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EVENTS

January events

January 13 - Union Pacific Railroad ’s '' City Of San Francisco '' is stalled in snow on Donner Pass . The train's passengers remain stranded in the train until January 16 .

July events

July 6 - The last Tram ( Streetcar ) runs in London , England .

July 21 - An Earthquake measuring 7.5 on the Richter Scale hits just north of Tehachapi, California . Tunnels 3 through 8 are all damaged, and no traffic moves on the Southern Pacific Railroad 's Tehachapi Loop for 25 days.

September events

September 6 - The Chesapeake And Ohio Railroad car ferry ''Badger'' is launched. It is the last coal-fired, passenger-carrying Steamship built in the United States , and it is still in use for automobile travel.

October events

October 8 - Three trains are involved in the Harrow And Wealdstone Rail Crash in England , a crash that kills 112 and injures 340.

November events

November 1 - The Pacific Great Eastern Railway opens its branch from Quesnel, British Columbia , to a nearby junction with the Canadian National Railway .

December events

December 1 - Canadian Pacific Railway ushers in the modern Intermodal Freight Transport era with the introduction of Trailer On Flat Car service.

Unknown date events

Donald Russell takes over as president of the Southern Pacific Company, parent company of the Southern Pacific Railroad .

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