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.sidebar-title-with-pretitle a{color:var(--color-progressive)!important}}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .sidebar{display:none!important}}</style><table class="sidebar nomobile nowraplinks"><tbody><tr><th class="sidebar-title"><a href="/wiki/List_of_years_in_rail_transport" title="List of years in rail transport">Years in rail transport</a></th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content plainlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1900_in_rail_transport" title="1900 in rail transport">1900 in rail transport</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">1901 in rail transport</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1902_in_rail_transport" title="1902 in rail transport">1902 in rail transport</a></li></ul></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-below"> <a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_railway_history" title="Timeline of railway history">Timeline of railway history</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>This article lists events related to <a href="/wiki/Rail_transport" title="Rail transport">rail transport</a> that occurred in 1901. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Events">Events</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1901_in_rail_transport&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Events"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="January_events">January events</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1901_in_rail_transport&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: January events"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>January 3 – The <a href="/wiki/St._Louis_Southwestern_Railway" title="St. Louis Southwestern Railway">St. Louis Southwestern Railway</a> purchases the Stuttgart and Arkansas River Railroad in <a href="/wiki/Arkansas" title="Arkansas">Arkansas</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="February_events">February events</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1901_in_rail_transport&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: February events"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>February – The <a href="/wiki/Canadian_Locomotive_Company" title="Canadian Locomotive Company">Canadian Locomotive Company</a> is formed from the assets of the bankrupt Canadian Locomotive and Engine Company.</li> <li>February 2 – The body of <a href="/wiki/Queen_Victoria" title="Queen Victoria">Queen Victoria</a> is conveyed by the <a href="/wiki/London_and_South_Western_Railway" title="London and South Western Railway">London & South Western</a>, <a href="/wiki/London,_Brighton_and_South_Coast_Railway" title="London, Brighton and South Coast Railway">London, Brighton & South Coast</a> and <a href="/wiki/Great_Western_Railway" title="Great Western Railway">Great Western Railways</a> from <a href="/wiki/Gosport" title="Gosport">Gosport</a> via London to <a href="/wiki/Windsor,_Berkshire" title="Windsor, Berkshire">Windsor</a>, England for her funeral.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Glenfinnan_Viaduct.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/17/Glenfinnan_Viaduct.jpg/220px-Glenfinnan_Viaduct.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/17/Glenfinnan_Viaduct.jpg/330px-Glenfinnan_Viaduct.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/17/Glenfinnan_Viaduct.jpg/440px-Glenfinnan_Viaduct.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2304" data-file-height="1728" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Glenfinnan_Viaduct" title="Glenfinnan Viaduct">Glenfinnan Viaduct</a> on the <a href="/wiki/Mallaig_Extension_Railway" title="Mallaig Extension Railway">Mallaig Extension Railway</a></figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="March_events">March events</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1901_in_rail_transport&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: March events"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>March 1 – First section of <a href="/wiki/Wuppertal_Schwebebahn" title="Wuppertal Schwebebahn">Wuppertal Schwebebahn</a> <a href="/wiki/Suspension_railway" title="Suspension railway">suspension railway</a> opens to the public.