1902 in rail transport

Events

January events

* January 1 - The Swiss Federal Railways is formed through the merger and nationalization of several smaller railroads.
* January 8 - A train collision occurs in the New York Central Railroad's Park Avenue Tunnel in New York City killing 17 people, injuring 38 and leading to increased demand for electric trains.

February events

* February 13 - The Pennsylvania, New Jersey and New York Railroad, a predecessor of the Pennsylvania Tunnel and Terminal Railroad, is incorporated.
* February - Edwin Winter becomes president of Brooklyn Rapid Transit in New York City. [cite book| author=Busbey, T. Addison, editor| title=The Biographical Directory of the Railway Officials of America, Edition of 1906| location=Chicago, Illinois| publisher=Railway Age| year=1906| page=666 ]

March events

* March 10 - An antitrust suit is filed against Northern Securities Company, a holding company controlling Northern Pacific Railway, Great Northern Railway, Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad and others. [Rivanna Chapter, National Railway Historical Society, " [http://avenue.org/nrhs/histmar.htm This Month in Railroad History - March] ". Retrieved March 10 2006.]

April events

* April 21 - The Pennsylvania, New York and Long Island Railroad, a predecessor of the Pennsylvania Tunnel and Terminal Railroad, is incorporated.

June events

* June 15 - The New York Central railroad debuts the "20th Century Limited" passenger train between Chicago, Illinois, and New York, New York.

July events

* July 1 - Oliver Robert Hawke Bury becomes General Manager of the Great Northern Railway in England.
* July 17 - The Texas Mexican Railway switches to standard gauge.

September events

* September 22 - Ottawa, Northern and Western Railway acquires the Pontiac and Pacific Junction Railway.

October events

* October 2 – Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad and Southern Pacific Railroad jointly inaugurate the "Golden State Limited" passenger train between Chicago, Illinois, and Los Angeles, California.
* October 9 – The Trinity and Brazos Valley Railway, predecessor of the Burlington-Rock Island Railroad, is chartered in Texas.
* October 13 – Professor Ernest Rutherford of McGill University demonstrates the first wireless communication system between a station and a moving train using a Grand Trunk Railway passenger special operating between Toronto and Montreal.cite web| url=http://www.railways.incanada.net/candate/candate.htm| title=Significant dates in Canadian railway history| work=Colin Churcher's Railway Pages| date=2006-09-15| accessdate=2006-10-12| ]

November

* November 26 - Skreiabanen in Toten, Norway is opened.

Unknown date events

* The Alaska Central Railroad (an early predecessor of the Alaska Railroad) begins construction northward from Seward, Alaska.
* The Atlantic Coast Line acquires the Plant System Railroads and gains control of the Louisville & Nashville Railroad.
* Serious buffer stop accident at Frankfurt-am-Main inspires development of Rawie range of energy-absorbing buffer stops.
* MÁV chief engineer Kálmán Kandó designs the world's first standard gauge AC electrified railway in Italy.

Births

Deaths

References

* (January 16 2005), " [http://www.steamindex.com/people/managers.htm Biographies of chairmen, managers & other senior officers] ". Retrieved February 10 2005.
* Colin Churcher's Railway Pages (August 16 2005), " [http://www.railways.incanada.net/candate/candate.htm Significant dates in Canadian railway history] ". Retrieved October 11 2005.
* Colin Churcher's Railway Pages (September 7 2005), " [http://www.railways.incanada.net/candate/ottawa.htm Significant dates in Ottawa railway history] ". Retrieved September 22 2005.