1913 In Rail Transport

Events

February events

• February 1 - New York City's Grand Central Station opens as the world's largest train station to date.

August events

• August 13 - Stainless steel (which will soon be used to construct passenger car bodies) is invented by Harry Brearley in Sheffield.

Unknown date events

• The Nickel Plate Road completes its grade separation project in Cleveland, Ohio.
• The Supreme Court of the United States orders the Union Pacific Railroad to sell all of its stock in the Southern Pacific Railroad.
• Julius Krutschnitt succeeds Robert Lovett as Chairman of the Executive Committee for the Southern Pacific Railroad.
• ALCO ceases new steam locomotive production at the former Rogers Locomotive Works plant in Paterson, New Jersey; ALCO continues producing new locomotives at its other plants.
• William Finley is succeeded by Fairfax Harrison as president of the Southern Railway.

Births

April births

• April 21 - Richard Beeching, chairman of the British Railways Board 1961–1965 (d. 1985).

Deaths

March deaths

• March 31 - J. P. Morgan, American financier who helped to finance United States Steel Corporation (b. 1837).

May deaths

• May 20 - Henry Morrison Flagler, visionary and builder of the Florida East Coast Railway

September deaths

• September 25 - Herbert William Garratt, English steam locomotive builder and inventor of the Garratt locomotive type (b. 1864).

References

• (April 27 2004), Herbert William Garratt. Retrieved February 9 2005.

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