India Railway. December 31 – General Motors buys Electro-Motive Corporation and combines it with Winton Engine to form General Motors Electro-Motive Division. November events Southern Pacific Railroad opens the Benicia–Martinez drawbridge — it replaces the Solano, the largest rail ferryboat ever constructed. Unknown date events General American Transportation Corporation assumes ownership of Swift Refrigerator Line. Births February births February 3 – Charles S. Roberts, American railroad historian, is born (d. 2010). Unknown date births Robert Bandeen, president of Canadian National Railway 1974-1982. Deaths References