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{{Year in rail transport|prev=1901|curr=1902|next=1903|decade=1900}}Events January events - January 1 – The Swiss Federal Railways is formed through the merger and nationalization of several smaller railroads.
- January 8 – A train collision occurs in the New York Central Railroad's Park Avenue Tunnel in New York City killing 17 people, injuring 38 and leading to increased demand for electric trains.
- January 24 – The Thompson Tramway, a predecessor of the Connecticut Company, is renamed Worcester and Connecticut Eastern Railway.
February events- February 13 – The Pennsylvania, New Jersey and New York Railroad, a predecessor of the Pennsylvania Tunnel and Terminal Railroad, is incorporated.
- February 15 – The Berlin U-Bahn Underground is opened in Germany.
- February – Great Western Railway of England turns out the prototype 'Saint' Class 4-6-0 locomotive from its Swindon Works, beginning a series of successful 2-cylinder designs.[1]
- February – Edwin Winter becomes president of Brooklyn Rapid Transit in New York City.[2]
March events- March 10 – An antitrust suit is filed against Northern Securities Company, a holding company controlling Northern Pacific Railway, Great Northern Railway, Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad and others.[3]
April events- April 9 – Underground Electric Railways Company of London formed to consolidate the group of Underground lines controlled by American financier Charles Yerkes.
- April 21 – The Pennsylvania, New York and Long Island Railroad, a predecessor of the Pennsylvania Tunnel and Terminal Railroad, is incorporated.
May events - May 1 – Ahead of merger documentation and filing, Canadian Pacific Railway takes control of the Ottawa, Northern and Western Railway.[4]
- May 10 – Construction begins on the Temiskaming and Northern Ontario Railway.[5]
- May 23 – Ottawa, Northern and Western Railway passenger trains are shifted to Ottawa's Broad Street Union Station.[4]
June events- June 11 – Chūō Main Line, Ochanomizu of Tokyo to Shiojiri route official complete in Japan, as same time, Shinjuku of Tokyo to Matsumoto route direct passenger train service start. {{citation needed|date=December 2016}}
- June 15
- The New York Central railroad debuts the 20th Century Limited passenger train between Chicago and New York.
- Canadian Pacific Railway reroutes its transcontinental passenger trains in Ottawa to use the Vaudreuil line and the Interprovincial Bridge.[4]
July events- July 1 – Oliver Robert Hawke Bury becomes General Manager of the Great Northern Railway in England.[5]
- July 4 – Pacific Electric Railway opens its first interurban line to connect Los Angeles and Long Beach, California.[6]
- July 12 – First of the Neuquén-Cipolletti bridges opened for Buenos Aires Great Southern Railway traffic in Argentina.
- July 17 – The Texas Mexican Railway converts to standard gauge.
September events - September 22 – Ottawa, Northern and Western Railway acquires the Pontiac and Pacific Junction Railway.[4]
October events - October 9 – The Trinity and Brazos Valley Railway, predecessor of the Burlington-Rock Island Railroad, is chartered in Texas.
- October 13 – Professor Ernest Rutherford of McGill University demonstrates the first wireless communication system between a station and a moving train using a Grand Trunk Railway passenger special operating between Toronto and Montreal.[7]
November - November 2 – Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad and Southern Pacific Railroad jointly inaugurate the Golden State Limited passenger train between Chicago, Illinois, and Los Angeles, California.[8]
- November 26 – Skreiabanen in Toten, Norway, is opened.
Unknown date events- The Alaska Central Railroad (an early predecessor of the Alaska Railroad) begins construction northward from Seward, Alaska.
- The Atlantic Coast Line acquires the Plant System Railroads and gains control of the Louisville & Nashville Railroad.
- Serious buffer stop accident at Frankfurt-am-Main inspires development of Rawie range of energy-absorbing buffer stops.
- MÁV chief engineer Kálmán Kandó designs the world's first standard gauge AC electrified railway in Italy.
- Narrow gauge Ferrocarril de Córdoba a Huatusco is completed to Coscomatepec, Veracruz.[9]
- Percy French writes the song Are Ye Right There Michael? ridiculing the West Clare Railway in Ireland.
Births{{Empty section|date=July 2010}}Deaths May deaths - May 20 – H. H. Hunnewell, director for Illinois Central Railroad 1862-1871, president of Kansas City, Fort Scott and Gulf Railroad, president of Kansas City, Lawrence and Southern Railroad, dies (b. 1810).
November deaths- November 12 - William Henry Barlow, English railway civil engineer (born 1812).
References1. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.greatwestern.org.uk/m_in_snt.htm|work=Great Western Archive|title=2900 'Saint' Class|accessdate=2010-06-16}} 2. ^{{cite book|editor=Busbey, T. Addison|title=The Biographical Directory of the Railway Officials of America|location=Chicago|publisher=Railway Age|year=1906|page=666}} 3. ^{{cite web| publisher=Rivanna Chapter, National Railway Historical Society| url=http://avenue.org/nrhs/histmar.htm| title=This Month in Railroad History - March| accessdate=March 10, 2006| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20060417075629/http://avenue.org/nrhs/histmar.htm| archivedate= 17 April 2006 | deadurl= no}} 4. ^1 2 3 {{cite web|work=Colin Churcher's Railway Pages |date=November 4, 2008 |url=http://www.railways.incanada.net/candate/ottawa.htm |title=Significant dates in Ottawa railway history |accessdate=November 20, 2008 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20060427061656/http://www.railways.incanada.net/candate/ottawa.htm |archivedate=April 27, 2006 |df= }} 5. ^{{cite web|date=September 30, 2008|url=http://www.steamindex.com/people/managers.htm|title=Biographies of chairmen, managers & other senior officers|accessdate=November 20, 2008|work=Steam Index|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081225154700/http://www.steamindex.com/people/managers.htm|archivedate=25 December 2008|deadurl=no}} 6. ^{{cite book|title=Images of Rail: Pacific Electric Red Cars|author=Walker, Jim|year=2006|publisher=Arcadia Publishing|isbn=0-7385-4688-7|page=7}} 7. ^1 {{cite web|url=http://www.railways.incanada.net/candate/candate.htm |title=Significant dates in Canadian railway history |work=Colin Churcher's Railway Pages |date=2008-11-04 |accessdate=2008-11-20 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20060427113227/http://www.railways.incanada.net/candate/candate.htm |archivedate=2006-04-27 |df= }} 8. ^{{cite journal | title=Famous trains of North America | journal=Railway World | date=5 January 1906 | volume=50 | issue=1 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vs81AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA16 | pages=15–21 | ref={{Harvid|Railway World|1906}} }} 9. ^{{cite book| title=Mexican Narrow Gauge |author=Best, Gerald M. |publisher=Howell-North |year=1968}}
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