1921 in rail transport

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This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 1921.

Contents 1 Events 1.1 January events 1.2 Unknown date events 2 Births 3 Deaths 3.1 April deaths 3.2 November deaths 3.3 Unknown date deaths 4 References

Events

January events

• January 26 - Abermule train collision: faulty operation of Train Tablet leads to head on collision killing 17 people.

Unknown date events

• Standard Oil begins shipments of gasoline from Casper, Wyoming, by tank car on the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad to Baton Rouge, Louisiana; in Baton Rouge, the fuel is transloaded to ships for export. The city of Casper claims that it ships more oil by railroad than any other city in the world. [1]

Births

Deaths

April deaths

• April 10 - Henry Kirke Porter, American steam locomotive builder (b. 1840)

November deaths

• November 29 - George Stephen, first president of Canadian Pacific Railway Limited 1881-1888 (b. 1829).

Unknown date deaths

• Lucius E. Johnson, president of the Norfolk and Western Railroad 1904–1921 (b. 1846).

References

• Casper Star-Tribune (June 22 2005), BP Amoco Timeline. Retrieved June 22 2005.