1912 in rail transport

Last updated May 11, 2024

This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 1912.

Events

January events

January 1 – The classification and renumbering of all the rolling stock of the three constituent railways that formed South African Railways in 1910 is implemented.^[1]^[2]
January 3 – Canadian Pacific Railway leases the Dominion Atlantic Railway in Nova Scotia.
January 22 – Florida East Coast Railway opens the Key West Extension in Florida.^[3]

February events

February 1 – Stamford Brook station opens serving District Railway and London and South Western Railway trains.
February 7 – Official opening ceremonies are held for the Usambara Railway in German East Africa.
February 11 – Togura Station, in Chikuma, Nagano, Japan, opens.
February 27 – Pacific Great Eastern Railway (predecessor of the British Columbia Railway) is incorporated to build a line from Vancouver north to a connection with the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway at Prince George, British Columbia.

March events

March 17 – First section of Italian Libya Railways (950 mm (3 ft 1+3⁄8 in) gauge) opens from Tripoli.

April events

April 15 – Metre gauge electrified section of Tramways de Nice et du Littoral opens from Menton to Sospel in the Alpes-Maritimes of France.

June events

June 1 – The first streetcars cross the new Lechmere Viaduct and run on the Causeway Street Elevated line in revenue service in Boston.^[4]^[5]
June 2 – Chicago, Lake Shore and South Bend Railroad, predecessor of the Chicago South Shore and South Bend Railroad, begins "one-car" passenger service directly to the Chicago Loop.^[6]

August events

August 1 – Jungfraubahn mountain rack railway in Switzerland completed by inauguration of the subterranean Jungfraujoch railway station, Europe's highest at 3,450 metres (11,320 ft) above sea level.

September events

September 5 – The Ashio Railway (Current Watarase Keikoku Line) in Gunma and Tochigi Prefectures in Japan is extended from Omama Station out to Kodo Station.^[7]
September 17 – The Ditton Junction rail crash near Widnes in England kills 15.

November events

November – The Royal Bavarian State Railways begins the process of standardising the railway electrification systems in German-speaking countries at 15 kV AC, 16.6 Hz.^[8]
November 11 – The Ashio Railway (Current Watarase Keikoku Line) in Gunma and Tochigi Prefectures in Japan is extended from Sori Station out to Kodo Station.^[7]
November 24 – The Pennsylvania Railroad’s premier Chicago to New York train is christened the Broad Way Limited (named for the railroad’s four-track main line, not the New York City Theater District).

December events

December 31 – The Ashio Railway (Current Watarase Keikoku Line) in Gunma and Tochigi Prefectures in Japan is extended from Sori Station to Ashio Station.^[7]

Unknown date events

First Э 0-10-0 steam locomotive introduced in Russia. This will become the world's largest class with around 14,000 built.^[9]
The world’s first diesel locomotive designed for main line use, built by Gesellschaft für Thermolokomotiven Diesel-Klose-Sulzer GmbH for the Prussian state railways, Germany, receives trials on the Winterthur – Romanshorn line in Switzerland prior to delivery to Berlin for more trials in September. The unit has direct mechanical transmission with a weight of 95 tonnes, power of 883 kW and a theoretical maximum speed of 100 km/h but will not prove to be a commercial success.^[9]^[10]^[11]^[12]
Berne gauge European standard loading gauge agreed at an international railway conference held and consequent convention signed in Bern, Switzerland.
Portland Company completes the last freight car commercially manufactured for Maine narrow gauge railroads.^[13]
Oliver Bury moves from the General Manager position at the Great Northern Railway in England to a directorship.^[14]

Births

March births

March 14 – W. Graham Claytor, Jr., president of Amtrak 1982-1993 (died 1994).

Deaths

June deaths

June 16 – Eli H. Janney, inventor of the knuckle coupler (born 1831).

July deaths

July 29 – William D. Washburn, first president of Soo Line Railroad 1883-1889, dies (b. 1931).

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Watarase Keikoku Line</span> Railway line in Gunma and Tochigi prefectures, Japan

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Tōbu Sano Line</span> Railway line in Japan

The Tobu Sano Line is a railway line in Japan, operated by the private railway operator Tobu Railway, connecting Tatebayashi Station in Tatebayashi city, Gunma Prefecture to Kuzū Station in Sano, Tochigi Prefecture.

Kiryū Station is a junction railway station in the city of Kiryū, Gunma, Japan, jointly operated by the East Japan Railway Company and the third-sector railway operating company Watarase Keikoku Railway. Kiryu Station is the easternmost JR station in Gunma Prefecture.

Aioi Station is a junction passenger railway station in the city of Kiryū, Gunma, Japan, operated by the private railway operator Tōbu Railway and the third sector Watarase Keikoku Railway.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Ōmama Station</span> Railway station in Midori, Gunma Prefecture, Japan

Ōmama Station is a passenger railway station in the city of Midori, Gunma, Japan, operated by the third sector railway company Watarase Keikoku Railway.

Kamikambai Station is a passenger railway station in the city of Midori, Gunma, Japan, operated by the third sector railway company Watarase Keikoku Railway.

Mizunuma Station is a railway station in the city of Kiryū, Gunma, Japan, operated by the third sector railway company Watarase Keikoku Railway.

