1908 in rail transport
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This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 1908.
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Events
February events
- February 28 First trip through the St. Clair tunnel between Port Huron, Michigan and Sarnia, Ontario using electric locomotives.
April events
- April 20 - Sunshine train disaster, Melbourne, Australia: Rear-end collision, kills 44 and injures around 400.
June events
- June 23 The Denver & Interurban begins operations using some electrified lines of the Union Pacific, Denver & Gulf. The UPD&G and the D&I are both owned by the Colorado & Southern.
- June 30 Last day steam trains can operate south of the Harlem River in New York City.
July events
- July 8 - Construction begins on the Belt Line railway in Hull, Ontario.
November events
- November - The London, Brighton and South Coast Railway introduces the Southern Belle passenger train between London and Brighton.
Unknown date events
- The Soo Line acquires a majority interest in the Wisconsin Central Railway
Births
Unknown date births
- John Francis Nash, vice president of operations for New York Central and president of the Pittsburgh and Lake Erie Railroad and Lehigh Valley Railroad (d. 2004)
Deaths
January deaths
- January 14 - Matthias N. Forney, American steam locomotive manufacturer (b. 1835).
References
- Brief biographies of mechanical engineers. Retrieved February 9 2004.
- Hill, Keith (February 2005), "Brighton's Belle Époque", BackTrack 19 (2), 70-79.
- Significant dates in Ottawa/Hull street and light railway history. Retrieved July 7 2005.
- White, John H., Jr. (1968). A history of the American locomotive; its development: 1830-1880. Dover Publications, New York, NY. ISBN 0-486-23818-0.
- Template:Jones & Holley - The Denver & Interurban Railroad
