1917 in rail transport

Events

January events

  • January 3 - Ratho rail crash in Scotland: North British Railway H class locomotive 874 Dunedin, in charge of an Edinburgh to Glasgow express train, collides with a light engine at Queensferry Junction near Ratho Station, leaving 12 people dead and 46 seriously injured; the cause is found to be inadequate signalling procedures.[1]

February events

March events

April events

Locomotive of Lenin’s train, on which he arrived at Finland Station, Petrograd in April 1917.

May events

July events

September

October events

November events

December events

Unknown date events

Births

Unknown date births

Deaths

October deaths

References

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  9. Terada, Hirokazu (July 2002). データブック日本の私鉄 [Databook: Japan's Private Railways]. Japan: Neko Publishing. p. 199. ISBN 4-87366-874-3.
  10. Middleton, William D. (February 2002). "Quebec lights up its big bridge". Trains: 16–17.
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  12. "Railway Worker Day marked in Russia". ITAR-TASS. 2006-08-06. Retrieved 2006-08-07.
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