1926 in rail transport
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This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 1926.
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Events
May events
- May 8 - A. Philip Randolph organizes the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters. It’s considered a major labor as well as civil rights milestone.
- May 20 - The United States Railway Labor Act becomes law.
July events
- July 9 - The first use of a radiotelephone on a train, occurs on a train of the New York Central Railroad.
Unknown date events
- Atlantic Coast Line railroad gains control of the Atlanta, Birmingham and Coast Railroad.
- American Car and Foundry acquires J. G. Brill Company.
Births
Deaths
October deaths
- October 20 - Eugene V. Debs, American labor leader, founding member of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen, founder of the American Railway Union, arrested during the Pullman strike in Chicago, Illinois (b. 1855).
