- 1923 in rail transport
Events
January events
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January 1 - All major railways inGreat Britain are amalgamated into the "Big Four" companies, theGreat Western Railway ,London and North Eastern Railway ,London, Midland and Scottish Railway and Southern Railway, under terms ofRailways Act 1921 . [cite book|author=Bonavia, Michael R.|title=The Four Great Railways|publisher=David & Charles|location=Newton Abbot|year=1980|isbn=0-7153-7842-2]
*January 30 - TheCanadian National Railway (CN) absorbs theGrand Trunk Railway and spins off the portion of the Grand Trunk within theUnited States to form theGrand Trunk Western Railroad (GTW); CN operates GTW as a subsidiary railroad.February events
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February 7 -London and North Eastern Railway (Great Britain ) takes delivery of express passenger4-6-2 steam locomotive "Flying Scotsman" from its Doncaster Works. [cite book|author=Clifford, David (comp)|title=The World's Most Famous Steam Locomotive – "Flying Scotsman"|publisher=Finial Publishing|location=Swanage|year=1997|isbn=0-900467-02-X] "March events
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March 10 -Norfolk and Western Railroad (United States ) takes delivery of its first Y3a Class2-8-8-2 steam locomotive from ALCO. [cite web|author=Rivanna Chapter, National Railway Historical Society|url=http://avenue.org/nrhs/histmar.htm|title=This Month in Railroad History - March|accessdate=2006-03-10] [cite web|author=SteamLocomotive.com|url=http://www.steamlocomotive.com/articulated/nwy.shtml|title=Norfolk and Western Class Y Locomotives|accessdate=2006-03-10]July events
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July 15 -Warren G. Harding ,President of the United States , drives the golden spike on theAlaska Railroad .
*July 18 - In U.S.Fruit Growers Express (FGE) and the Great Northern Railway form theWestern Fruit Express (WFE) in order to compete with thePacific Fruit Express andSanta Fe Refrigerator Despatch in the west.August events
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August 1 - City ofGlasgow (Scotland ) takes over operation of theGlasgow Subway . [cite book|author=Wright, John|coauthors=Maclean, Ian|title=Circles Under the Clyde: a history of the Glasgow Underground|publisher=Capital Transport|location=Harrow Weald|year=1997|isbn=1-85414-190-2]
*August 4 - theOtira Tunnel (8.5 km) on the Midland Line inNew Zealand opens; construction had started in 1907.
*August -Great Western Railway (Great Britain ) takes delivery of its first 'Castle' Class4-6-0 express passengersteam locomotive from itsSwindon Works , No. 4073 "Caerphilly Castle". [cite book|author=Nock, O. S.|title=The GWR Stars, Castles & Kings|publisher=David & Charles|location=Newton Abbot|year=1967|isbn=0-7153-4743-8]September events
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September 27 - Following soon after the washout ofChicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad 's bridge overCoal Creek (nearGlenrock, Wyoming ), apassenger train falls through the washout, killing 30 of the train's 66 passengers. The accident is the worst railroad accident inWyoming 's history. [citation|newspaper=Casper Star-Tribune|date=June 22 2005 |url=http://www.casperstartribune.net/articles/2005/06/22/news/casper/a2e0ab59d0ef19c0872570270020fd84.txt|title=BP Amoco Timeline|accessdate=2005-06-22 ]Unknown date events
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Interstate Commerce Commission allowsSouthern Pacific Railroad 's control of theCentral Pacific Railroad to continue, ruling that it is in the public's interest.
*Munising, Marquette and South Eastern Railway and Lake Superior and Ishpeming Railway merge to form theLake Superior and Ishpeming Railroad . [cite web|url=http://www.i2k.com/~dpierce/LSI/history.html|title=A Short History of the Lake Superior & Ishpeming Railroad|accessdate=2005-05-09]Births
Unknown date births
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Robert R. Dowty , construction foreman for the "Jupiter" and "119"steam locomotive replicas at theGolden Spike National Historic Site atPromontory, Utah (d.2004 ).
*Margaret Landry Moore , "Miss Southern Belle" spokesmodel forKansas City Southern 's "Southern Belle"passenger train s (d.2005 ). [cite web|author=Trains News Wire|date=April 27 2005 |url=http://www.trains.com/Content/Dynamic/Articles/000/000/005/872uxhif.asp|title=‘Miss Southern Belle’ dies|accessdate=2005-05-04]
*Frank Turpin , CEO ofAlaska Railroad ,1985 –1993 (d.2005 ). [citation|author=Loy, Wesley|newspaper=Anchorage Daily News|date=April 30 2005 |url=http://www.adn.com/news/alaska/story/6437142p-6316333c.html|title=Frank Turpin, railroad, oil leader, dies|accessdate=2005-05-04 ]Deaths
April deaths
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April 10 -Stuyvesant Fish , president ofIllinois Central Railroad 1887 -1907 (b.1851 ).May deaths
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May 16 -George Jay Gould I , eldest son ofJay Gould , president of theDenver and Rio Grande Western Railroad and theWestern Pacific Railroad (b.1864 ).October deaths
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October 25 -Henry Ivatt ,Chief Mechanical Engineer of Great Northern Railway ofEngland 1896 -1911 (b.1851 ).December deaths
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December 5 -Sir William Mackenzie , part owner ofToronto Street Railway , builder ofCanadian Northern Railway predecessors (b.1849 ).
*December 10 - Thomas George Shaughnessy, president ofCanadian Pacific Railway Limited 1899 -1918 (b.1853 ).References
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