1926 in rail transport explained

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

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).

Notes and References

1. Web site: History of the City of Baku. Part IV. Window to Baku. 2010-01-12.
2. Mir-Yusif. Mir-Babayev. Azerbaijan’s Oil History – Brief oil chronology since 1920, Part 2. Azerbaijan International. 11.2. Summer 2003. 56–63. 2010-01-12. https://web.archive.org/web/20100202054722/http://azer.com/aiweb/categories/magazine/ai112_folder/112_articles/112_chronology.html. 2 February 2010 . live.
3. Book: Ferneyhough, Frank. The History of Railways in Britain. Reading. Osprey Publishing. 1975. 0-85045-060-8.