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