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="April_events">April events</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1901_in_rail_transport&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: April events"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>April 1 – The <a href="/wiki/West_Highland_Railway" title="West Highland Railway">West Highland Railway</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Mallaig_Extension_Railway" title="Mallaig Extension Railway">Mallaig Extension Railway</a>, operated by the <a href="/wiki/North_British_Railway" title="North British Railway">North British Railway</a>, is opened throughout to <a href="/wiki/Mallaig" title="Mallaig">Mallaig</a> on the west coast of <a href="/wiki/Scotland" title="Scotland">Scotland</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>April 1 – <a href="/wiki/Atlantic_Coast_Line_Railroad" title="Atlantic Coast Line Railroad">Atlantic Coast Line Railroad</a> acquires the <a href="/wiki/Wilmington_and_Weldon_Railroad" title="Wilmington and Weldon Railroad">Wilmington and Weldon Railroad</a> in <a href="/wiki/North_Carolina" title="North Carolina">North Carolina</a>.</li> <li>April 11 – The <a href="/wiki/%C5%8Cu_Main_Line" title="Ōu Main Line">Ōu South Line</a> in Japan opens between <a href="/wiki/Yonezawa,_Yamagata" title="Yonezawa, Yamagata">Yonezawa</a> and <a href="/wiki/Yamagata,_Yamagata" class="mw-redirect" title="Yamagata, Yamagata">Yamagata</a>.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="May_events">May events</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1901_in_rail_transport&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: May events"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>May <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Frederick_D._Underwood" class="mw-redirect" title="Frederick D. Underwood">Frederick D. Underwood</a> succeeds Eben B. Thomas as president of the <a href="/wiki/Erie_Railroad" title="Erie Railroad">Erie Railroad</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gold_Coast_(British_colony)" title="Gold Coast (British colony)">Gold Coast</a> Government Railway opens from <a href="/wiki/Sekondi" class="mw-redirect" title="Sekondi">Sekondi</a> on the coast to <a href="/wiki/Tarkwa" title="Tarkwa">Tarkwa</a>.</li></ul></li> <li>May 27 – Sanyo Railroad Line, <a href="/wiki/K%C5%8Dbe_Station" class="mw-redirect" title="Kōbe Station">Kobe</a> to <a href="/wiki/Shimonoseki_Station" title="Shimonoseki Station">Bakan</a> (Shimonoseki Station renamed from June 1902) route officially completed in <a href="/wiki/Japan" title="Japan">Japan</a> (as predecessor of <a href="/wiki/Sanyo_Line" class="mw-redirect" title="Sanyo Line">JR Sanyo Line</a>).<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="June_events">June events</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1901_in_rail_transport&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: June events"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>June – First section of <a href="/wiki/Gold_Coast_(British_colony)" title="Gold Coast (British colony)">Gold Coast</a> Railway (<a href="/wiki/3_ft_6_in_gauge_railways" title="3 ft 6 in gauge railways">3 ft 6 in gauge</a>) opens from <a href="/wiki/Sekondi-Takoradi" title="Sekondi-Takoradi">Sekondi</a> on the <a href="/wiki/Gulf_of_Guinea" title="Gulf of Guinea">Gulf of Guinea</a> to the gold mining district of <a href="/wiki/Tarkwa" title="Tarkwa">Tarkwa</a>.</li> <li>June 14 – The <a href="/wiki/Atlantic_City_Railroad" title="Atlantic City Railroad">Atlantic City Railroad</a> (predecessor of the <a href="/wiki/Pennsylvania-Reading_Seashore_Lines" title="Pennsylvania-Reading Seashore Lines">Pennsylvania-Reading Seashore Lines</a>) is incorporated from the merger of the <a href="/wiki/Camden_County_Railroad" class="mw-redirect" title="Camden County Railroad">Camden County Railroad</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ocean_City_Railroad" class="mw-redirect" title="Ocean City Railroad">Ocean City Railroad</a> and <a href="/wiki/Seacoast_Railroad" class="mw-redirect" title="Seacoast Railroad">Seacoast Railroad</a>.</li> <li>June 24 – The <a href="/wiki/American_Locomotive_Company" title="American Locomotive Company">American Locomotive Company</a> (ALCO) is formed through the merger of eight smaller American <a href="/wiki/Steam_locomotive" title="Steam locomotive">steam locomotive</a> manufacturers.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="July_events">July events</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1901_in_rail_transport&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: July events"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>July 25 – The Hull Electric Railway officially begins regular service over the <a href="/wiki/Interprovincial_Bridge" class="mw-redirect" title="Interprovincial Bridge">Interprovincial Bridge</a> between <a href="/wiki/Ottawa" title="Ottawa">Ottawa</a> and <a href="/wiki/Aylmer,_Quebec" title="Aylmer, Quebec">Aylmer, Quebec</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="August_events">August events</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1901_in_rail_transport&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: August events"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>August 5 – Queenscliff Junction, in <a href="/wiki/Victoria,_Australia" class="mw-redirect" title="Victoria, Australia">Victoria, Australia</a>, is closed.