This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 1906. [edit] Events [edit] January events [edit] February events [edit] April events [edit] May events - May 8 - A special train carrying E.H. Harriman makes a run from Oakland CA to New York in 761 hours and 27 minutes. This record will stand until October 1934, when it will be broken by Union Pacific Streamliner M-10000.
- May 17 - The Simplon Tunnel between Italy and Switzerland, the world’s longest tunnel until 1979, opens to rail traffic.
[edit] June events [edit] July events [edit] September events [edit] October events [edit] November events [edit] December events [edit] Unknown date events [edit] Births [edit] Deaths [edit] June deaths [edit] December deaths [edit] References - Colin Churcher's Railway Pages (December 3, 2004), Significant dates in Ottawa/Hull street and light railway history. Retrieved September 8, 2005.
- Colin Churcher's Railway Pages (September 7, 2005), Significant dates in Ottawa railway history. Retrieved September 21, 2005.
- Dodge, Richard V. (1960). Rails of the Silver Gate. San Marino, CA: Golden West Books. ISBN 0-87095-019-3.
- Hanft, Robert M. (1984). San Diego & Arizona: The Impossible Railroad. Glendale, CA: Trans-Anglo Books. ISBN 0-87046-071-4.
- History of the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway Company. Retrieved August 6, 2005.
- Norfolk Southern Railway. Retrieved February 22, 2005.
- Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (2005), RPI: Alumni hall of fame: Alexander J. Cassatt. Retrieved February 22, 2005.
- Rivanna Chapter, National Railway Historical Society (2005), This Month in Railroad History: July. Retrieved July 18, 2005.
- Spencer, D. K., The History of the Rocky Ford, Colorado Depot. Retrieved December 2, 2005.
- Thompson, Anthony W., et al. (1992). Pacific Fruit Express. Wilton, CA: Signature Press. ISBN 1-930013-03-5.
- White, John H., Jr. (Spring 1986), America's most noteworthy railroaders, Railroad History, Railway and Locomotive Historical Society, 154, p. 9-15.
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