This article lists events related to
rail transport that occurred in 1910.
Events
January events
January 1 – American railroad companies in the South, by agreement with the
Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen, implement a quota against hiring of
African Americans in a larger percentage than are employed on this date.[1]
December 24 – The
Hawes Junction train disaster in
Cumbria,
England, occurs when a busy signalman forgets about a pair of bank
engines which have been waiting at his starting
signal and allows an express train into the same block section. Twelve people are killed in the resulting collision and fire.
This article lists events related to
rail transport that occurred in 1910.
Events
January events
January 1 – American railroad companies in the South, by agreement with the
Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen, implement a quota against hiring of
African Americans in a larger percentage than are employed on this date.[1]
December 24 – The
Hawes Junction train disaster in
Cumbria,
England, occurs when a busy signalman forgets about a pair of bank
engines which have been waiting at his starting
signal and allows an express train into the same block section. Twelve people are killed in the resulting collision and fire.