1932 In Rail Transport

Events

January events

• January 1
• William Stanier succeeds Ernest Lemon as Chief Mechanical Engineer of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway.
• Ralph Budd leaves the Great Northern Railway and becomes president of the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad.

April events

• April - The Atlantic City Railroad (predecessor to the Pennsylvania-Reading Seashore Lines) purchases the Stone Harbor Railroad.

Unknown date events

• The Southern Pacific Railroad gains 87% control of the Cotton Belt Railroad (St. Louis Southwestern Railroad).
• Angus Daniel McDonald succeeds Paul Shoup as president of the Southern Pacific Company, parent company of the Southern Pacific Railroad.
• Hale Holden steps down as Chairman of the Executive Committee for the Southern Pacific Company. With Holden's departure, this position is eliminated. Holden then assumes the position of Chairman of the Board of Directors for the company.

Births

Deaths

March deaths

• March 7 - William N. Page, American civil engineer who built the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway and the Virginian Railway (b. 1854).

References

• (2000), American Experience / Streamliners / People & Events / Ralph Budd. Retrieved February 22 2005.
• President and Fellows of Harvard College (2004), 20th century great American business leaders - Ralph Budd. Retrieved February 22 2005.

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