Events January January 3 – The last steam locomotive powered passenger train departs Washington Union Station; Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad engine number 622 Carter Braxton pulls the train, leaving at approximately 1:40 PM bound for Richmond, Virginia. January 8 – Southern Pacific Railroad's Sunset Limited becomes the first train to use the new New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal. January 20 – The Tokyo Metro Marunouchi Line, the second line in the system and the first built after World War II, is opened between Ikebukuro and Ochanomizu stations. January 24 – Cleveland, Ohio, streetcars make their last revenue run. January – General Motors Electro-Motive Division introduces the EMD F9 and GP9. February February 21 – An SNCF electric train hits 151 mph (243 km/h) in tests, setting a world’s record. February – General Motors Electro-Motive Division introduces the EMD FP9. March March 30 – Yonge subway, the first segment of the Toronto subway and the first underground rapid transit line in Canada, begins operation. April April 20 – The Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad ("Milwaukee Road") opens a new station in Tacoma, Washington. April 30 – Last day of steam locomotive operations and passenger train service on the Clinchfield Railroad. May May – General Motors Electro-Motive Division introduces the EMD E9. June June 6 – The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway introduces the San Francisco Chief passenger train between Chicago and San Francisco. June 13 – Last day of steam locomotive operation on the Maine Central Railroad. June 14 – New York Central management loses a proxy fight for control of the railroad to Robert Ralph Young and his Alleghany Corporation. June – General Electric delivers the first diesel-electric locomotives built for the narrow gauge White Pass and Yukon Route. July July 2 – SNCF electrifies first section of Valenciennes–Thionville line, the first non-experimental 25 kV AC railway electrification. July 4 – Budd delivers the first Château series car, Château Bienville, to Canadian Pacific Railway in Montreal. July – New Zealand Railways Department introduces DF class (built by English Electric) into service, the country's first mainline diesel-electric locomotives. August August 7 – The last streetcars operate on the Altoona and Logan Valley Electric Railway in Altoona, Pennsylvania. October October 16 – The Southern Pacific dieselizes its 3 foot (914 mm) gauge Keeler branch. October 20 – To commemorate the 100th Anniversary of Horseshoe Curve, the Sylvania Electric