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EVENTS

June events

June 28 - The New Haven And Hartford Railroad begins the first regular passenger service in the United States powered by electricity.

July events

July 8 - The Delagoa Bay Railway , in South Africa , opens.

September events

September 7 - The Jacksonville, St. Augustine and Indian River Railway Company changes its name to Florida East Coast Railway .

October events

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and crossed more than 30 metres of concorse before plummetting through a window.

November events

November 4 - Japanese National Railways begins operations on the Tsuchiura Line between Tsuchiura and Tomobe .

December events

December 1 - Hatori Station , in Japan , opens.

BIRTHS

DEATHS

October deaths

October 8 - William Mahone , American civil Engineer and Confederate Army Major General who built the Norfolk And Petersburg Railroad , a predecessor of the Norfolk And Western (b. 1826 ).

REFERENCES

'' Brainy History - July 8, 1895, in history ''. Retrieved July 7 2005 .

Railwaystation.com, '' Railroad History ''. Retrieved June 28 2005 .