This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 1914. Jump to: navigation, search 1913 is a common year starting on Wednesday. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1914 is a common year starting on Thursday. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1915 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... Years in rail transport include: 1800 1800 1801 1802 1803 1804 1805 1806 1807 1808 1809 1810 1811 1812 1813 1814 1815 1816 1817 1818 1819 1820 1821 1822 1823 1824 1825 1826 1827 1828 1829 1830 1831 1832 1833 1834 1835 1836 1837 1838 1839 1840 1841 1842 1843... This article will list events related to rail transport that occurred in 1913. ... This article will list events related to rail transport that occurred in 1915. ... Trains can travel at very high speed, are heavy, are unable to deviate from the track and require a great distance to stop. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1914 is a common year starting on Thursday. ...

Events

July events

• July 11 - The Karkamış to Ceylanpınar line of the Baghdad Railway opens.
• July 28 - Wagons-Lits announces that due to the June 28, 1914 assassination of Grand Duke Ferdinand at Sarajevo, the Orient Express will terminate in Bucharest and not go on to Constantinople.

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August events

• August 19 - Passenger trains of the Canadian Northern Ontario Railway begin using the Grand Trunk Railway's Central Station in Toronto.

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October events

• October 13 - The Algoma Central and Hudson Bay Railway, building northward from Sault Ste. Marie, opens its northernmost section between Oba and Hearst, Ontario.

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Unknown date events

• The New York Central and Hudson River Railroad changes its official name to simply New York Central
• The Alaska Northern Railway (a predecessor of the Alaska Railroad) enters receivership.
• The United States government purchases the bankrupt Alaska Northern and moves the railroad's headquarters to Anchorage, Alaska
• The Atlantic Coast Line acquires the Florida Central Railroad.
• Magnetic Signal Company is awarded a U.S. patent on an improved wigwag grade crossing signal.
• The first prototype of the PRR K4s Pacific steam locomotive class is built.

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Births

December births

• December 16 - O. Winston Link, American photographer who documented the end of steam locomotive use on the Norfolk and Western Railway in the 1950s (d. 2001).

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Unknown date births

• Benjamin W. Heineman, president of the Chicago and North Western Railway.

Benjamin W. Heineman (b. ... The Chicago and North Western Railway (AAR reporting marks: CNW, CNWS, CNWZ; unofficial abbreviation: C&NW) was a Class I railroad in the United States. ...

Deaths

March deaths

• March 12 - George Westinghouse, American inventor; developed the Westinghouse air brake (b. 1846).

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Unknown date deaths

• Melville E. Ingalls, president of the Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad (b. 1842).
• William Barstow Strong, president of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway 1881–1889 (b. 1837)

Melville Ezra Ingalls (1842–1914) was a Massachusetts state legislator who went on to become the president of the Indianapolis, Cincinnati and Lafayette Railroad. ... Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1842 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... William Barstow Strong (1837 – 1914) served as president of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway from 1881 to 1889. ... The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway (AAR reporting mark ATSF), often abbreviated as Santa Fe, was one of the largest railroads in the United States. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1881 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... Jump to: navigation, search 1889 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... 1837 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ...

References

• (December 1, 2004), Baghdad Railway. Retrieved July 7, 2005.
• Colin Churcher's Railway Pages (August 16, 2005), Significant dates in Canadian railway history. Retrieved October 11, 2005.
• Indiana Historical Society, Melville E. Ingalls: Biographical sketch. Retrieved February 15, 2005.
• O. Winston Link Museum, O. Winston Link Biography. Retrieved February 4, 2005.
• Pearson Education (2005), William Barstow Strong. Retrieved June 2, 2005.
• (July 28, 2005), Significant dates in Ottawa railway history. Retrieved August 16, 2005.
• White, John H., Jr., (Spring 1986), America's most noteworthy railroaders, Railroad History, The Railway and Locomotive Historical Society, 154, p. 9-15.