1923 in rail transport - Definition

This article will list events related to rail transport that occurred in 1923.

Events

January events

• January - The Canadian National Railway absorbs the Grand Trunk Railway and spins off the portion of the Grand Trunk within the United States to form the Grand Trunk Western Railroad; CN operates GTW as a subsidiary railroad.

July events

• July 15 - United States President Warren G. Harding drives the golden spike on the Alaska Railroad.

Unknown date events

• The Interstate Commerce Commission allows the Southern Pacific Railroad's control of the Central Pacific Railroad to continue, ruling that the control is in the public's interest.
• George Hughes succeeds Henry Fowler as Chief Mechanical Engineer of the Midland Railway
• The city of Glasgow, Scotland takes over operations of the Glasgow Subway.

Births

Unknown date births

• Robert R. Dowty, construction foreman for the Jupiter and 119 steam locomotive replicas at the Golden Spike National Historic Site at Promontory, Utah (d. 2004).

Deaths

December deaths

• December 5 - Sir William Mackenzie, part owner of Toronto Street Railway, builder of Canadian Northern Railway predecessors (b. 1849).