1905 in rail transport

Events

January events

* January 30 - The Halifax and South Western Railway opens, connecting Halifax to Yarmouth, Nova Scotia. [Smith, Ivan (1998), " [http://www.trainweb.org/canadianrailways/articles/SignificantDatesInNSRailwayHistoryPart3.html Significant Dates in Nova Scotia's Railway History (1900 - 1949)] ". Retrieved January 30 2006.]
* January 31 - New York Central and Hudson River Railway officially takes control of Ottawa and New York Railway. [Colin Churcher's Railway Pages, (January 8 2006), " [http://www.railways.incanada.net/candate/ottawa.htm Significant dates in Ottawa railway history] ". Retrieved January 30 2006.]

March events

* March 21 - Construction begins on the Apalachicola Northern Railroad in Florida.

April events

* April - Ralph Peters becomes president of the Long Island Rail Road
* April 26 - The San Pedro, Los Angeles and Salt Lake Railroad (which later became part of Union Pacific Railroad) signs an agreement to operate over the California Southern Railroad's track through Cajon Pass via trackage rights. [cite book| author=Signor, John R.| title=The Los Angeles and Salt Lake Railroad Company; Union Pacific's Historic Salt Lake Route| publisher=Golden West Books| location=San Marino, California| year=1988| id=ISBN 0-87095-101-7| pages=p 37| ]

June events

* June 11 - The Pennsylvania Railroad inaugurates the fastest freight train schedule in the world, operating between Chicago, Illinois, and New York City in 18 hours. [http://avenue.org/nrhs/histjun.htm]
* June 12 - Pennsylvania Railroad's passenger train "Pennsylvania Special" (which would later become the "Broadway Limited") sets a speed record between Chicago, Illinois, and New York City, travelling at 127.2 mph (204.7 km/h). [http://avenue.org/nrhs/histjun.htm]

July events

* July 8 - Death Valley Scotty pays $5,500 in cash to Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway general passenger agent J. J. Byrne to charter the "Scott Special".cite journal| journal=The Warbonnet| title=Death Valley Scotty's "Coyote" Special| author=Signor, John R., compiler| year=2006| month=first quarter| pages=p 17–29| volume=12| issue=1 ("The Warbonnet" is the official journal of the Santa Fe Railway Historical and Modeling Society)] cite book| author=Waters, Leslie L.| title=Steel Trails to Santa Fe| year=1950| publisher=University of Kansas Press| location=Lawrence, Kansas| pages=p 389-392| ]
* July 9 - The "Scott Special", an Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway passenger train chartered by Death Valley Scotty for $5,500, departs Los Angeles, California, on its record breaking run to Chicago, Illinois, in just under 45 hours.
* July 11 - The "Scott Special" arrives at Dearborn Station in Chicago, Illinois, 44 hours and 54 minutes after departing Los Angeles, California.

August events

* August 22 - The Portland and Seattle Railway is incorporated.

September events

* September 9 - Construction begins on the Nevada Northern Railway in Ely, Nevada.
* September 12 - Opening of the Victoria Falls Bridge across the Zambezi River as part of the projected Cape-Cairo railway. [cite web|url=http://www.asce.org/history/brdg_victoria.html|author=American Society of Civil Engineers|title=Victoria Falls Bridge|accessdate=2007-08-01] [cite web|work=Geoff’s Trains|url=http://geoffs-trains.com/Bridge/bridgehome.html|title=The Victoria Falls Bridge|accessdate=2007-08-01]

Unknown date events

* Construction begins on the Tidewater Railway in Virginia.
* ALCO purchases rival steam locomotive manufacturer Rogers Locomotive Works.
* American Car and Foundry acquires Indianapolis Car and Foundry and Indianapolis Car Company.

Births

Deaths

February deaths

* February 8 - Jay Cooke, American financier who built the Northern Pacific Railway (b. 1821).

September deaths

* September 4 - William Dean, Chief Mechanical Engineer of Great Western Railway of England 1877-1902 (b. 1840).

December deaths

* December 29 - Charles Tyson Yerkes, American financier of rapid transit systems in Chicago and London (b. 1837). [cite web|url=http://www.press.uillinois.edu/s06/franch.html|title=Robber Baron: the life of Charles Tyson Yerkes]

References

* " [http://www.webpanda.com/white_pine_county/historical_society/Railroad/nnrr_history.htm A Nevada Northern Railway History] ". Retrieved September 8 2005.
* " [http://www.railwaystation.com/1942/15.html 1942 Quiz Book on Railroads and Railroading] ". Retrieved July 7 2005.
* Rivanna Chapter, National Railway Historical Society, (2005), " [http://avenue.org/nrhs/histaug.htm This Month in Railroad History - August] ". Retrieved August 22 2005.
* Rivanna Chapter, National Railway Historical Society, (2005), " [http://avenue.org/nrhs/histjun.htm This Month in Railroad History - June] ". Retrieved June 10, 2005