1923, 1924, 1925

Years in rail transport

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This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 1924.

Contents 1 Events 1.1 March events 1.2 May events 1.3 June events 1.4 August events 1.5 September events 1.6 October events 1.7 November events 1.8 December events 1.9 Unknown date events 2 Births 3 Deaths 4 References

[edit] Events

[edit] March events

• March 12 – Electrification is completed on what is now Hamburg S-Bahn's Line 1 between Ohlsdorf and Poppenbüttel.
• March 31 – American Car and Foundry acquires Pacific Car and Foundry.

[edit] May events

• May 8 – Arthur Honegger’s “Pacifica 231” premieres. The orchestral tone poem reflects Honegger’s impressions of steam engines.

[edit] June events

• June 7 – London, Midland and Scottish Railway opens the luxury Gleneagles Hotel in Scotland.^[1]
• June 28 – The streetcar system in Adrian, Michigan, is abandoned.^[2]

[edit] August events

• August 7 – Streetcars operate for the last time in Williamsport, Pennsylvania, to be replaced with buses.
• August 14 – The New York Central tests a General Electric diesel-electric locomotive. The locomotive succeeds in starting a train of 93 cars on level track.

[edit] September events

• September 28 – The Chicago and Alton Railroad places "the handsomest train in the world" into Chicago – St. Louis service. The red painted, million dollar train competes with Illinois Central Railroad's green and black Daylight Special and Wabash's blue Blue Banner Special.

[edit] October events

• October 23 – Two trolley cars of the Hull Electric Railway in Ottawa collide head-on due to a misunderstanding in operations around track maintenance work.^[3]

[edit] November events

• November 30 – Raumabanen from Dombås to Åndalsnes in Norway is opened.

[edit] December events

• December 17 – The first Diesel-electric locomotive enters service, on the docks in the Bronx.

[edit] Unknown date events

• ALCO produces its first diesel locomotive using electrical components from General Electric.
• The first section of the Barcelona Metro opens.

[edit] Births

[edit] Deaths

[edit] References

• Michiganrailroads.com, Railroad history timeline - 1920s. Retrieved June 28, 2005.
• Williamsport Bureau of Transportation (2005), History of Mass Transit in Williamsport. Retrieved August 7, 2005.