Syria, to Medina, Saudi Arabia, on the Arabian Peninsula. September 23 – Yokohama Railway Line, Higashi-Kanagawa of Yokohama to Hachioji route officially completed in Japan. (as predecessor of Yokohama Line) October events October 1 - The Hofpleinlijn, the first electrified railway in the Netherlands, opens between Rotterdam Hofplein and Scheveningen, of which the part until The Hague exists today as part of Rotterdam Metro line E. November events November 1 – The London, Brighton and South Coast Railway introduces the Southern Belle passenger train between London and Brighton. November – Following experiments, the Great Western Railway of England begins to introduce Automatic Train Control on its main lines. December events December 18 – Great Northern Railway (U.S.) completes construction of the line between Great Falls and Billings, Montana. December 19 – Korekimi Nakamura begins his term as the second president of South Manchuria Railway. Unknown date events The Soo Line acquires a majority interest in the Wisconsin Central Railway. Prussian P 8 Class 4-6-0 steam locomotives introduced; around 3,700 are eventually built to this design. Births March births March 15 – Bernard Holden, president of Bluebell Railway in England (d. 2012). September births September 18 – John Francis Nash, vice president of operations for New York Central and president of the Pittsburgh and Lake Erie Railroad and Lehigh Valley Railroad (died 2004). Deaths January deaths January 14 – Matthias N. Forney, American steam locomotive manufacturer (born 1835). June deaths June 3 – Robert Gillespie Reid, builder of many Canadian railway bridges as well as the Newfoundland Railway (died 1842). References