1915 in rail transport
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This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 1915.
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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
May deaths
- May 20 – Charles Francis Adams, Jr., president of the Union Pacific Railroad 1884–1890 (b. 1835).
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).
References
- Soylent Communications (2005), Charles Francis Adams, Jr.. Retrieved February 21 2005.
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