1927 in rail transport

1927 in rail transport

Events

January events

* January 1 - John J. Bernet succeeds Frederick D. Underwood as president of the Erie Railroad.cite journal|journal=Time|url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,729799,00.html|title=Out and In|date=1926-12-27|accessdate=2007-05-29] [cite web| url=http://erierr.railfan.net/eriepres.html|title=Presidents of the Erie Railroad| author=Stratton, Fred|work=Fred's Erie Railroad History Page|accessdate=2007-05-29] [cite journal|journal=The Diamond|author=Brown, Randolph R.; McCourt, John P.; and Obed, Martin E.|title=Erie's Heavyweight Steel RPOs: 1927 Through Retirement|pages=4–5|volume=21|issue=1|year=2007]

June events

* June 29 - Great Western Railway (England) takes delivery of its first 'King' Class 4-6-0 express passenger steam locomotive from its Swindon Works, No. 6000 "King George V". [cite book|author=Wood, G. C.|title=6000 King George V – a chronology|publisher=6000 Locomotive Association|location=Hereford|year=1972]

August events

* August 25 - Detroit and Mackinac Railway officially abandons the section from Au Sable River Jct. to Comins and the Curran Branch between Hardy and Beavers.cite web|url=http://www.michiganrailroads.com/RRHX/Timeline/1920s/TimeLine1920sBackUp.htm| title=RRHX - Railroad History Timeline: 1920s|accessdate=2006-08-25]

September events

* September 24–October 15 - Baltimore and Ohio Railroad celebrates its centennial in the Fair of the Iron Horse in Baltimore, Maryland.

December events

* December 3 - Official opening of London Post Office Railway. [cite book|author=Bayliss, Derek A.|title=The Post Office Railway London|date=1978|publisher=Turntable Publications|location=Sheffield|isbn=0-902844-43-1]
* December 30 - The Ginza Line, the oldest subway line in Asia, opens in Tokyo, Japan.

Unknown date events

* ALCO builds first 4-6-4 tender locomotive in the United States; it is delivered to the New York Central.
* American Car and Foundry acquires Shippers Car Line.

Births

Deaths

May deaths

* May 23 - Henry Huntington, nephew of Collis P. Huntington and executive in charge of Pacific Electric Railroad in the early part of the 20th century (b. 1850).

November deaths

* November 17 - Charles Sanger Mellen, president of Northern Pacific Railway 1897-1903 and New Haven Railroad beginning in 1903, dies (b. 1852). [cite news| publisher=New York Times|title=Obituary: Charles Sanger Mellen|date=November 18, 1927| page=23]

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