This article will list events related to rail transport that occurred in 1917.

Events

March events

• March 12 - The Pere Marquette Railroad is reincorporated as the Pere Marquette Railway.

December events

• December 28 - The United States federal government takes control of American railroads under the United States Railroad Administration for World War I.

Unknown date events

• The Tanana Valley Railroad in Fairbanks, Alaska (a predecessor of the Alaska Railroad) enters receivership.
• The Arcade and Attica Railroad is incorporated.
• Construction is completed on the Trans-Siberian Railway.
• The longest cantilever bridge in the world, Canadian National Railway's bridge across the St. Lawrence River at Quebec City, opens for rail traffic.

Births

Deaths

References

• Middleton, William D., (February 2002), Quebec lights up its big bridge, Trains Magazine, p. 16-17.