1920 in rail transport

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This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 1920.

Contents 1 Events 1.1 March events 1.2 May events 1.3 June events 1.4 November events 1.5 Unknown date events 2 Births 2.1 April births 3 Deaths 3.1 July deaths 3.2 November deaths 3.3 Unknown date deaths 4 References

[edit] Events

[edit] March events

• March 1 - Control of American railroads is returned to private ownership and administration with the disbandment of the USRA.
• March 18 - Fruit Growers Express (FGE) is incorporated.

[edit] May events

• May 15 - The Ministry of Railways of Japan is established.

[edit] June events

• June 13 - Baltimore and Ohio Railroad inaugurates passenger service to Detroit's Fort Street Union Depot as the first passenger train departs for Washington, DC.^[1]

[edit] November events

• November - H. P. M. Beames succeeds Charles Bowen-Cooke as Chief Mechanical Engineer of the London and North Western Railway.
• November 20 - Work begins on the State Railway of Thailand to convert all 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+¹⁄₂ in) track to meter gauge.^[2]

[edit] Unknown date events

• William Sproule succeeds Julius Krutschnitt as president of the Southern Pacific Company, parent company of the Southern Pacific Railroad. This is Sproule's second term as president.

[edit] Births

[edit] April births

• April 17 - James B. McCahey, Jr., president of Chicago South Shore and South Bend Railroad (d. 1998).^[3]

[edit] Deaths

[edit] July deaths

• July 22 - William Kissam Vanderbilt, heir to Cornelius Vanderbilt and president of the New York Central system (b. 1849).

[edit] November deaths

• November 17 - T. Jefferson Coolidge, president of Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway 1880-1881, dies (b. 1831).^[4]

[edit] Unknown date deaths

• Charles Bowen-Cooke, Chief Mechanical Engineer of the London and North Western Railway 1909-1920 (b. 1859).

[edit] References

1. ^ MichiganRailroads.com, Railroad history timeline - 1920-1929. Retrieved June 13, 2005.
2. ^ State Railway of Thailand, Historical background. Retrieved November 20, 2005.
3. ^ The Political Graveyard (March 10, 2005), Politicians in Railroading in Illinois. Retrieved December 30, 2005.
4. ^ The Political Graveyard (March 10, 2005), Politicians in Railroading in Massachusetts. Retrieved December 29, 2005.