Events 1919 in rail transport

1 events

1.1 march events
1.2 april events
1.3 may events
1.4 september events
1.5 october events
1.6 november events
1.7 december events
1.8 unknown date events

events
march events

helsinki station



march 5 – rebuilt helsinki central railway station officially opened (architect: eliel saarinen).

april events

april 12 – ryutaro nomura succeeds simbei kunisawa second term president of south manchuria railway.

may events

4-car tait train @ spring vale cemetery station, melbourne



may 28 – official inauguration of electrified suburban railways in melbourne, australia, first train flinders street station sandringham , essendon.

september events

september 27–october 6 – railway workers in united kingdom stage strike, called national union of railwaymen.

october events

october 17 – madrid metro opens.

november events

j.d. spreckels drives golden spike on san diego & arizona railway



november 15 – golden spike driven , construction of san diego , arizona railway completed @ cost of $18 million.

december events

first passenger train on san diego & arizona railway



december 1

the first passenger train of san diego & arizona railway arrives in san diego el centro, california, official line opening ceremony.
the canadian railway war board reorganized railway association of canada.




quebec bridge



december 3 – quebec bridge, operated canadian national railways, opens rail traffic after 2 decades of construction. 987 meters (3,238 ft) long, incorporating longest cantilever bridge span in world @ 549 meters (1,801 ft).
december 20 – onawa train wreck: collision on international railway of maine kills 23 people.

unknown date events

ralph budd becomes president of great northern railway , becomes youngest (40) president of american railroad date.
the federal trade commission orders armour & co. sell produce-hauling subsidiary, fruit growers express (fge), anti-trust reasons.
jewett car company, newark, ohio, producer of interurban cars , trolleys, closes after 25 years in production.




^ högström, hilkka (1996). helsingin rautatieasema / helsinki railway station. helsinki. isbn 951-53-0533-0. 
^ jokinen, teppo (1998). eliel saarinen – main station . in thiel-siling, sabine. icons of architecture – 20th century (2nd ed.). munich: prestel. pp. 24–5. isbn 3791319493. 
^ wells, jeffrey (2010). 9 days strike of 1919 . backtrack. 24: 22–7, 120–4. 
^ hanft, robert m. (1984). san diego & arizona: impossible railroad. glendale, california: trans-anglo books. isbn 0-87046-071-4. 
^ dodge, richard v. (1960). rails of silver gate. san marino, california: golden west books. isbn 0-87095-019-3. 
^ historic anniversary railway association of canada (press release). railway association of canada. 2007-10-23. retrieved 2007-10-23. 
^ pont de québec timeline archived 2007-09-30 @ wayback machine. (in french)
^ haine, edgar a. (1993). railroad wrecks. p. 148. isbn 0-8453-4844-2. 
^ 20th century great american business leaders - ralph budd . president , fellows of harvard college. 2004. archived original on 2005-02-05. retrieved 2005-02-22. 
^ american experience / streamliners / people & events / ralph budd . 2000. archived original on 2005-03-09. retrieved 2005-02-22. 
^ fruit growers express company refrigerator car no. 35832 . sacramento, california: california state railroad museum foundation. archived original on 2009-05-04. retrieved 2009-04-02. successful private refrigerator car company armour car lines, including subsidiary, fruit growers express. success led downfall, in 1919 federal trade commission ordered sale of produce hauling subsidiary anti-trust reasons. group of eastern , southern railroads formed new fruit growers express company in 1920 take on operations. 1926 fge had expanded service pacific northwest , midwest through partly owned cooperating subsidiaries, western fruit express , burlington fruit express.