1914 in rail transport

This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 1914.

Events

Unknown date events

• The New York Central and Hudson River Railroad changes its official name to simply New York Central
• The Alaska Northern Railway (a predecessor of the Alaska Railroad) enters receivership.
• The United States government purchases the bankrupt Alaska Northern and moves the railroad's headquarters to Anchorage, Alaska
• The Atlantic Coast Line acquires the Florida Central Railroad.
• Magnetic Signal Company is awarded a U.S. patent on an improved wigwag grade crossing signal.
• The first prototype of the PRR K4s Pacific locomotive class is built.

Births

December births

• December 16 – O. Winston Link, American photographer who documented the end of steam locomotive use on the Norfolk and Western Railway in the 1950s (d. 2001).

Unknown date births

• Benjamin W. Heineman, president of the Chicago and Northwestern Railway.

Deaths

March deaths

• March 12 – George Westinghouse, American inventor; developed the Westinghouse air brake (b. 1846).

Unknown date deaths

• Melville E. Ingalls, president of the Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad (b. 1842).

References

• Indiana Historical Society, Melville E. Ingalls: Biographical sketch. Retrieved February 15 2005.
• O. Winston Link Museum, O. Winston Link Biography. Retrieved February 4 2005.
• White, John H., Jr. (Spring 1986), America's most noteworthy railroaders, Railroad History, 154, p. 9–15.