Railways Company of London officially opens its notable new headquarters building at 55 Broadway, above St James's Park tube station, designed by Charles Holden. December 10 – Ottawa Electric Railway discontinues streetcar service between Carling Avenue and the Experimental Farm. December 11 – Nanbu Railway Line, predecessor of Nanbu Line, Tachikawa to Kawasaki route is officially completed in Japan. Unknown date events Henry deForest assumes the position of Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Southern Pacific Company. ALCO purchases McIntosh and Seymour Diesel Engine Company for further manufacturing of diesel engines that will be installed in subsequent ALCO locomotives. Buenos Aires Great Southern Railway in Argentina takes delivery for suburban service of three diesel locomotives built by Armstrong Whitworth in conjunction with Sulzer Brothers, the first passenger diesels built in the UK. The Lake Superior and Ishpeming Railroad ends passenger train operations. London & North Eastern Railway adopts Eric Gill's Gill Sans typeface for its publicity material. Births March 9 – Roger Tallon, French industrial designer (died 2011). August 23 – Richard Steinheimer, American railroad photographer, is born (d. 2011). September – Ding Guangen, Minister of Railways for China 1985-1988 (died 2012). Deaths References