1899 in rail transport

This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 1899.

Events

February events

• February 9 - Minneapolis and St. Louis Railway purchases the Minneapolis, New Ulm and Southern.

June events

• June 18 - Canadian Pacific Railway inaugurates the Imperial Limited passenger train etween Montreal, Quebec, and Vancouver, British Columbia.

July events

• July 23 - After successfully lobbying for a change in Canadian Federal regulations and a new city by-law to allow the service, the Ottawa Electric Railway begins Sunday operations.
• July 30 - The Terminal Railroad Association of St. Louis is formed to handle switching and transfer chores in St. Louis. The sponsoring railroads are the Missouri Pacific Railroad, Iron Mountain and Southern, Wabash Railroad, Ohio and Mississippi Railroad, Louisville and Nashville Railroad and the Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad.

August events

• August 8 - Atlantic Coast Line Railroad predecessor Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Company of South Carolina acquired from the Central of Georgia its half-interest in the lease of the Georgia Railroad; the ACL now had direct access to Atlanta, Georgia.

November events

• November 15 - The New York Central railroad leases the Boston and Albany Railroad.

Unknown date events

• William Cornelius Van Horne retires as president of Canadian Pacific Railway; he is succeeded by Thomas George Shaughnessy.
• Alexander J. Cassatt becomes president of the Pennsylvania Railroad.
• American Car and Foundry is formed from the merger of 13 smaller rolling stock manufacturers across the United States.
• Southern Car and Foundry, later to become part of American Car and Foundry, is founded in Memphis, Tennessee.

Births

Unknown date births

• John W. Barriger III, president of the Monon Railroad 1946–1953, Pittsburgh and Lake Erie Railroad 1954–1964, Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad 1965–1970 and the Boston and Maine Railroad 1973–1974 (d. 1976)

Deaths

September deaths

• September 12 - Cornelius Vanderbilt II, president of the New York Central system (b. 1843).

References

• John W. Barriger; Rail historian and railfan. Retrieved February 22, 2005.
• Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (2005), RPI: Alumni hall of fame: Alexander J. Cassatt. Retrieved February 22, 2005.
• (December 3, 2004), Significant dates in Ottawa/Hull street and light railway history. Retrieved July 19, 2005.
• White, John H., Jr. (Spring 1986), America's most noteworthy railroaders, Railroad History, Railway and Locomotive Historical Society, 154, p. 9-15.