1927 in rail transport explained

Events

January events

• January 1 - John J. Bernet succeeds Frederick D. Underwood as president of the Erie Railroad.^{[1] [2] [3]}

February events

• February 14 - The Hull Paragon rail accident in England kills 12 people,

April events

• April 1 - Odawara Express Railway Line, connecting to Shinjuku Station of Tokyo and Odawara Station, via Machida Station route officially completed in Japan.(as predecessor of Odakyu Line)
• April 3 - Yosan Line, Takamatsu to Matsuyama route officially completed in Shikoku Island, Japan.

May events

• May 15 - The Grand Trunk Western Railroad introduces the Maple Leaf passenger train between Chicago, Illinois and Montreal, Quebec.

June events

• June 1
  • Turkish State Railways formed.
  • Aichi Electronic Railway Line, Atsuta Jingu-mae Station of Nagoya to Toyohashi Station route officially completed in Aichi Prefecture, Japan.(as predecessor of Meitetsu Nagoya Line)
• June 29 - Great Western Railway (England) takes delivery of its first 'King' Class 4-6-0 express passenger steam locomotive from its Swindon Works, No. 6000 King George V.^[4]

July events

• July 6  -, later renamed as Togoshi-kōen Station, in Shinagawa, Tokyo, Japan, opens.
• July 16 - Opening of Romney, Hythe and Dymchurch Railway on the English Channel coast (8.25miles of 15inches gauge).^[5]

August events

• August 24 - The Sevenoaks railway accident in England kills 13.
• August 25 - Detroit and Mackinac Railway officially abandons the section from Au Sable River Jct. to Comins and the Curran Branch between Hardy and Beavers.^[6]

September events

• September 1 – The Trunk Line in Norway takes electric traction into use between Oslo and Lillestrøm.^[7]
• September 24  - October 15 – Baltimore and Ohio Railroad celebrates its centennial in the Fair of the Iron Horse in Baltimore, Maryland.
• September 27  - The G

October events

• October 10 - First Maine Central Railroad train over Carlton Bridge ends rail ferry service across the Kennebec River at Bath, Maine.^[8]

December events

• December 3 - Official opening of London Post Office Railway.^[9]
• December 30 - The Ginza Line, the oldest subway line in Asia, opens in Tokyo, Japan between Asakusa and Ueno.^[10]

Unknown date events

• Rail transport in Cameroon extended to Yaoundé.
• American Locomotive Company builds first 4-6-4 tender locomotive, for the New York Central; also, the first 4-8-4, for the Northern Pacific Railroad.^[11]
• American Car and Foundry acquires Shippers Car Line.
• Narrow gauge Sandy River and Rangeley Lakes Railroad ends train service to the Rangeley Lakes House destination hotel.^[12]
• First Dutch National Railway Museum established.

Deaths

May deaths

• May 23 - Henry Huntington, nephew of Collis P. Huntington and executive in charge of Pacific Electric Railway in the early part of the 20th century (born 1850).

October deaths

• October 7  - Godfrey M. Hyams, financier for Deepwater Railway and Tidewater Railway, dies (b. 1859).
• October 16  - David Macpherson, Canadian-born American civil engineer (b. 1854)

November deaths

• November 17 - Charles Sanger Mellen, president of Northern Pacific Railway 1897-1903 and New Haven Railroad beginning in 1903, dies (born 1852).^[13]

Notes and References

1. Time. Out and In. https://web.archive.org/web/20110131205125/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,729799,00.html. dead. January 31, 2011. December 27, 1926. May 29, 2007.
2. Web site: Presidents of the Erie Railroad. Stratton, Fred. Fred's Erie Railroad History Page. May 29, 2007. https://web.archive.org/web/20070703201657/http://erierr.railfan.net/eriepres.html. July 3, 2007 . dead.
3. The Diamond. Brown, Randolph R. . McCourt, John P. . Obed, Martin E. . Erie's Heavyweight Steel RPOs: 1927 Through Retirement. 4–5. 21. 1. 2007.
4. Book: Wood, G. C.. 6000 King George V – a chronology. 6000 Locomotive Association. Hereford. 1972.
5. Book: Davies, W.J.K.. The Romney, Hythe & Dymchurch Railway . David & Charles. Newton Abbot. 1975. 0-71536-827-3.
6. Web site: RRHX - Railroad History Timeline: 1920s. August 25, 2006. https://web.archive.org/web/20060716082438/http://www.michiganrailroads.com/RRHX/Timeline/1920s/TimeLine1920sBackUp.htm. July 16, 2006. dead.
7. Web site: Railway Statistics 2008 . . 2009 . pdf . April 28, 2010 . 34 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120302040853/http://www.jernbaneverket.no/no/dokumenter/Om-oss/Jernbanestatistikk/Jernbanestatistikk-2008/ . March 2, 2012 .
8. Book: The Best of Maine Railroads . Johnson, Ron . Portland Litho . 1985 . 111.
9. Book: Bayliss, Derek A.. The Post Office Railway London. 1978. Turntable Publications. Sheffield. 0-902844-43-1.
10. Web site: History . https://web.archive.org/web/20230605063443/https://www.tokyometro.jp/lang_en/corporate/profile/history/index.html . 2023-06-05 . 2024-07-13 . tokyometro.jp.
11. Book: Balkwill, Richard. Marshall, John. John Marshall (railway historian). The Guinness Book of Railway Facts and Feats. 6th. Enfield. Guinness Publishing. 1993. 0-85112-707-X.
12. Book: The Maine Scenic Route . Crittenden, H. Temple . McClain Printing Company . 1966 . 183.
13. News: New York Times. Obituary: Charles Sanger Mellen. November 18, 1927. 23.