This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 1926.
Events
editMarch events
edit- March 14 - El Virilla train accident in Costa Rica kills 248 people.
May events
edit- May 1 - Burlington Refrigerator Express (BREX) is formed as a joint venture between the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad (CB&Q) and the Fruit Growers Express (FGE).
- May 3 - UK General Strike commences, continuing to affect railways until May 12.
- May 8 - Asa Randolph organizes the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters, considered a major labor as well as civil rights milestone.
- May 20 - The United States Railway Labor Act becomes law.
July events
edit- July 6 - First electric railway in the Soviet Union opens, connecting Baku, Azerbaijan, with its oil workers’ suburban settlements.[1][2]
- July 9 - The first use of a radiotelephone on a train, on the New York Central Railroad.
- July 23 - Law enacted to nationalize rail transport in Belgium fully as Société Nationale des Chemins de fer Belges/Nationale Maatschappij der Belgische Spoorwegen.
August events
edit- August - The Milwaukee Road introduces the Arrow passenger train between Chicago, Illinois and Omaha, Nebraska.
September events
edit- September 12 - Chemin de Fer du Nord introduces Flèche d’Or all-first-class Pullman boat train service between Paris and Calais, France.[3]
October events
edit- October 10 – Yachihata Station in Japan is opened.
December events
edit- December 20 – Opening of first section of underground railway in Australia, the City Circle between Central and St James stations in Sydney[3]
Unknown date events
edit- Atlantic Coast Line Railroad gains control of the Atlanta, Birmingham & Coast Railroad.
- American Car & Foundry acquires JG Brill Company.
Deaths
editOctober deaths
edit- October 20 - Eugene Debs, American labor leader, founding member of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen, founder of the American Railway Union, arrested during the Pullman strike in Chicago, Illinois (born 1855).
References
edit- ^ "History of the City of Baku. Part IV". Window to Baku. Retrieved 2010-01-12.
- ^ Mir-Babayev, Mir-Yusif (Summer 2003). "Azerbaijan's Oil History – Brief oil chronology since 1920, Part 2". Azerbaijan International. 11.2: 56–63. Archived from the original on 2 February 2010. Retrieved 2010-01-12.
- ^ a b Ferneyhough, Frank (1975). The History of Railways in Britain. Reading: Osprey Publishing. ISBN 0-85045-060-8.