1923 in rail transport
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This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 1923.
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Events
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January events
- January - The Canadian National Railway (CN) absorbs the Grand Trunk Railway and spins off the portion of the Grand Trunk within the United States to form the Grand Trunk Western Railroad (GTW); CN operates GTW as a subsidiary railroad.
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July events
- July 15 - United States President Warren G. Harding drives the golden spike on the Alaska Railroad.
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September events
- September 27 - Following soon after the washout of Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad's bridge over Coal Creek (near Glenrock, Wyoming), a passenger train falls through the washout, killing 30 of the train's 66 passengers. The accident is the worst railroad accident in Wyoming's history. [1] (http://www.casperstartribune.net/articles/2005/06/22/news/casper/a2e0ab59d0ef19c0872570270020fd84.txt)
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Unknown date events
- The Interstate Commerce Commission allows the Southern Pacific Railroad's control of the Central Pacific Railroad to continue, ruling that the control is in the public's interest.
- George Hughes succeeds Henry Fowler as Chief Mechanical Engineer of the Midland Railway
- The city of Glasgow, Scotland takes over operations of the Glasgow Subway.
- The Munising, Marquette and South Eastern Railway and Lake Superior and Ishpeming Railway merge to form the Lake Superior and Ishpeming Railroad.
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Births
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Unknown date births
- Robert R. Dowty, construction foreman for the Jupiter and 119 steam locomotive replicas at the Golden Spike National Historic Site at Promontory, Utah (d. 2004).
- Margaret Landry Moore, "Miss Southern Belle" spokesmodel for Kansas City Southern's Southern Belle passenger trains (d. 2005). [2] (http://www.trains.com/Content/Dynamic/Articles/000/000/005/872uxhif.asp)
- Frank Turpin, CEO of Alaska Railroad, 1985–1993 (d. 2005). [3] (http://www.adn.com/news/alaska/story/6437142p-6316333c.html)
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Deaths
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April deaths
- April 10 - Stuyvesant Fish, president of the Illinois Central 1887–1907 (b. 1851).
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May deaths
- May 16 - George Jay Gould I, eldest son of Jay Gould, president of the Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad and the Western Pacific Railroad (b. 1864).
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December deaths
- December 5 - Sir William Mackenzie, part owner of Toronto Street Railway, builder of Canadian Northern Railway predecessors (b. 1849).
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References
- Casper Star-Tribune (June 22 2005), BP Amoco Timeline (http://www.casperstartribune.net/articles/2005/06/22/news/casper/a2e0ab59d0ef19c0872570270020fd84.txt). Retrieved June 22 2005
- Loy, Wesley, Anchorage Daily News (April 30 2005), Frank Turpin, railroad, oil leader, dies (http://www.adn.com/news/alaska/story/6437142p-6316333c.html). Retrieved May 4 2005.
- A Short History of the Lake Superior & Ishpeming Railroad (http://www.i2k.com/~dpierce/LSI/history.html). Retrieved May 9 2005.
- Trains News Wire (April 27 2005), ‘Miss Southern Belle’ dies (http://www.trains.com/Content/Dynamic/Articles/000/000/005/872uxhif.asp). Retrieved May 4 2005.
