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EVENTS

February events

February 3 - Twin Peaks Tunnel in Los Angeles, California , the longest (11,920 Feet ) streetcar Tunnel in the world, opens.

March events

March 19 - The United States Congress adopts Standard or "Railroad" time, in use since 1884, as the national standard.

March 21 - The Railroad Control Act becomes law in the United States , guaranteeing the return to private ownership and administration of America's railroads from the USRA at the end of World War I .

June events

, falls asleep while the train is in motion; he misses several Signals and runs his train into the rear of a stopped troop train. Several of the Passenger Car s are completely destroyed in the collision and catch fire; 86 people die and 127 others are injured in the accident.

July events

trains collide head-on. 101 killed, 171 injured. Deadliest train accident in United States history.

July 10 - The Denver And Interurban Railroad , in Colorado ceases all operations; passenger service is replaced with Bus es.

August events

August 16 - Grand Trunk Railway 's freight sheds in Ottawa are destroyed by fire; the loss is estimated at $ 85,000.

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 subway trains too quickly into a curve, derailing the train in a tunnel and killing 97 and injuring over 100.

November 20 - The Canadian government takes over control of the Canadian Northern Railway , appoints a new board of directors and places the management of the Canadian Government Railways under the new board's control.

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 .

The provincial government of British Columbia , Canada , agrees to take over control of Pacific Great Eastern Railway .

Following its second Bankrupt cy, Colorado Midland ceases operations.

BIRTHS

DEATHS

Unknown date deaths

Albert Alonzo Robinson , vice president and general manager of Atchison, Topeka And Santa Fe Railway (b. 1844 ).

REFERENCES

Colin Churcher's Railway Pages ( 2005 .

Fort Collins Municipal Railway Society ( 2005 .

( 2005 .