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- Events January events February events March events April events June events July events September events October events November events December events Unknown date events
- Births Unknown date births
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{{Year in rail transport|prev=1924|curr=1925|next=1926|decade=1920}}EventsJanuary events- January 1 – Government of India takes over East Indian Railway Company.[1]
February events- February 3 – Great Indian Peninsular Railway inaugurates first section of Bombay suburban electrification out of Victoria Terminus.[1]
- February 16 – A new suspension bridge opens over Niagara Falls, replacing the previous span built in 1855.
- February 28 – The Chicago, Lake Shore and South Bend Railroad enters receivership.[2]
March events - March 14 – Groundbreaking ceremonies for construction of the Independent Subway System's Eighth Avenue Line are held at 123rd Street and St. Nicholas Avenue.[3]
- March 24 – The Gyokunan Electric Railway in Japan opens.
April events - April 24 – The first section of the Itsukaichi Railway opens between Haijima and Itsukaichi stations in Japan.
June events - June 23 – The Chicago South Shore and South Bend Railroad is incorporated and purchases the assets of the Chicago, Lake Shore and South Bend Railroad.[2]
July events - July 1 – Government of India takes over Great Indian Peninsular Railway.[1]
- July 5 – Samuel Insull begins serving as president of Chicago South Shore and South Bend Railroad with the introduction of major reconstruction projects for the railroad.[2]
- July 10 – Tobu Tojo Line, Ikebukuro of Tokyo to Yorii route officially completed in Japan.{{citation needed|date=January 2017}}
- July 17 – Japanese Government Railways introduces automatic couplers in 24-hour changeover.[4]
September events - September 8 – Hull Electric Railway discontinues through service to Queen's Park, Toronto: passengers must now transfer to trains running from Aylmer.[5]
October events- October – Sir Henry Fowler succeeds George Hughes as Chief Mechanical Engineer of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway.
- October 22 – Central Railroad of New Jersey 1000, the first commercial diesel-electric locomotive, enters service at the Bronx Terminal Yard.
November events- November 1 – Japan's Yamanote Line, which has since become one of Tokyo's busiest and most important commuter lines, opens.
- November 4 – Opening of Khyber Pass Railway, from Peshawar to Landi Kotal.[6]
- November 21 – Seaboard Air Line introduces the “Orange Blossom Special”.
December events- December 15 – Long Island Rail Road 401, the first diesel-electric locomotive used in mainline service, is demonstrated for the first time.
Unknown date events- Rebuilding of Berlin Friedrichstraße station in Germany is completed.
- Henry deForest succeeds Julius Kruttschnitt as Chairman of the Executive Committee for the Southern Pacific Company, the parent company of the Southern Pacific Railroad.
- Lima Locomotive Works builds the first 2-8-4 steam locomotives, their first "Super Power" types, for the Boston and Albany Railroad's routes through The Berkshires; also, the first production 2-10-4s, for the Texas and Pacific Railway.[7]
- Electro-Motive Engineering changes its name to Electro-Motive Corporation (a company that would later become General Motors Electro-Motive Division).
- William W. Atterbury becomes president of the Pennsylvania Railroad.[8]
- American Car and Foundry acquires Fageol Motors Company and Hall-Scott Motor Car Co.
- The New York Central Railroad establishes a new subsidiary, the Eastern Refrigerator Despatch. Operation of the ERD, along with its 2,100 reefers, is quickly absorbed by Merchants Despatch.
Births Unknown date births - H. Reid, prominent railroad photographer and historian (died 1992).
Deaths{{Empty section|date=July 2010}}References- White, John H., Jr. (Spring 1986). America's most noteworthy railroaders, Railroad History 154, p. 9-15.
1. ^1 2 {{cite web|url=http://irse.bravehost.com/IRHTML.htm|author=Saxena, R. P.|title=Indian Railway History Time Line|year=2008|accessdate=2009-12-23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120229092028/http://irse.bravehost.com/IRHTML.htm|archive-date=2012-02-29|dead-url=yes|df=}}
2. ^1 2 {{cite web| url=http://www.post-trib.com/news/1026442,SSHISTORY629.article| title=South Shore Railroad history| date=2008-06-29| work=Chicago Post-Tribune| accessdate=2008-06-30}}{{dead link|date=September 2016|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}
3. ^{{cite web| url=https://www.nycsubway.org/wiki/History_of_the_Independent_Subway| title=History of the Independent Subway| website=NYCSubway.org| accessdate=March 3, 2018}}
4. ^{{cite book|last=Ferneyhough|first=Frank|title=The History of Railways in Britain|location=Reading|publisher=Osprey|year=1975|isbn=0-85045-060-8}}
5. ^{{cite web|work=Colin Churcher's Railway Pages|date=2004-12-03|url=http://www.railways.incanada.net/candate/street.htm|title=Significant dates in Ottawa/Hull street and light railway history|accessdate=2005-09-08|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20050827060840/http://www.railways.incanada.net/candate/street.htm|archivedate=27 August 2005|deadurl=yes|df=}}
6. ^{{cite web|first=Owais|last=Mughal|url=http://pakistaniat.com/2006/09/26/pakistan-train-khyber-pass-railway/|title=Khyber Pass Railway|work=All Things Pakistan|date=2006-09-26|accessdate=2009-12-23}}
7. ^{{cite book|first=Richard|last=Balkwill|author2=Marshall, John|title=The Guinness Book of Railway Facts and Feats|edition=6th|location=Enfield|publisher=Guinness Publishing|year=1993|isbn=0-85112-707-X}}
8. ^{{cite web|publisher=Atterbury-Bakalar Air Museum|year=2000|url=http://www.atterburybakalarairmuseum.org/general_atterbury.htm|title=General Atterbury|accessdate=2005-02-21|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20050309005258/http://www.atterburybakalarairmuseum.org/general_atterbury.htm|archivedate=9 March 2005|deadurl=yes|df=}}
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