Lackawanna Railroads. July 25 - The New York City Subway begins using tokens for passenger fares. August events August 8 - The northbound Royal Scot train derails near Abington in Scotland descending from Beattock Summit due to buckling of track caused by high temperature; 37 are injured. August 13 - The Chicago and North Western Railway begins Trailer-On-Flat-Car (TOFC, or "piggyback") service. The first route is an overnight service between Chicago and Green Bay, Wisconsin. At the start, two semi-truck trailers and a single fifty foot flat car are adequate to meet the demand. August 15 - The Irk Valley Junction rail crash in Manchester, England kills 10 people. September events September 20 - The Chicago Aurora and Elgin Railroad ceases to operate into Chicago. October events October - The North British Locomotive Company of Glasgow, Scotland, begins delivery of class 25 4-8-4 locomotives to South African Railways ( gauge), the largest rigid-frame steam locomotives built in the UK (with condensing tenders, 234 tons 7 cwt and 107 ft 6 in. over buffers). October 26 Electric operation of the Waldenburgerbahn in Switzerland begins using 1500 V DC and completely new rolling stock. Passenger service is discontinued on the Pacific Electric Santa Monica Air Line. November events November 9 Canadian National Railway extends the line from Lynn Lake to Sherridon, Manitoba. Canadian Pacific Railway introduces Budd Rail Diesel Car service, "Dayliners", for lighter passenger train duties on some branch lines. November 15 - SNCF introduces 25 kV AC railway electrification on the line between Aix-les-Bains and La Roche-sur-Foron in south-eastern France as part of its trials of different railway electrification systems. November 16 - New York Central Railroad's electric locomotive operations end at Cleveland Union Terminal. December events December 12 - Krauss-Maffei deliver first prototype Class V 200 diesel-hydraulic express locomotive to Deutsche Bundesbahn, Germany. December 14 - Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway discontinues extra-fare charges on the El Capitan passenger train between Chicago, Illinois, and Los Angeles, California. December 19 - An electric passenger train of the New South Wales Railways runs into the rear of another electric train, causing the Sydenham Rail Disaster. Five people die and 748 are injured. December 24 - The Prague-Bratislava express train in the Czech Republic whose crew have fallen asleep after several bottles of wine hits a commuter train at a station, killing 106 in the Šakvice train disaster. December 24 -