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EVENTS

April events

April 15 - William N. Page is named president of the newly formed Virginian Railway .

June events

June 26 - The Pennsylvania Tunnel And Terminal Railroad is formed from the merger of the Pennsylvania, New Jersey And New York Railroad and the Pennsylvania, New York And Long Island Railroad ; the new railroad company is chartered to build the Hudson River Tunnel s that will connect the Pennsylvania Railroad to Pennsylvania Station in New York City .

August events

August 29 - Due to faulty design, the Cantilever Bridge over the St. Lawrence River at Quebec City collapses while being built. Between 70 and 84 workers are killed. It will take 10 years to rebuild and complete the project.

October events

October 1 - Pacific Fruit Express (PFE) begins operation with a fleet of 6,600 Refrigerator Car s.

October 1 - Seventeen private railroads in Japan are nationalized and merged to form Japan Railways .

October 27 - Union Station in Washington, DC , although still unfinished, opens.

Unknown date events

The Deepwater Railway and the Tidewater Railway combine to form the Virginian Railway .

Stearns Manufacturing Company is reorganized as Heisler Locomotive Works .

The Apalachicola Northern Railroad runs its first train northward from Apalachicola, Florida .

E. H. Harriman removes Stuyvesant Fish from the presidency of the Illinois Central .

Pennsylvania Railroad builds its third experimental Electric Locomotive , number 10003 , the forerunner of the PRR DD1 class of locomotives.

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DEATHS

REFERENCES

Sacramento History Online (, 2005 .