1912 in rail transport

Events

January events

January 22 The Overseas Railroad opens in Florida

February events

March events

  • March 17 First section of Italian Libya Railways (950 mm (3 ft 1 38 in) gauge) opens from Tripoli.

April events

June events

A Pleasant Street-bound streetcar at the southbound platform at North Station in 1912, five days after the Causeway Street Elevated opened

August events

September events

November events

Unknown date events

Births

March births

Deaths

June deaths

July deaths

References

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  • Norfolk Southern Railway. Retrieved February 22, 2005.
  • (April 3, 2005), Significant dates in Canadian railway history. Retrieved August 6, 2005.
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  1. Classification of S.A.R. Engines with Renumbering Lists, issued by the Chief Mechanical Engineer’s Office, Pretoria, January 1912, pp. 7, 12, 15, 46 (Reprinted in April 1987 by SATS Museum, R.3125-6/9/11-1000)
  2. Hart, George, ed. (c. 1978). The South African Railways - Historical Survey. Bill Hart, Sponsored by Dorbyl Ltd. p. 25.
  3. Florida East Coast Railway (1912). Announcement: Key West Extension of the Florida East Coast Railway. Smithsonian Libraries. Retrieved March 21, 2015.
  4. Clarke, Bradley H.; Cummings, O. R. (1997). Tremont Street Subway: A Century of Public Service. Boston Street Railway Association. pp. 39–49. ISBN 0938315048.
  5. "Viaduct Cars All Running: East Cambridge Folk Much Pleased. Seven Minutes Saved and End Put to Vexatious Delays. Few Paid Fares to Say They Were on First Cars". Boston Daily Globe. 1 June 1912. ProQuest 502054556.
  6. "South Shore Railroad history". Chicago Post-Tribune. June 29, 2008. Retrieved June 30, 2008.
  7. Hennessey, R. A. S. (2012). "Some firsts and other anniversaries; 2012". Electric Railway. 57: 154.
  8. Balkwill, Richard; Marshall, John (1993). The Guinness Book of Railway Facts and Feats (6th ed.). Enfield: Guinness Publishing. ISBN 0-85112-707-X.
  9. Richardson, Matthew (2001). The Penguin Book of Firsts. New Delhi: Penguin Books India. p. 280. ISBN 0-14-302771-9.
  10. Churella, Albert J. (1998). From Steam to Diesel: Managerial Customs and Organizational Capabilities in the Twentieth-Century American Locomotive Industry. Princeton University Press. p. 12. ISBN 0-691-02776-5.
  11. Glatte, Wolfgang (1993). Deutsches Lok-Archiv: Diesellokomotiven (4. ed.). Berlin: Transpress. ISBN 3-344-70767-1.
  12. Kohler, Gary; McChesney, Chris (2004). Narrow Gauge in the Sheepscot Valley, Volume IV. M2FQ Publications.
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