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EVENTS

May events

May 30 - The first Milwaukee Road '' Olympian '' Passenger Train arrives in Deer Lodge, Montana .

July events

July 10 - Six construction workers die in an accident while working on the Western Maryland Railway 's Salisbury Viaduct .

July 25 - Canadian Northern Railway (CNOR) purchases the Right-of-way and assets of the defunct Carillon And Grenville Railway , the last Broad Gauge railroad (at 5 Ft 6 In ) in North America , to become part of CNOR's Montreal - Ottawa mainline.

October events

October 1 - Hudson And Manhattan Railroad trains make their first station stops at the Pennsylvania Railroad 's Manhattan Transfer station in New York City .

November events

November 20 - Western Maryland Railway Breaks Ground for the Station in Meyersdale, Pennsylvania .

December events

December 12 - Atchison, Topeka And Santa Fe Railway inaugurates its first extra-fare Named Passenger Train , the '' Santa Fe De Luxe '' between Chicago, Illinois , and Los Angeles, California .

Unknown date events

William Sproule succeeds Robert Lovett as president of the Southern Pacific Company, parent company of the Southern Pacific Railroad

Penn Station in Baltimore, Maryland opens.

BIRTHS

DEATHS

March deaths

March 18 - David Moffat , Colorado financier and head of nine railroads, dies (b. 1839 ).

September deaths

September 12 - John Souther , founder of Globe Locomotive Works (b. 1816 ).

REFERENCES

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Newcomb, Kenneth W., '' The Makers of the Mold ''. Retrieved February 15 2005 .

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