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1927 in rail transport

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This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 1927.

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January events

  • January 1 - John J. Bernet succeeds Frederick D. Underwood as president of the Erie Railroad.

    • February events

  • February 14 - The Hull Paragon rail accident in England kills 12 people,

    • April events

  • April 1 - Odawara Express Railway Line, connecting to Shinjuku Station of Tokyo and Odawara Station, via Machida Station route officially completed in Japan.(as predecessor of Odakyu Line)
  • April 3 - Yosan Line, Takamatsu to Matsuyama route officially completed in Shikoku Island, Japan.

    • May events

  • May 15 - The Grand Trunk Western Railroad introduces the Maple Leaf passenger train between Chicago, Illinois and Montreal, Quebec.

    • June events

  • June 1
  • Turkish State Railways formed.
  • Aichi Electronic Railway Line, Atsuta Jingu-mae Station of Nagoya to Toyohashi Station route officially completed in Aichi Prefecture, Japan.(as predecessor of Meitetsu Nagoya Line)
  • June 29 - Great Western Railway (England) takes delivery of its first 'King' Class 4-6-0 express passenger steam locomotive from its Swindon Works, No. 6000 King George V.

    • July events

  • July 6 – Hebikubo Station (蛇窪駅), later renamed as Togoshi-kōen Station, in Shinagawa, Tokyo, Japan, opens.
  • July 16 - Opening of Romney, Hythe and Dymchurch Railway on the English Channel coast (8.25 mi (13.28 km) of 15 in (380 mm) gauge).

    • August events

  • August 24 - The Sevenoaks railway accident in England kills 13.
  • August 25 - Detroit and Mackinac Railway officially abandons the section from Au Sable River Jct. to Comins and the Curran Branch between Hardy and Beavers.

    • September events

  • September 1 – The Trunk Line in Norway takes electric traction into use between Oslo and Lillestrøm.
  • September 24 – October 15 – Baltimore and Ohio Railroad celebrates its centennial in the Fair of the Iron Horse in Baltimore, Maryland.

    • October events

  • October 10 - First Maine Central Railroad train over Carlton Bridge ends rail ferry service across the Kennebec River at Bath, Maine.

    • December events

  • December 3 - Official opening of London Post Office Railway.
  • December 30 - The Ginza Line, the oldest subway line in Asia, opens in Tokyo, Japan.

    • Unknown date events

  • Rail transport in Cameroon extended to Yaoundé.
  • American Locomotive Company builds first 4-6-4 tender locomotive, for the New York Central; also, the first 4-8-4, for the Northern Pacific Railroad.
  • American Car and Foundry acquires Shippers Car Line.
  • Narrow gauge Sandy River and Rangeley Lakes Railroad ends train service to the Rangeley Lakes House destination hotel.
  • First Dutch National Railway Museum established.

    • May deaths

  • May 23 - Henry Huntington, nephew of Collis P. Huntington and executive in charge of Pacific Electric Railway in the early part of the 20th century (born 1850).

    • October deaths

  • October 7 – Godfrey M. Hyams, financier for Deepwater Railway and Tidewater Railway, dies (b. 1859).

    • November deaths

  • November 17 - Charles Sanger Mellen, president of Northern Pacific Railway 1897-1903 and New Haven Railroad beginning in 1903, dies (born 1852).

    • References

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