Events January events January 28 – Florida's Railroad Commissioners adopt rule number 12 of the state's general operating rules for railroads within the state; the rule mandates that railroad companies are required to immediately report by telegram any train wreck within the state beyond a simple derailment that involves injury or death to any person and follow up the telegram within five days with a full written report. February events February 25 – The Hudson and Manhattan Railroad starts revenue service between Hoboken, New Jersey and 19th Street, Manhattan. March events March 25 – The Washington, Baltimore and Annapolis Electric Railway extends passenger service from its existing Washington-Annapolis route to Baltimore, Maryland. March 30 – Spokane, Portland and Seattle Railway purchases the Columbia Railway and Navigation Company. April events April 8 – The Chicago "L" Stock Yards branch serving the Union Stock Yards is opened. April 20 – A rear-end collision in Melbourne, Australia, called the Sunshine train disaster, kills 44 and injures around 400. May events May 17 – Trains operating through the St. Clair Tunnel under the St. Clair River between Sarnia, Ontario, and Port Huron, Michigan, begin using electric locomotives instead of steam locomotives. June events June 23 – The Denver & Interurban begins operations using some electrified lines of the Union Pacific, Denver & Gulf. The UPD&G and the D&I are both owned by the Colorado and Southern Railway. June 30 – Last day steam trains can operate south of the Harlem River in New York City. June – The distinctive 'bar and circle' design of station nameboards are introduced on the London Underground. July events July 1 Public inauguration of Midland Railway Lancaster–Morecambe–Heysham electrification system (6.6 kV A.C. at 25 Hz), the first overhead wire scheme on a passenger railway in England. Chicago South Shore and South Bend Railroad begins service between Michigan City and South Bend, Indiana. July 8 – Construction begins on the Belt Line Railway of Toronto in Hull, Ontario. July 9 – The Prussian state railways South Bridge (Cologne) collapses during construction. July 10 – Thamshavnbanen, the first electrified railway in Norway, opens. July 14 – Shinpei Goto steps down as president of the South Manchuria Railway. August events August 7 – New Zealand Railways runs first through train in the North Island main trunk line between Wellington and Auckland (). September events September 1 – Hejaz Railway opens from Damascus,