Hanawa Station is a passenger railway station in the city of Midori, Gunma, Japan, operated by the third sector railway company Watarase Keikoku Railway.

Konaka Station is a passenger railway station in the city of Midori, Gunma, Japan, operated by the third sector railway company Watarase Keikoku Railway.

Gōdo Station is a passenger railway station in the city of Midori, Gunma, Japan, operated by the third sector railway company Watarase Keikoku Railway.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Sōri Station</span> Railway station in Midori, Gunma Prefecture, Japan

Sōri Station is a passenger railway station in the city of Midori, Gunma, Japan, operated by the third sector railway company Watarase Keikoku Railway.

Haramukō Station is a railway station in the city of Nikkō, Tochigi, Japan, operated by the third-sector railway company Watarase Keikoku Railway.

Tsūdō Station is a railway station in the city of Nikkō, Tochigi, Japan, operated by the Watarase Keikoku Railway.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Ashio Station</span> Railway station in Nikkō, Tochigi Prefecture, Japan

Ashio Station is a railway station in the city of Nikkō, Tochigi Prefecture, Japan, operated by the third-sector railway company Watarase Keikoku Railway.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Matō Station</span> Railway station in Nikkō, Tochigi Prefecture, Japan

Matō Station is a railway station on the Watarase Keikoku Line in the city of Nikkō, Tochigi, Japan, operated by the third-sector railway operator Watarase Keikoku Railway.

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↑ Classification of S.A.R. Engines with Renumbering Lists, issued by the Chief Mechanical Engineer’s Office, Pretoria, January 1912, pp. 7, 12, 15, 46 (Reprinted in April 1987 by SATS Museum, R.3125-6/9/11-1000)
↑ Hart, George, ed. (c. 1978). The South African Railways - Historical Survey. Bill Hart, Sponsored by Dorbyl Ltd. p. 25.
↑ Florida East Coast Railway (1912). Announcement: Key West Extension of the Florida East Coast Railway . Retrieved March 21, 2015.{{cite book}}: |website= ignored (help)
↑ Clarke, Bradley H.; Cummings, O. R. (1997). Tremont Street Subway: A Century of Public Service. Boston Street Railway Association. pp. 39–49. ISBN 0938315048.
↑ "Viaduct Cars All Running: East Cambridge Folk Much Pleased. Seven Minutes Saved and End Put to Vexatious Delays. Few Paid Fares to Say They Were on First Cars". Boston Daily Globe. 1 June 1912. ProQuest 502054556.
↑ "South Shore Railroad history". Chicago Post-Tribune. June 29, 2008. Retrieved June 30, 2008.^{[ dead link ]}
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[SAR_Renumber-1] Classification of S.A.R. Engines with Renumbering Lists, issued by the Chief Mechanical Engineer’s Office, Pretoria, January 1912, pp. 7, 12, 15, 46 (Reprinted in April 1987 by SATS Museum, R.3125-6/9/11-1000)

[SAR_History-2] Hart, George, ed. (c. 1978). The South African Railways - Historical Survey. Bill Hart, Sponsored by Dorbyl Ltd. p. 25.

[3] Florida East Coast Railway (1912). Announcement: Key West Extension of the Florida East Coast Railway . Retrieved March 21, 2015.{{cite book}}: |website= ignored (help)

[century-4] Clarke, Bradley H.; Cummings, O. R. (1997). Tremont Street Subway: A Century of Public Service. Boston Street Railway Association. pp. 39–49. ISBN 0938315048.

[5] "Viaduct Cars All Running: East Cambridge Folk Much Pleased. Seven Minutes Saved and End Put to Vexatious Delays. Few Paid Fares to Say They Were on First Cars". Boston Daily Globe. 1 June 1912. ProQuest 502054556.

[6] "South Shore Railroad history". Chicago Post-Tribune. June 29, 2008. Retrieved June 30, 2008.^{[ dead link ]}

[:0-7] 1 2 3 "沿革・歴史" [Company History]. watetsu.com (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 7 December 2023. Retrieved 9 February 2024.

[8] Hennessey, R. A. S. (2012). "Some firsts and other anniversaries; 2012". Electric Railway. 57: 154.

[Guinness_6-9] 1 2 Balkwill, Richard; Marshall, John (1993). The Guinness Book of Railway Facts and Feats (6th ed.). Enfield: Guinness Publishing. ISBN 0-85112-707-X.

[10] Richardson, Matthew (2001). The Penguin Book of Firsts. New Delhi: Penguin Books India. p. 280. ISBN 0-14-302771-9.

[11] Churella, Albert J. (1998). From Steam to Diesel: Managerial Customs and Organizational Capabilities in the Twentieth-Century American Locomotive Industry. Princeton University Press. p. 12. ISBN 0-691-02776-5.

[12] Glatte, Wolfgang (1993). Deutsches Lok-Archiv: Diesellokomotiven (4. ed.). Berlin: Transpress. ISBN 3-344-70767-1.

[13] Kohler, Gary; McChesney, Chris (2004). Narrow Gauge in the Sheepscot Valley, Volume IV. M2FQ Publications.

[14] "Biographies of chairmen, managers & other senior railway officers". steamindex.com. 11 January 2023. Bury, Oliver Robert Hawke. Retrieved 10 May 2024.

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