1912 in rail transport

1911, 1912, 1913

Years in rail transport

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This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 1912.

Contents 1 Events 1.1 January events 1.2 February events 1.3 June events 1.4 November events 1.5 Unknown date events 2 Births 2.1 Unknown date births 3 Deaths 3.1 Unknown date deaths 4 References

Events

January events

• January 3 – Canadian Pacific Railway leases the Dominion Atlantic Railway in Nova Scotia.
• January 22 – The Florida East Coast Railway opens its rail connection to Key West.

February events

• February 27 – Pacific Great Eastern Railway (predecessor of the British Columbia Railway) is incorporated to build a line from Vancouver north to a connection with the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway at Prince George, British Columbia.

June events

• June 2 – Chicago, Lake Shore and South Bend Railroad (predecessor of the Chicago South Shore and South Bend Railroad) begins "one-car" passenger service directly to the Chicago Loop.^[1]

November events

• November 24 – The Pennsylvania Railroad’s premier Chicago to New York train is christened the “Broad Way Limited”, named for the railroad’s four-track main line, not the New York City theatre district.

Unknown date events

• Oliver Robert Hawke Bury steps down from the General Manager position at the Great Northern Railway in England.

Births

Unknown date births

• W. Graham Claytor Jr., president of Amtrak 1982-1993 (d. 1994).

Deaths

Unknown date deaths

• Eli H. Janney, inventor of the knuckle coupler (b. 1831).

References

• (January 16, 2005), Biographies of chairmen, managers & other senior officers. Retrieved February 10, 2005.
• Norfolk Southern Railway. Retrieved February 22, 2005.
• (April 3, 2005), Significant dates in Canadian railway history. Retrieved August 6, 2005.
• White, John H., Jr. (Spring 1986). "America's most noteworthy railroaders". Railroad History 154: pp. 9-15. ISSN 0090-7847. OCLC 1785797. 

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