This article lists events related to
rail transport that occurred in 1912.
Events
January events
January 22 – The Overseas Railroad opens in Florida
January 1 – The classification and renumbering of all the
rolling stock of the three constituent railways that formed
South African Railways in 1910 is implemented.[1][2]
First Э
0-10-0steam locomotive introduced in
Russia. This will become the world's largest class with around 14,000 built.[9]
The world’s first
diesel locomotive designed for main line use, built by Gesellschaft für Thermolokomotiven
Diesel-
Klose-
Sulzer GmbH for the
Prussian state railways,
Germany, receives trials on the
Winterthur–
Romanshorn line in
Switzerland prior to delivery to
Berlin for more trials in September. The unit has direct mechanical transmission with a weight of 95 tonnes, power of 883 kW and a theoretical maximum speed of 100 km/h but will not prove to be a commercial success.[9][10][11][12]
^Classification of S.A.R. Engines with Renumbering Lists, issued by the Chief Mechanical Engineer’s Office, Pretoria, January 1912, pp. 7, 12, 15, 46 (Reprinted in April 1987 by SATS Museum, R.3125-6/9/11-1000)
^Hart, George, ed. (c. 1978). The South African Railways - Historical Survey. Bill Hart, Sponsored by Dorbyl Ltd. p. 25.
^Clarke, Bradley H.; Cummings, O. R. (1997). Tremont Street Subway: A Century of Public Service. Boston Street Railway Association. pp. 39–49.
ISBN0938315048.
^"Viaduct Cars All Running: East Cambridge Folk Much Pleased. Seven Minutes Saved and End Put to Vexatious Delays. Few Paid Fares to Say They Were on First Cars". Boston Daily Globe. 1 June 1912.
ProQuest502054556.
^
abc"沿革・歴史" [Company History]. watetsu.com (in Japanese).
Archived from the original on 7 December 2023. Retrieved 9 February 2024.
^Hennessey, R. A. S. (2012). "Some firsts and other anniversaries; 2012". Electric Railway. 57: 154.
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abBalkwill, Richard;
Marshall, John (1993). The Guinness Book of Railway Facts and Feats (6th ed.). Enfield: Guinness Publishing.
ISBN0-85112-707-X.
^Richardson, Matthew (2001). The Penguin Book of Firsts. New Delhi: Penguin Books India. p. 280.
ISBN0-14-302771-9.
^Churella, Albert J. (1998). From Steam to Diesel: Managerial Customs and Organizational Capabilities in the Twentieth-Century American Locomotive Industry. Princeton University Press. p. 12.
ISBN0-691-02776-5.