1905 in rail transport

This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 1905.

Events

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Victoria Falls Bridge nears completion

January events

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November events

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  • November 3 - The Englewood branch of the old South Side Elevated system of the Chicago 'L' opens between 59th Street junction and State Street.

Unknown date events

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Births

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January births

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  • January 17 - Louis Armand, French railway engineer, manager and resistance fighter (died 1971).
  • January 21 - Oswald Nock, English railway author and signalling engineer (died 1994).[11]

Deaths

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Charles Tyson Yerkes

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December deaths

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References

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  1. ^ Smith, Ivan (1998), Significant Dates in Nova Scotia's Railway History (1900 - 1949) Archived 2006-05-24 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved January 30, 2006.
  2. ^ Colin Churcher's Railway Pages, (January 8, 2006), Significant dates in Ottawa railway history Archived 2006-04-27 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved January 30, 2006.
  3. ^ Signor, John R. (1988). The Los Angeles and Salt Lake Railroad Company; Union Pacific's Historic Salt Lake Route. San Marino, California: Golden West Books. p. 37. ISBN 0-87095-101-7.
  4. ^ a b c Signor, John R., ed. (Jan–Mar 2006). "Death Valley Scotty's "Coyote" Special". The Warbonnet. Vol. 12, no. 1. pp. 17–29. (The Warbonnet is the official journal of the Santa Fe Railway Historical and Modeling Society)
  5. ^ a b c Waters, Leslie L. (1950). Steel Trails to Santa Fe. Lawrence, Kansas: University of Kansas Press. pp. 389–392.
  6. ^ Butt, R. V. J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Yeovil: Patrick Stephens Ltd.
  7. ^ "A Nevada Northern Railway History". Archived from the original on 2005-04-24. Retrieved 2005-09-08.
  8. ^ American Society of Civil Engineers. "Victoria Falls Bridge". Archived from the original on 2005-05-06. Retrieved 2007-08-01.
  9. ^ "The Victoria Falls Bridge". Geoff's Trains. Archived from the original on 2007-10-21. Retrieved 2007-08-01.
  10. ^ a b Saxena, R. P. (2008). "Indian Railway History Time Line". Archived from the original on 2012-02-29. Retrieved 2009-12-23.
  11. ^ Vanns, M. A. (May 2006). "Nock, Oswald Stevens (1905-1994)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/55169. Retrieved 2010-01-28. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  12. ^ "Robber Baron: the life of Charles Tyson Yerkes". Archived from the original on 17 August 2007. Retrieved 12 August 2007.

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