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="September_events">September events</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1901_in_rail_transport&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: September events"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:First_run_of_Grand_Canyon_Railway.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/First_run_of_Grand_Canyon_Railway.jpg/220px-First_run_of_Grand_Canyon_Railway.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="175" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/First_run_of_Grand_Canyon_Railway.jpg/330px-First_run_of_Grand_Canyon_Railway.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/First_run_of_Grand_Canyon_Railway.jpg/440px-First_run_of_Grand_Canyon_Railway.jpg 2x" data-file-width="453" data-file-height="360" /></a><figcaption>Passengers and crew gather for a group photo on the first run of the <a href="/wiki/Grand_Canyon_Railway" title="Grand Canyon Railway">Grand Canyon Railway</a>.</figcaption></figure> <ul><li>September 17 – <a href="/wiki/Atchison,_Topeka_and_Santa_Fe_Railway" title="Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway">Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway</a> (ATSF), having purchased the Santa Fe and Grand Canyon Railway and renamed it to the <a href="/wiki/Grand_Canyon_Railway" title="Grand Canyon Railway">Grand Canyon Railway</a>, begins to operate a <a href="/wiki/Passenger_train" title="Passenger train">passenger train</a> service over its new subsidiary railroad between <a href="/wiki/Williams,_Arizona" title="Williams, Arizona">Williams, Arizona</a>, and the south rim of the <a href="/wiki/Grand_Canyon" title="Grand Canyon">Grand Canyon</a> as a destination for ATSF's customers.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="October_events">October events</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1901_in_rail_transport&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: October events"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>October 8 – First experimental high-speed test of electric traction using three-phase power at 10 kV/50 <a href="/wiki/Hz" class="mw-redirect" title="Hz">Hz</a> frequency on the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Prussian_Military_Railway" title="Royal Prussian Military Railway">Royal Prussian Military Railway</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>October 13 – The <a href="/wiki/London_and_South_Western_Railway" title="London and South Western Railway">London and South Western Railway</a> in England completes experimental installation at <a href="/wiki/Grateley" title="Grateley">Grateley</a> on its West of England main line of automatic <a href="/wiki/Railway_signal" title="Railway signal">semaphore signals</a> controlled by <a href="/wiki/Track_circuit" title="Track circuit">track circuits</a> and <a href="/wiki/Pneumatics" title="Pneumatics">pneumatics</a>, the first such scheme in the United Kingdom.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="November_events">November events</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1901_in_rail_transport&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: November events"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>November – Official start of traffic on <a href="/wiki/Chinese_Eastern_Railway" title="Chinese Eastern Railway">Chinese Eastern Railway</a>.</li> <li>November 7 – Memphis, Helena and Louisiana Railroad, a predecessor of the St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern Railroad, is organized in <a href="/wiki/Arkansas" title="Arkansas">Arkansas</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>November 12 – The <a href="/wiki/Pacific_Electric_Railway" class="mw-redirect" title="Pacific Electric Railway">Pacific Electric Railway</a> is incorporated in California.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="December_events">December events</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1901_in_rail_transport&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: December events"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>December 2 – The <a href="/wiki/Chicago_and_Indiana_Air_Line_Railway" class="mw-redirect" title="Chicago and Indiana Air Line Railway">Chicago and Indiana Air Line Railway</a> is incorporated.