1901 in rail transport
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This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 1901.
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Events
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February events
- February - The Canadian Locomotive Company is formed from the assets of the bankrupt Canadian Locomotive and Engine Company.
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May events
- May - Frederick D. Underwood succeeds Eben B. Thomas as president of the Erie Railroad.
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June events
- June 14 - The Atlantic City Railroad (predecessor of the Pennsylvania-Reading Seashore Lines) is incorporated from the merger of the Camden County Railroad, Ocean City Railroad and Seacoast Railroad.
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December events
- December 12 - Pennsylvania Railroad president Alexander Cassatt announces the railroad's plan to enter New York City — to tunnel under the Hudson River and to build a grand station on the West Side of Manhattan, a station that would become Pennsylvania Station.
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Unknown date events
- E. H. Harriman succeeds Charles Hayes as president of the Southern Pacific Company, parent company of the Southern Pacific Railroad.
- The American Locomotive Company (ALCO) is formed through the merger of eight smaller American steam locomotive manufacturers.
- Jacob S. Rogers, still the primary shareholder, closes Rogers Locomotive Company, but then reopens the company as Rogers Locomotive Works after the ALCO merger.
- American Car and Foundry (ACF) acquires Jackson and Sharp Company and Common Sense Bolster Comany.
- The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway (ATSF) purchases the Santa Fe and Grand Canyon Railway renames it to the Grand Canyon Railway and begins operating it as a subsidiary railroad and destination for customers of ATSF's passenger trains.
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Births
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Deaths
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January deaths
- January 6 - Philip Armour, founder of Armour and Company meatpackers and subsidiary Armour Refrigerator Line refrigerator car operators (b. 1832).
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Unknown date deaths
- Fred Harvey, restaurateur who founded the Harvey House chain of restaurants and hotels to serve passengers of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway.
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References
- Bianchi, Curt (May 1995), "By steam to the Grand Canyon", Trains Magazine, p. 38-45.
- Erie Railroad presidents (http://erierr.railfan.net/eriepres.html). Retrieved March 15 2005.
