1920 in rail transport

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This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 1920.

Contents 1 Events 1.1 June events 1.2 November events 1.3 Unknown date events 2 Births 3 Deaths 3.1 July deaths 3.2 Unknown date deaths 4 References

Events

June events

• June 13 - Baltimore and Ohio Railroad inaugurates passenger service to Detroit's Fort Street Union Depot as the first passenger train departs for Washington, DC. [1]

November events

• November - H.P.M. Beames succeeds Charles Bowen-Cooke as Chief Mechanical Engineer of the London and North Western Railway.

Unknown date events

• William Sproule succeeds Julius Krutschnitt as president of the Southern Pacific Company, parent company of the Southern Pacific Railroad. This is Sproule's second term as president.

Births

Deaths

July deaths

• July 22 - William Kissam Vanderbilt, heir to Cornelius Vanderbilt and president of the New York Central system (b. 1849).

Unknown date deaths

• Charles Bowen-Cooke, Chief Mechanical Engineer of the London and North Western Railway 1909–1920 (b. 1859).

References

• MichiganRailroads.com, Railroad history timeline - 1920-1929. Retrieved June 13, 2005.