1908 in rail transport

This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 1908.

Events

Unknown date events

• The Soo Line acquires a majority interest in the Wisconsin Central Railway

Births

Unknown date births

• John Francis Nash, vice president of operations for New York Central and president of the Pittsburgh and Lake Erie and Lehigh Valley Railroad (d. 2004)

Deaths

January deaths

• January 14 – Matthias N. Forney, American steam locomotive manufacturer (b. 1835).

References

• Brief biographies of mechanical engineers. Retrieved February 9 2004.
• White, John H., Jr. (1968). A history of the American locomotive; its development: 1830–1880. Dover Publications, New York, NY. ISBN 0–486–23818–0.