1926 in rail transport

1926 in rail transport

Events

May events

* May 1 - Burlington Refrigerator Express (BREX) is formed as a joint venture between the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad (CB&Q) and the Fruit Growers Express (FGE).
* May 3 - U.K. General Strike commences, continuing to affect railways until May 12.
* May 8 - A. Philip Randolph organizes the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters, 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 and 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).


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