1918 in rail transport
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This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 1918.
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Events
September events
- September 6 – The Canadian Northern Railway is nationalized, later to become part of Canadian National Railway.
November events
- November 1 – The Malbone Street Wreck occurs on the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company (BRT) in New York City when an inexperienced motorman (pressed into service due to a strike by the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers) drives one of the system's trains into a curve too quickly and derails the train.
Unknown date events
- Julius Krutschnitt succeeds William Sproule as president of the Southern Pacific Company, parent company of the Southern Pacific Railroad.
- Sir Edward Wentworth Beatty succeeds Thomas George Shaughnessy as president of Canadian Pacific Railway.
Births
Deaths
Categories: 1910s in rail transport | 1918