1915 in rail transport

This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 1915.

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.