1928 in rail transport
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This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 1928.
Contents
Events
January events
- January 13 – Henry Clay Hall leaves the Interstate Commerce Commission upon the appointment of his successor.
April events
- April 10 – Takagimachi Station, in Matsushima, Miyagi, Japan, opens.
May events
- May 1 – The London and North Eastern Railway's Flying Scotsman steam-hauled express train begins to run non-stop over the 393 miles (632 km) of the British East Coast Main Line from London King's Cross to Edinburgh Waverley[1] using LNER Gresley Class A1 4-6-2s with tenders fitted with gangway connections to permit a crew change en route; 4472 Flying Scotsman takes the first northbound train.[2]
June events
- June 13 - The first tests are performed with the first rail detector car, invented by Elmer Ambrose Sperry, in Beacon, New York.[3]
- June 28 - The International Railway (New York – Ontario) switches to one-man crews for its trolleys in Canada.
July events
- July 10 – Shin-Koiwa Station in Katsushika, Tokyo, Japan, opens.
- July 18 - Official opening of the Pau–Canfranc railway line as a trans-Pyreneen route between France and Spain, and of Canfranc International Railway Station in Aragon.[4]
September events
- September 1 - Frontier Mail express passenger service between Colaba Terminus (Bombay) and Peshawar inaugurated by Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway.[5]
- September 22 - Canadian Premier John Bracken drives the last spike on Canadian National Railway's line between Flin Flon and Cranberry Portage, Manitoba.
- September 28 - Third class sleeping cars are introduced on those British railways providing such a service.
October events
- October 13 – Charfield railway disaster: London, Midland and Scottish Railway night mail train crashes into shunting goods train following signal passed at danger at Charfield in the English county of Gloucestershire: 16 killed.
- October 15 – The Loenga–Alnabru Line in Norway introduces electric traction.[6]
November events
- November 28 - After both the eastbound and westbound passenger trains depart, a fire is discovered in the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway's Wainwright, Alberta, station; due to problems with the local fire truck, the station is completely destroyed in the blaze.[7]
- November 29 - The last trains on Pacific Great Eastern Railway's (predecessor of British Columbia Railway) Vancouver-Horseshoe Bay line are run.
- The Merchants Despatch purchases the Northern Refrigerator Car Line (founded by Milwaukee's Cudahy brothers) and its 1,800 cars.
December events
- December – Great Western Railway of England commences series production at its Swindon Works of ’Hall’ Class 4-6-0 steam locomotives, of which there will eventually be 339.[8]
Unknown date events
- The Chicago, Milwaukee, and St. Paul, a predecessor of the Milwaukee Road, changes its name to Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific after a reorganization.
- William Sproule steps down from the presidency of the Southern Pacific Company, the parent company of the Southern Pacific Railroad. The position remains open until 1929.
- Hale Holden succeeds Henry deForest as Chairman of the Executive Committee for the Southern Pacific Company, the parent company of the Southern Pacific Railroad.
- The Boston, Revere Beach and Lynn Railroad, in Massachusetts, converts from steam locomotive power to electric power, adding motors, electrical equipment and controls to its passenger cars.
- The Atlantic Coast Line Railroad completes the last section of the Perry Cutoff, creating a more direct route between Chicago and Florida's west coast.
- The last new PRR K4s Pacific is built.
- The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway acquires the Kansas City, Mexico and Orient Railway.[9]
Births
March births
- March 14 – Richard Marsh, Baron Marsh, chairman of British Rail 1971–1976, is born (d. 2011).
October births
- October 3 – Edward L. Moyers, president of MidSouth Rail and Illinois Central Railroad, chairman and CEO of Southern Pacific Railroad, "Railroader of the Year" for 1995, is born (d. 2006).[10]
Deaths
April deaths
- April 5 - Chauncey Depew, president of New York Central Railroad (born 1834).
July deaths
- July 8 – Howard Elliott, president of Northern Pacific Railway 1903-1913, president of New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad beginning in 1913, dies (b. 1860).[11]
- July 30 - Job A. Edson, president of Kansas City Southern Railway 1905-1918 and 1920–1927, dies (born 1854).[9]
References
- Colin Churcher's Railway Pages (August 16, 2005), Significant dates in Canadian railway history. Retrieved September 22, 2005.
- Santa Fe Railroad (1945), Along Your Way, Rand McNally, Chicago, Illinois
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