1911 in rail transport

Events

May events

* May 12 - Electric trains begin work between London Victoria station and Crystal Palace
* May 30 - The first Milwaukee Road "Olympian" passenger train arrives in Deer Lodge, Montana.

July events

* July 10 - Six construction workers die in an accident while working on the Western Maryland Railway's Salisbury Viaduct.
* July 14 - The Santa Maria Valley Railway is incorporated in Los Angeles, California.
* July 25 - Canadian Northern Railway (CNOR) purchases the right-of-way and assets of the defunct Carillon and Grenville Railway, the last broad gauge railroad (at 5 ft 6 inches) in North America, to become part of CNOR's Montreal-Ottawa mainline.

October events

* October 1
** Hudson and Manhattan Railroad trains make their first station stops at the Pennsylvania Railroad's Manhattan Transfer station in New York City.
** Nigel Gresley (later Sir Nigel Gresley) becomes Locomotive Engineer, Great Northern Railway.

November events

* November 20 - Western Maryland Railway breaks ground for the station in Meyersdale, Pennsylvania.

December events

* December 12 - Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway inaugurates its first extra-fare named passenger train, the "Santa Fe De Luxe" between Chicago, Illinois, and Los Angeles, California.

Unknown date events

* William Sproule succeeds Robert S. Lovett as president of the Southern Pacific Company, parent company of the Southern Pacific Railroad
* Penn Station in Baltimore, Maryland opens.

Births

Deaths

March deaths

* March 18 - David Moffat, Colorado financier and head of nine railroads, dies (b. 1839).

eptember deaths

* September 12 - John Souther, founder of Globe Locomotive Works (b. 1816).

References

* (September 10 2001), " [http://www.meyersdale.org/rr_history/wmrailhistory.html History of the Western Maryland Railway] ". Retrieved July 7 2005.
* Newcomb, Kenneth W., " [http://www.hemlockgorge.org/FHG_Makers_of_the_Mold/MakersTitlePage.htm The Makers of the Mold] ". Retrieved February 15 2005.
* (April 3 2005), " [http://www.railways.incanada.net/candate/candate.htm Significant dates in Canadian railway history] ". Retrieved July 22 2005.
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* (September 10 2001), " [http://www.meyersdale.org/rr_history/wmrailhistory.html Western Maryland Railroad history] ". Retrieved November 20 2005.