1906 in rail transport - Definition and Overview

This article will list events related to rail transport that occurred in 1906.

Events

April events

• April 18 - The great 1906 San Francisco earthquake strikes, damaging the Southern Pacific Railroad's headquarters building and destroying the mansions of the now-deceased Big Four.

Unknown date events

• Southern Pacific Railroad and Union Pacific Railroad jointly form the Pacific Fruit Express (PFE) refrigerator car line.
• The Green Bay and Western acquires a majority interest in the Ahnapee and Western Railway.

Births

Deaths

June deaths

• June 6 - Francis Webb, Chief Mechanical Engineer of the London and North Western Railway (b. 1836).