1902 in rail transport

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1901, 1902, 1903

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This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 1902.

Contents 1 Events 1.1 January events 1.2 February events 1.3 April events 1.4 June events 1.5 July events 1.6 September events 1.7 October events 1.8 Unknown date events 2 Births 3 Deaths 4 References

Events

January events

• January 1 - The Swiss Federal Railways is formed through the merger and nationalization of several smaller railroads.

February events

• February 13 - The Pennsylvania, New Jersey and New York Railroad, a predecessor of the Pennsylvania Tunnel and Terminal Railroad, is incorporated.

April events

• April 21 - The Pennsylvania, New York and Long Island Railroad, a predecessor of the Pennsylvania Tunnel and Terminal Railroad, is incorporated.

June events

• June 15 - The New York Central railroad debuts the 20th Century Limited passenger train between Chicago, Illinois, and New York, New York.

July events

• July 1 - Oliver Robert Hawke Bury becomes General Manager of the Great Northern Railway in England.

September events

• September 22 - Ottawa, Northern and Western Railway acquires the Pontiac and Pacific Junction Railway.

October events

• October 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.
• 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.

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.

Births

Deaths

References

• (January 16 2005), Biographies of chairmen, managers & other senior officers. Retrieved February 10 2005.
• Colin Churcher's Railway Pages (August 16 2005), Significant dates in Canadian railway history. Retrieved October 11 2005.
• Colin Churcher's Railway Pages (September 7 2005), Significant dates in Ottawa railway history. Retrieved September 22 2005.