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>December 3 – The 3.5-kilometre (2.2 mi) first part of the <a href="/wiki/Trondheim_Tramway" title="Trondheim Tramway">Trondheim Tramway</a> in <a href="/wiki/Trondheim" title="Trondheim">Trondheim</a>, Norway is opened.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>December 12 – <a href="/wiki/Pennsylvania_Railroad" title="Pennsylvania Railroad">Pennsylvania Railroad</a> president <a href="/wiki/Alexander_Cassatt" title="Alexander Cassatt">Alexander Cassatt</a> announces the railroad's plan to enter New York City – to tunnel under the <a href="/wiki/Hudson_River" title="Hudson River">Hudson River</a> and to build a grand station on the West Side of <a href="/wiki/Manhattan" title="Manhattan">Manhattan</a>, a station that would become <a href="/wiki/Pennsylvania_Station_(New_York)" class="mw-redirect" title="Pennsylvania Station (New York)">Pennsylvania Station</a>.</li> <li>December 17 – The first section of the <a href="/wiki/Metre_gauge" class="mw-redirect" title="Metre gauge">metre gauge</a> <a href="/wiki/Montreux%E2%80%93Oberland_Bernois_railway" class="mw-redirect" title="Montreux–Oberland Bernois railway">Montreux–Oberland Bernois railway</a> in Switzerland is opened from <a href="/wiki/Montreux_railway_station" title="Montreux railway station">Montreux</a> to <a href="/wiki/Les_Avants" title="Les Avants">Les Avants</a> (10.9 km or 6.8 mi).</li> <li>December 21 – "Last spike" ceremony for the <a href="/wiki/Uganda_Railway" title="Uganda Railway">Uganda Railway</a> (metre gauge), completed from <a href="/wiki/Mombasa" title="Mombasa">Mombasa</a> to Port Florence (<a href="/wiki/Kisumu" title="Kisumu">Kisumu</a>) on the shore of <a href="/wiki/Lake_Victoria" title="Lake Victoria">Lake Victoria</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>December 24 – The <a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_Railways_Department" title="New Zealand Railways Department">New Zealand Government Railways</a> become the first major railway to place a <a href="/wiki/4-6-2" title="4-6-2">4-6-2</a> <a href="/wiki/Steam_locomotive" title="Steam locomotive">steam locomotive</a> into service, having ordered thirteen <a href="/wiki/NZR_Q_class_(1901)" title="NZR Q class (1901)">Q class</a> from the <a href="/wiki/Baldwin_Locomotive_Works" title="Baldwin Locomotive Works">Baldwin Locomotive Works</a> of <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia" title="Philadelphia">Philadelphia</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Unknown_date_events">Unknown date events</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1901_in_rail_transport&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Unknown date events"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/E._H._Harriman" title="E. H. Harriman">E. H. Harriman</a> succeeds <a href="/wiki/Charles_Melville_Hays" title="Charles Melville Hays">Charles Melville Hays</a> as president of the Southern Pacific Company, parent company of the <a href="/wiki/Southern_Pacific_Railroad" class="mw-redirect" title="Southern Pacific Railroad">Southern Pacific Railroad</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jacob_S._Rogers" title="Jacob S. Rogers">Jacob S. Rogers</a>, still the primary shareholder, closes <a href="/wiki/Rogers_Locomotive_Company" class="mw-redirect" title="Rogers Locomotive Company">Rogers Locomotive Company</a>, but then reopens the company as <a href="/wiki/Rogers_Locomotive_Works" class="mw-redirect" title="Rogers Locomotive Works">Rogers Locomotive Works</a> after the <a href="/wiki/ALCO" class="mw-redirect" title="ALCO">ALCO</a> merger.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/American_Car_and_Foundry" class="mw-redirect" title="American Car and Foundry">American Car and Foundry</a> (ACF) acquires <a href="/wiki/Jackson_and_Sharp_Company" title="Jackson and Sharp Company">Jackson and Sharp Company</a> and Common Sense Bolster Company.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Frederick_Baer" title="George Frederick Baer">George Frederick Baer</a> becomes president of <a href="/wiki/Reading_Company" title="Reading Company">Reading Company</a>.</li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Lake_Shore_Electric_Railway" title="Lake Shore Electric Railway">Lake Shore Electric Railway</a> is formed through the merger of the Lorain and Cleveland Railway, Sandusky and Interurban Railway and Toledo, Fremont and Norwalk Railway.