March 7 - The Winona Interurban Electric Railway (
Indiana) is forced by its major creditor to begin operations on Sundays, a move resisted by its Sabbatarian founders, including
H.J. Heinz and J. M. Studebaker.[2]
September -
Robert S. Lovett succeeds
E. H. Harriman as president of the Southern Pacific Company, parent company of the
Southern Pacific. Lovett also assumes the position of Chairman of the Executive Committee for the railroad.
October 9 - The Alaska Northern Railroad Company (a predecessor of the
Alaska Railroad) purchases the assets of the bankrupt Alaska Central Railway and subsequently extends the line northward another 34 km (21 mi).
November 1 - A Golden Spike ceremony is held on the
Western Pacific Railroad. As no company officials are present, the local track foreman drives the last spike, the track crew shout “Hooray!” and two women walking by with their children kiss each other.
The
Nickel Plate Road begins a massive grade separation project in
Cleveland, Ohio, to eliminate street grade crossings on the railroad's mainline in the city.
^Balkwill, Richard;
Marshall, John (1993). The Guinness Book of Railway Facts and Feats (6th ed.). Enfield: Guinness Publishing.
ISBN978-0-85112-707-1.
March 7 - The Winona Interurban Electric Railway (
Indiana) is forced by its major creditor to begin operations on Sundays, a move resisted by its Sabbatarian founders, including
H.J. Heinz and J. M. Studebaker.[2]
September -
Robert S. Lovett succeeds
E. H. Harriman as president of the Southern Pacific Company, parent company of the
Southern Pacific. Lovett also assumes the position of Chairman of the Executive Committee for the railroad.
October 9 - The Alaska Northern Railroad Company (a predecessor of the
Alaska Railroad) purchases the assets of the bankrupt Alaska Central Railway and subsequently extends the line northward another 34 km (21 mi).
November 1 - A Golden Spike ceremony is held on the
Western Pacific Railroad. As no company officials are present, the local track foreman drives the last spike, the track crew shout “Hooray!” and two women walking by with their children kiss each other.
The
Nickel Plate Road begins a massive grade separation project in
Cleveland, Ohio, to eliminate street grade crossings on the railroad's mainline in the city.
^Balkwill, Richard;
Marshall, John (1993). The Guinness Book of Railway Facts and Feats (6th ed.). Enfield: Guinness Publishing.
ISBN978-0-85112-707-1.