1922 in rail transport

Years in rail transport

* 1921 in rail transport
* 1922 in rail transport
* 1923 in rail transport

Timeline of railway history

This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 1922.

## Events

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### May events

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* May 17 – The Arkansas Short Line Railroad, a predecessor of St. Louis Southwestern Railway, is incorporated.[1]

### July events

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* July 1 – The Great Railroad Strike of 1922 begins in the United States, coinciding with a reduction in railroad shop wages by seven cents per day mandated by the Railroad Labor Board. Continues until September 1.[2]

### August events

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* August 31 – H. L. Hamilton and Paul Turner form a company called Electro-Motive Engineering (later to become General Motors Electro-Motive Division) in Cleveland, Ohio.

### October events

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* October – International Union of Railways (UIC) established in Paris to promote co-operation and standardisation.[3]
* October 22 – Stuttgart Hauptbahnhof (first stage) opened in Germany.

### November events

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* The first Willamette locomotive is built for Coos Bay Lumber Company of Marshfield, Oregon.[4]
* July 26 – The Drammen Line in Norway takes electric traction into use between Oslo West Station and Brakerøya.[5]

### December events

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* December 9 – Chemins de fer de Paris à Lyon et à la Méditerranée resumes the Calais-Mediterranée Express, now known as Le Train Bleu because of its Wagons-Lits cars, between Calais Gare Maritime and Menton on the French Riviera.

### Unknown date events

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* The New York Central acquires the Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad (the Big Four Railroad).
* Sir Henry Thornton succeeds David Blyth Hanna as president of Canadian National Railway.
* George Hughes succeeds H. P. M. Beames as Chief Mechanical Engineer of the London and North Western Railway.

## Births

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### February births

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* February 27 – Robert B. Claytor, president of Norfolk and Western Railway (died 1993)

### March births

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* March 22 – Livio Dante Porta, Argentinian steam locomotive mechanical engineer (died 2003)

### July births

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* July 20 – Alan Stephenson Boyd, first United States Secretary of Transportation 1966–1969, president of Illinois Central Railroad 1969-1972, president of Amtrak (died 2020)

## Deaths

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Main article: Deaths in 1922

Further information: Category:1922 deaths

## See also

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* List of rail accidents (1920–1929)

## References

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1. ^ Beck, Wayne (1957). "The History of St. Louis Southwestern Railway". Archived from the original on 2009-10-18. Retrieved 2006-05-17.
2. ^ Davis, Colin J. (1977). Power at Odds: The 1922 National Railroad Shopmen's Strike. Urbana: University of Illinois Press. ISBN 0-252-06612-X.
3. ^ Anastasiadou, Irene (2005). "International Railway Organization in 19th and 20th century Europe" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-10-20. Retrieved 2007-07-17.
4. ^ Koch, Michael (1971). The Shay Locomotive: Titan of the Timber. The World Press. p. 467.
5. ^ "Railway Statistics 2008" (PDF). Norwegian National Rail Administration. 2009. p. 34\. Archived from the original (pdf) on 22 November 2010. Retrieved 28 April 2010.