1922 in rail transport
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This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 1922.
Events
May events
- May 17 â The Arkansas Short Line Railroad, a predecessor of St. Louis Southwestern Railway, is incorporated.[1]
July events
- July 1 â The Great Railroad Strike of 1922 begins in the United States, coinciding with a reduction in railroad shop wages by seven cents per day mandated by the Railroad Labor Board. Continues until September 1.[2]
August events
- August 31 â H. L. Hamilton and Paul Turner form a company called Electro-Motive Engineering (later to become General Motors Electro-Motive Division) in Cleveland, Ohio.
October events
- October â International Union of Railways (UIC) established in Paris to promote co-operation and standardisation.[3]
- October 22 â Stuttgart Hauptbahnhof (first stage) opened in Germany.
November events
- The first Willamette locomotive is built for Coos Bay Lumber Company of Marshfield, Oregon.[4]
- July 26 â The Drammen Line in Norway takes electric traction into use between Oslo West Station and Brakerøya.[5]
December events
- December 9 â Chemins de fer de Paris à Lyon et à la Méditerranée resumes the Calais-Mediterranée Express, now known as Le Train Bleu because of its Wagons-Lits cars, between Calais Gare Maritime and Menton on the French Riviera.
Unknown date events
- The New York Central acquires the Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad (the Big Four Railroad).
- Sir Henry Thornton succeeds David Blyth Hanna as president of Canadian National Railway.
- George Hughes succeeds H. P. M. Beames as Chief Mechanical Engineer of the London and North Western Railway.
Births
February births
- February 27 â Robert B. Claytor, president of Norfolk and Western Railway (died 1993)
March births
- March 22 â Livio Dante Porta, Argentinian steam locomotive mechanical engineer (died 2003)
July births
- July 20 â Alan Stephenson Boyd, first United States Secretary of Transportation 1966â1969, president of Illinois Central Railroad 1969-1972, president of Amtrak (died 2020)