Events January events January 15 - First through Berlin-Istanbul train. February events February 4 - The Manila Railway Company (1906), Limited of London and the Manila Railroad Company corporation of New Jersey are merged by the Insular Government of the Philippine Islands to become the state-owned Manila Railroad Company. April events April Murman Railway in Russia completed from Petrograd to the city that becomes Murmansk (central section not completed until November). The intermediate station at Kola lies at 68° 52′ 58″ N, the world's most northerly station at this date. Motor Rail deliver the first of over 900 petrol engined 60 cm narrow gauge railway locomotives for the British War Department Light Railways on the Western Front (World War I); substantially the same design is in production until the 1980s. April 13 - Oris Paxton Van Sweringen and his younger brother Mantis James Van Sweringen purchase a 75% controlling interest in the Nickel Plate Road from William Kissam Vanderbilt for $8.5 million. May events May 6 - Rome and Fiuggi Rail Road opens for service. July events July 16 - Much of the Southern Railway's mainline in North and South Carolina is damaged or destroyed by flooding. August events August 24 - After a bankruptcy, the St. Louis and San Francisco Railroad is reorganized as the St. Louis - San Francisco Railway (often called the "Frisco"). August 24 - Due to several serious accidents caused by broken red lenses in its signals, the New York Central Railroad discontinues white lights as indications to proceed. The new color is green. September events September 11 - The almost-completed Quebec Bridge collapses for the second time. September 30 - Construction is completed on the Hell Gate Bridge in New York City. October events October 5 - Opening of Amur River line completes through rail communication on Trans-Siberian Railway. November events November 16 - The two-storey station opened by the California Southern Railroad in San Bernardino, California, is destroyed by fire. November 24 - German sleeping and dining car operator Mitropa is founded. December events December 1 - In the Herceghalom rail crash in Hungary, a side collision occurs between an express train and a shunting passenger train, killing 69. Unknown date events Early Summer - The Fairbourne Railway, in Wales, is converted from a horse-drawn tramway into a gauge steam railway. The Pennsylvania Railroad adopts the motto "the Standard Railroad of the World".