1926 in rail transport

Last updated February 13, 2025

This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 1926.

Events

March events

March 14 - El Virilla train accident in Costa Rica kills 248 people.

May events

May 1 - Burlington Refrigerator Express (BREX) is formed as a joint venture between the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad (CB&Q) and the Fruit Growers Express (FGE).
May 3 - UK General Strike commences, continuing to affect railways until May 12.
May 8 - Asa Randolph organizes the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters, considered a major labor as well as civil rights milestone.
May 20 - The United States Railway Labor Act becomes law.

July events

July 6 - First electric railway in the Soviet Union opens, connecting Baku, Azerbaijan, with its oil workers’ suburban settlements.^[1]^[2]
July 9 - The first use of a radiotelephone on a train, on the New York Central Railroad.
July 23 - Law enacted to nationalize rail transport in Belgium fully as Société Nationale des Chemins de fer Belges/Nationale Maatschappij der Belgische Spoorwegen.

August events

August - The Milwaukee Road introduces the Arrow passenger train between Chicago, Illinois and Omaha, Nebraska.

September events

September 12 - Chemin de Fer du Nord introduces Flèche d’Or all-first-class Pullman boat train service between Paris and Calais, France.^[3]

October events

October 10 – Yachihata Station in Japan is opened.

December events

December 20 – Opening of first section of underground railway in Australia, the City Circle between Central and St James stations in Sydney ^[3]

Unknown date events

Atlantic Coast Line Railroad gains control of the Atlanta, Birmingham & Coast Railroad.
American Car & Foundry acquires JG Brill Company.

Deaths

October deaths

October 20 - Eugene Debs, American labor leader, founding member of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen, founder of the American Railway Union, arrested during the Pullman strike in Chicago, Illinois (born 1855).

References

↑ "History of the City of Baku. Part IV". Window to Baku. Retrieved 2010-01-12.
↑ Mir-Babayev, Mir-Yusif (Summer 2003). "Azerbaijan's Oil History – Brief oil chronology since 1920, Part 2". Azerbaijan International. 11.2: 56–63. Archived from the original on 2 February 2010. Retrieved 2010-01-12.
1 2 Ferneyhough, Frank (1975). The History of Railways in Britain. Reading: Osprey Publishing. ISBN 0-85045-060-8.

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[1] "History of the City of Baku. Part IV". Window to Baku. Retrieved 2010-01-12.

[2] Mir-Babayev, Mir-Yusif (Summer 2003). "Azerbaijan's Oil History – Brief oil chronology since 1920, Part 2". Azerbaijan International. 11.2: 56–63. Archived from the original on 2 February 2010. Retrieved 2010-01-12.

[Ferneyhough-3] 1 2 Ferneyhough, Frank (1975). The History of Railways in Britain. Reading: Osprey Publishing. ISBN 0-85045-060-8.

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