1919 in rail transport

Events

April events

* April 12 - Ryutaro Nomura succeeds Simbei Kunisawa for a second term as president of South Manchuria Railway.

November events

* November 15 - The golden spike is driven and construction of the San Diego and Arizona Railway is completed at a cost of $18 million.cite book| author=Hanft, Robert M.| year=1984| title=San Diego & Arizona: The Impossible Railroad| publisher=Trans-Anglo Books| location=Glendale, California| isbn=0-87046-071-4| ] cite book| author=Dodge, Richard V.| year=1960| title=Rails of the Silver Gate| publisher=Golden West Books| location=San Marino, California| isbn=0-87095-019-3| ]

December events

* December 1
** The first passenger train of the San Diego & Arizona Railway "arrives" in San Diego from El Centro, California, for the official line opening ceremony.
** The Canadian Railway War Board is reorganized as the Railway Association of Canada. [cite press release| url=http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/October2007/23/c7258.html| title=Historic Anniversary for the Railway Association of Canada| date=2007-10-23| accessdate=2007-10-23| publisher=Railway Association of Canada| ]
* December 3 – The Quebec Bridge, operated by Canadian National Railways, opens to rail traffic after almost two decades of construction. It is m to ft|987 long, incorporating the longest cantilever bridge span in the world at m to ft|549. [ [http://www.pontdequebec.com/page8pont.html Pont de Québec timeline] (in French)]

Unknown date events

* Ralph Budd becomes president of the Great Northern Railway and becomes the youngest (40) president of any American railroad to date. [cite web| publisher=President and Fellows of Harvard College| date=2004| url=http://www.hbs.edu/leadership/database/leaders/108/| title=20th century great American business leaders - Ralph Budd| accessdate=2005-02-22| ] [cite web| date=2000| url=http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/streamliners/peopleevents/p_rbudd.html| title=American Experience / Streamliners / People & Events / Ralph Budd| accessdate=2005-02-22| ]
* The Federal Trade Commission orders Armour & Co. to sell its produce-hauling subsidiary, Fruit Growers Express (FGE), for anti-trust reasons.
* Jewett Car Company, a Newark, Ohio, producer of interurban cars and trolleys, closes after 25 years in production.

Births

Deaths

April deaths

* April 24 - Zhan Tianyou, Chief Engineer responsible for construction of the Imperial Peking-Kalgan Railway, the first railway constructed in China without foreign assistance (b. 1861).

August deaths

* August 3 - Samuel W. Fordyce, president of St. Louis, Arkansas and Texas Railway 1886-1889, St. Louis Southwestern Railway 1890-1898, Kansas City Southern Railway 1900 (b. 1840). [cite web| publisher=Kansas City Southern Historical Society| url=http://www.kcshs.org/schedule/subs/images/history/kcs_hist.htm| title=The Kansas City Southern Lines| accessdate=2005-08-15| ] [cite web| author=Fordyce, Jim| date=1999| url=http://www.fordyce.org/genealogy/biographies/Biog_SamuelWFordyce.html| title=Samuel W. Fordyce biography| accessdate=2005-08-15| ]
* August 11 - Andrew Carnegie, steel magnate and owner of Pittsburgh Locomotive and Car Works (b. 1835).

October deaths

* October 10 - Anatole Mallet, inventor of the Mallet locomotive type (b. 1837).

References