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EVENTS

January events

January 3 - The St. Louis Southwestern Railway purchases the Stuttgart And Arkansas River Railroad in Arkansas .

February events

February - The Canadian Locomotive Company is formed from the assets of the bankrupt Canadian Locomotive And Engine Company .

May events

May - Frederick D. Underwood succeeds Eben B. Thomas as president of the Erie Railroad .

April events

April 1 - Atlantic Coast Line Railroad acquires the Wilmington And Weldon Railroad in North Carolina .

April 11 - The Ōu South Line in Japan opens between Yonezawa and Yamagata .

June events

June 14 - The Atlantic City Railroad (predecessor of the Pennsylvania-Reading Seashore Lines ) is incorporated from the merger of the Camden County Railroad , Ocean City Railroad and Seacoast Railroad .

June 24 - The American Locomotive Company (ALCO) is formed through the merger of eight smaller American Steam Locomotive manufacturers.

July events

July 25 - The Hull Electric Railway officially begins regular service over the Interprovincial Bridge between Ottawa and Aylmer .

August events

August 5 - Queenscliff Junction , in Victoria, Australia , is closed.

November events

November 7 - Memphis, Helena And Louisiana Railroad , a predecessor of the St. Louis, Iron Mountain And Southern Railroad , is organized in Arkansas .

December events

December 12 - Pennsylvania Railroad president Alexander Cassatt announces the railroad's plan to enter New York City — to tunnel under the Hudson River and to build a grand station on the West Side of Manhattan , a station that would become Pennsylvania Station .

Unknown date events

E. H. Harriman succeeds Charles Hayes as president of the Southern Pacific Company, parent company of the Southern Pacific Railroad .

Jacob S. Rogers , still the primary shareholder, closes Rogers Locomotive Company , but then reopens the company as Rogers Locomotive Works after the ALCO merger.

American Car And Foundry (ACF) acquires Jackson And Sharp Company and Common Sense Bolster Company .

The Atchison, Topeka And Santa Fe Railway (ATSF) purchases the Santa Fe And Grand Canyon Railway renames it to the Grand Canyon Railway and begins operating it as a subsidiary railroad and destination for customers of ATSF's Passenger Train s.

George Frederick Baer becomes president of Reading Company .

The Lake Shore Electric Railway is formed through the merger of the Lorain And Cleveland Railway , Sandusky And Interurban Railway and Toledo, Fremont And Norwalk Railway .

BIRTHS

December births

December 11 - Donald Gordon , president of Canadian National Railway 1950-1966, is born (d. 1969 ).

DEATHS

January deaths

January 6 - Philip Armour , founder of Armour And Company meatpackers and subsidiary Armour Refrigerator Line Refrigerator Car operators (b. 1832 ).

Unknown date deaths

Fred Harvey , Restaurateur who founded the Harvey House chain of restaurants and hotels to serve passengers of the Atchison, Topeka And Santa Fe Railway .

Jacob S. Rogers , son of Thomas Rogers and second president of Rogers Locomotive And Machine Works .

REFERENCES

Beck, Wayne ( 2005 .

Bianchi, Curt (May 1995 ), "By steam to the Grand Canyon", ''Trains Magazine'', p. 38-45.

'' Erie Railroad presidents ''. Retrieved March 15 2005 .

'' History of the Geelong - Queenscliff Railway ''. Retrieved August 4 2005 .

Missouri Pacific Historical Society, ( 2005 .

( 2005 .