1915 in rail transport
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This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 1915.
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Events
January events
- January 15 - The final spike is driven on the transcontinental Canadian Northern Railway at Basque, British Columbia.
May events
- May 22 - In the Quintinshill rail crash, four trains including a troop train collide causing 227 fatalities and injuring 246 people at Quintinshill, Gretna Green, Scotland; the accident is found to be the result of non-standard operating practices during a shift change at a busy junction.
September events
- September 14 - The funeral train for William Cornelius Van Horne departs Windsor Station in Montreal at 11:00 AM bound for Joliet, Illinois; the train is pulled by CP 4-6-2 number 2213.
October events
- October 1 - Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway introduces the Navajo passenger train in San Francisco-Los Angeles-Chicago service as a replacement for the Tourist Flyer.
December events
- December 16 - William Kissam Vanderbilt is found to be in violation of antitrust laws in the United States because the New York Central owns a controlling interest in the Nickel Plate Road, both of which Vanderbilt owned.
Births
Deaths
May deaths
- May 20 - Charles Francis Adams, Jr., president of the Union Pacific Railroad 1884–1890 (b. 1835).
September deaths
- September 11 - William Cornelius Van Horne, oversaw the major construction of the Canadian Pacific Railway, youngest superintendent of Illinois Central Railroad (b. 1843).
References
- Colin Churcher's Railway Pages (August 16 2005), Significant dates in Canadian railway history. Retrieved September 13 2005.
- Soylent Communications (2005), Charles Francis Adams, Jr.. Retrieved February 21 2005.
