved December 30, 2005.
- ^ The Political Graveyard (March 10, 2005), Politicians in Railroading in Massachusetts. Retrieved December 29, 2005.
