1914 In Rail Transport

Events

Unknown date events

• The New York Central and Hudson River Railroad changes its official name to simply New York Central
• The Alaska Northern Railway (a predecessor of the Alaska Railroad) enters receivership.
• The United States government purchases the bankrupt Alaska Northern and moves the railroad's headquarters to Anchorage, Alaska
• The Atlantic Coast Line acquires the Florida Central Railroad.

Births

December births

• December 16 - O. Winston Link, American photographer who documented the end of steam locomotive use on the Norfolk and Western Railway in the 1950s (d. 2001).

Unknown date births

• Benjamin W. Heineman, president of the Chicago and Northwestern Railway.

Deaths

March deaths

• March 12 - George Westinghouse, American inventor; developed the Westinghouse air brake (b. 1846).

Unknown date deaths

• Melville E. Ingalls, president of the Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad (b. 1842).

References

• Indiana Historical Society, Melville E. Ingalls: Biographical sketch. Retrieved February 15 2005.
• O. Winston Link Museum, O. Winston Link Biography. Retrieved February 4 2005.

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