1897, 1898, 1899

Years in rail transport

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This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 1898.

Events

April events

• April 20 - Electrification of the South Side Elevated Railway in Chicago is completed ending all steam locomotive operations on the route. Multiple-unit (M.U.) train control is also introduced by railroad engineer Frank J. Sprague.

May events

• May - E. H. Harriman becomes chairman of the executive committee for the Union Pacific Railroad.
• May 11 - The Lynton and Barnstaple Railway in England opens.
• May 16 - Passenger service is inaugurated on the Lynton and Barnstaple Railway.

June events

• June 12 - Regular revenue service begins on the Detroit, Ypsilanti and Ann Arbor Railway in Michigan. [1]

July events

• July 11 - Opening of the London and South Western Railway’s Waterloo & City Line, the second deep-level electrified "tube" railway in London.^[1]

Unknown date events

• Sunset magazine is founded as a promotional tool of the Southern Pacific Railroad.
• The Loup Creek & Deepwater railway is officially renamed Deepwater Railway

Births

Deaths

Unknown date deaths

• Wilson Eddy, American steam locomotive manufacturer (b. 1813).
• John M. Forbes, president of the Michigan Central Railroad and the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad (b. 1813).
• Hugh J. Jewett, president of the Erie Railroad 1874–1884 (b. 1817).

References

• Erie Railroad presidents. Retrieved March 15, 2005.
• Railroad History Timeline - 1898. Retrieved June 10, 2005.
• Timeline of Old Plank Road Trail history and development. Retrieved March 1, 2005.
• White, John H., Jr. (Spring 1986). "America's most noteworthy railroaders". Railroad History 154: pp. 9-15. ISSN 0090-7847. OCLC 1785797. 
• White, John H., Jr. (1968). A history of the American locomotive; its development: 1830-1880. New York, NY: Dover Publications. ISBN 0-486-23818-0. 

1. ^ Gillham, J. C. (1988). The Age of the Electric Train: Electric Trains in Britain since 1883. London: Ian Allan. ISBN 0-7110-1392-6.