Railroad begin using the name Atlantic Coast Line in advertising to describe the two railroads. The Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad reaches Dodge City, Kansas. The Portland gauge Maine Central Railroad converts to a standard gauge mainline from Portland to Bangor after leasing the standard gauge Portland and Kennebec Railroad. Mason Bogie locomotive introduced in the United States by William Mason (locomotive builder). Ensign Manufacturing Company, later to become part of American Car & Foundry, is founded in Huntington, West Virginia. Swiss Locomotive & Machine Works established in Winterthur by English engineer Charles Brown. Rebuilding of Zürich Hauptbahnhof in Switzerland completed. Accidents Births October births October 7 – Robert Whitelegg, locomotive superintendent for London, Tilbury & Southend Railway 1910–1912, and for Glasgow & South Western Railway 1918–1923, general manager of Beyer, Peacock & Company 1923–1929 (d. 1957). Deaths September deaths September 6 – John A. Poor, American entrepreneur, advocate of the Portland gauge (b. 1808). September 8 – Robert B. Dockray, civil engineer on the London and Birmingham Railway in England (b. 1811). October deaths October 18 – Joseph Hamilton Beattie, locomotive engineer for London and South Western Railway 1850–1871 (b. 1808). November deaths November 5 – Edmund Morel, English-born civil engineer in Japan (b. 1840). December deaths December 14 – George Hudson, English railway financier, "The Railway King" (b. 1800). Citations Bibliography Blakeslee, Philip C., A Brief History Lines West Of The New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad Co.. Retrieved August 4, 2005. "Narrow Gauge Through the Bush – Ontario's Toronto Grey and Bruce and Toronto and Nipissing Railways"; Rod Clarke; pub. Beaumont and Clarke, with the Credit Valley Railway Company, Streetsville, Ontario, 2007. "The Narrow Gauge For Us – The Story of the Toronto and Nipissing Railway"; Charles Cooper; pub. The Boston Mills Press; Erin, Ontario, 1982. "Narrow Gauge Railways of Canada"; Omer Lavallee; pub. Railfair, Montreal, 1972. "Narrow Gauge Railways of Canada"; Omer Lavallee, expanded and revised by Ronald S Ritchie; pub. Fitzhenry and Whiteside, Markham, Ontario, 2005. (April 3, 2005), Significant dates in Canadian railway history. Retrieved July 10, 2005. (July 5, 2005), Significant dates in Ottawa railway history. Retrieved July 18, 2005.