1915 in rail transport - Definition

This article will list events related to rail transport that occurred in 1915.

Events

January events

• January 15 - The final spike is driven on the transcontinental Canadian Northern Railway at Basque, British Columbia.

May events

• May 22 - In the Quintinshill rail crash, four trains collide causing more than 200 fatalities near Gretna Green, Scotland; the accident is found to be the result of non-standard operating practices during a shift change at a busy junction.

Unknown date events

• William Kissam Vanderbilt is found to be in violation of antitrust laws in the United States because the New York Central owns a controlling interest in the Nickel Plate Road, both of which Vanderbilt owned.

Births

Deaths

September deaths

• September 11 - William Cornelius Van Horne, oversaw the major construction of the Canadian Pacific Railway, youngest superintendent of Illinois Central Railroad (b. 1843).