Events March events March 24 – Construction begins on the Sierra Railway of California, now known as the Sierra Railroad, between Oakdale and Jamestown, California. May events May 4 – The Rio Grande Junction Railway sells the Colorado Midland out of bankruptcy to private investors. June events June 11 – The Welshampton rail crash in England kills 12. July events July – The Railway Magazine is first published, in London. July 1 – The Louisville, New Albany & Chicago Railroad is reorganized as the Chicago, Indianapolis and Louisville Railway Company (later to become the Monon Railroad). July 12 – The Kansas, Oklahoma and Gulf Railway, a predecessor of the St. Louis - San Francisco Railway, is incorporated in the Oklahoma Territory. July 22 – At the railroad's first stockholder meeting, the Toledo and Milwaukee Railroad. a predecessor of the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway, officially changes its name to Detroit, Toledo and Milwaukee Railroad. August events August 17 – W. B. Purvis is awarded a patent for an electric railroad switch. August 23 – Groundbreaking ceremonies are held for the construction of the Ottawa and New York Railway. August 27 – Whirlpool Rapids Bridge wholly replaces the Niagara Falls Suspension Bridge on the U.S.–Canadian border. August 28 – Construction begins on the Chinese Eastern and South Manchurian lines of the Trans-Siberian Railway. August 31 – Charles Sanger Mellen succeeds Edwin Winter as president of Northern Pacific Railway. September events September 1 – The Tremont Street Subway tunnel in Boston, the oldest subway tunnel in North America, opens. October events October 3 – The Loop Elevated (1.79 miles/2.88 km) in downtown Chicago is opened for service. Lake Street Elevated trains are routed around the Loop, Metropolitan West Side Elevated train began using the Loop on October 11, and South Side Elevated trains began using the Loop on October 18. October – Construction begins in Djibouti City on the Addis Ababa - Djibouti Railway. November events November 2 – The Highland Railway's Kyle of Lochalsh Line is completed throughout to the west coast of Scotland. November 23 – Andrew J. Beard invents the "jerry coupler". December events December 27 – The first train is operated on the Randsburg Railway between Kramer and Johannesburg, California. Unknown date events Several smaller railroads in South Carolina are merged to form the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Company of South Carolina, a predecessor of the Atlantic