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Births">Births</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1901_in_rail_transport&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Births"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="December_births">December births</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1901_in_rail_transport&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: December births"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>December 11 – <a href="/wiki/Donald_Gordon_(Canadian_businessman)" title="Donald Gordon (Canadian businessman)">Donald Gordon</a>, president of <a href="/wiki/Canadian_National_Railway" title="Canadian National Railway">Canadian National Railway</a> 1950–1966, is born (died 1969).</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Deaths">Deaths</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1901_in_rail_transport&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Deaths"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="January_deaths">January deaths</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1901_in_rail_transport&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: January deaths"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>January 6 – <a href="/wiki/Philip_Armour" class="mw-redirect" title="Philip Armour">Philip Armour</a>, founder of <a href="/wiki/Armour_and_Company" title="Armour and Company">Armour and Company</a> meatpackers and subsidiary <a href="/wiki/Armour_Refrigerator_Line" title="Armour Refrigerator Line">Armour Refrigerator Line</a> <a href="/wiki/Refrigerator_car" title="Refrigerator car">refrigerator car</a> operators (born 1832).</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="February_deaths">February deaths</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1901_in_rail_transport&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: February deaths"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>February 9 – <a href="/wiki/Fred_Harvey_(entrepreneur)" title="Fred Harvey (entrepreneur)">Fred Harvey (entrepreneur)</a>, who founded the <a href="/wiki/Fred_Harvey_Company" title="Fred Harvey Company">Harvey House</a> chain of restaurants and hotels to serve passengers of the <a href="/wiki/Atchison,_Topeka_and_Santa_Fe_Railway" title="Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway">Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway</a> (born 1835).</li> <li>February 18 – <a href="/wiki/Egide_Walschaerts" title="Egide Walschaerts">Egide Walschaerts</a>, <a href="/wiki/Belgium" title="Belgium">Belgian</a> inventor of a <a href="/wiki/Steam_locomotive" title="Steam locomotive">steam locomotive</a> <a href="/wiki/Walschaerts_valve_gear" title="Walschaerts valve gear">valve gear</a> (born 1820).<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="April_deaths">April deaths</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1901_in_rail_transport&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: April deaths"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>April 13 – <a href="/wiki/Edward_Watkin" title="Edward Watkin">Edward Watkin</a>, Chairman of several English railway companies, most notably the <a href="/wiki/South_Eastern_Railway_(UK)" class="mw-redirect" title="South Eastern Railway (UK)">South Eastern Railway</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Great_Central_Railway" title="Great Central Railway">Great Central Railway</a> (born 1819).</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Unknown_date_deaths">Unknown date deaths</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1901_in_rail_transport&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: Unknown date deaths"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Jacob_S._Rogers" title="Jacob S. Rogers">Jacob S. Rogers</a>, son of <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Rogers_(locomotive_builder)" title="Thomas Rogers (locomotive builder)">Thomas Rogers</a> and second president of <a href="/wiki/Rogers_Locomotive_and_Machine_Works" title="Rogers Locomotive and Machine Works">Rogers Locomotive and Machine Works</a>.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1901_in_rail_transport&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist reflist-columns references-column-width" style="column-width: 30em;"> <ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFBeck,_Wayne._Cotton_Belt_News1957" class="citation web cs1">Beck, Wayne. <i>Cotton Belt News</i> (1957). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20091018200123/http://geocities.com/TheTropics/8199/c_belt.html">"The History of the St. Louis Southwestern Railway"</a>. 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