1901 in rail transport - Definition

This article will list events related to rail transport that occurred in 1901.

Events

June events

• June 14 - The Atlantic City Railroad (predecessor of the Pennsylvania-Reading Seashore Lines) is incorporated from the merger of the Camden County Railroad, Ocean City Railroad and Seacoast Railroad.

December events

• December 12 - Pennsylvania Railroad president Alexander Cassatt announces the railroad's plan to enter New York City — to tunnel under the Hudson River and to build a grand station on the West Side of Manhattan, a station that would become Pennsylvania Station.

Unknown date events

• E. H. Harriman succeeds Charles Hayes as president of the Southern Pacific Company, parent company of the Southern Pacific Railroad.
• The American Locomotive Company (ALCO) is formed through the merger of eight smaller American steam locomotive manufacturers.
• Jacob S. Rogers, still the primary shareholder, closes Rogers Locomotive Company, but then reopens the company as Rogers Locomotive Works after the ALCO merger.

Births

Deaths

Unknown date deaths

• Fred Harvey, restaurateur who founded the Harvey House chain of restaurants and hotels to serve passengers of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway.