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EVENTS

January events

January 1 - The Swiss Federal Railways is formed through the merger and nationalization of several smaller railroads.

February events

February 13 - The Pennsylvania, New Jersey And New York Railroad , a predecessor of the Pennsylvania Tunnel And Terminal Railroad , is incorporated.

March events

2006 .

April events

April 21 - The Pennsylvania, New York And Long Island Railroad , a predecessor of the Pennsylvania Tunnel And Terminal Railroad , is incorporated.

June events

June 15 - The New York Central railroad debuts the '' 20th Century Limited '' passenger train between Chicago, Illinois , and New York, New York .

July events

July 1 - Oliver Robert Hawke Bury becomes General Manager of the Great Northern Railway in England .

September events

September 22 - Ottawa, Northern And Western Railway acquires the Pontiac And Pacific Junction Railway .

October events

October 2 - Chicago, Rock Island And Pacific Railroad and Southern Pacific Railroad jointly inaugurate the '' Golden State Limited '' Passenger Train between Chicago, Illinois , and Los Angeles, California .

October 13 - Professor Ernest Rutherford of McGill University demonstrates the first wireless communication system between a Station and a moving train using a Grand Trunk Railway passenger special operating between Toronto and Montreal .

Unknown date events

The Alaska Central Railroad (an early predecessor of the Alaska Railroad ) begins construction northward from Seward, Alaska .

The Atlantic Coast Line acquires the Plant System Railroads and gains control of the Louisville & Nashville Railroad .

Serious Buffer Stop accident at Frankfurt-am-Main inspires development of Rawie range of energy-absorbing Buffer Stop s.

MÁV chief engineer Kálmán Kandó desigs the world's first Standard Gauge AC electrified railway in Italy .

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REFERENCES

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Colin Churcher's Railway Pages ( 2005 .

Colin Churcher's Railway Pages ( 2005 .