1910 in rail transport - Definition and Overview

This article will list events related to rail transport that occurred in 1910.

Events

June events

• June 6 - the US Railroad Safety Appliance Act of 1893 is further extended to mandate that no less than 85% of all railroad cars in an operating train must be equipped with air brakes.

July events

• July 26 - London and South Western Railway introduces new Continental service, Southampton-Havre

October events

• October 1st - Great Western Railway abolishes second-class rail fares (first- and third-class remain)

November events

• November 27 - Pennsylvania Railroad's Manhattan Transfer station and the New Jersey side of the railroad's Hudson River tunnels (built by the Pennsylvania Tunnel and Terminal Railroad) open in New York City.

December events

• December 24 - The Hawes Junction train disaster occurs when a busy signalman forgets about a pair of bank engines waiting at his starting signal and he then allows two trains into the one block section.

Unknown date events

• The city of Cleveland, Ohio, approves a bond measure to pay for the Nickel Plate Road's grade separation project through the densest part of the city.
• Pennsylvania Railroad opens Pennsylvania Station in New York City.

Births

Deaths

March deaths

• March 7 - George Whale, Chief Mechanical Engineer of the London and North Western Railway 1903–1909 (b. 1842).