1906 in rail transport

This article lists 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.

December events

• December 7 – The Southern Pacific Railroad and Union Pacific Railroad jointly form the Pacific Fruit Express Company (PFE) refrigerator car line.
• December 14 – John D. Spreckels announces he will form the San Diego & Arizona Railway Company (SD&A) and build a 148-mile line between San Diego and El Centro. Spreckels has an agreement with the Southern Pacific (SP) to silently fund the project.
• December 28 – After his death, Alexander J. Cassatt is succeeded as president of the Pennsylvania Railroad by James McRea.

Unknown date events

• The Green Bay and Western acquires a majority interest in the Ahnapee and Western Railway.
• Samuel Spencer is succeeded by William Finley as president of the Southern Railway.

Births

Deaths

June deaths

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

December deaths

• December 28 – Alexander J. Cassatt, president of the Pennsylvania Railroad 1899–1906 (b. 1839).

References

• Norfolk Southern Railway. Retrieved February 22 2005.
• Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (2005), RPI: Alumni hall of fame: Alexander J. Cassatt. Retrieved February 22 2005.
• Dodge, Richard V. (1960). Rails of the Silver Gate. Golden West Books, San Marino, CA. ISBN 0–87095–019–3.
• Hanft, Robert M. (1984). San Diego & Arizona: The Impossible Railroad. Trans-Anglo Books, Glendale, CA. ISBN 0–87046–071–4.
• Thompson, Anthony W., et al (1992). Pacific Fruit Express. Signature Press, Wilton, CA. ISBN 1–930013–03–5.
• White, John H., Jr. (Spring 1986), America's most noteworthy railroaders, Railroad History, Railway and Locomotive Historical Society, 154, p. 9–15.