Events January events January 1 – The Companhia dos Caminhos de Ferro Portugueses is reconstituted and takes over concessions of most private railway companies in Portugal. January 19 – The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad inaugurates the Cincinnatian passenger train between Baltimore, Maryland, and Cincinnati, Ohio. February events February 1 – William Neal succeeds D'Alton Corry Coleman as president of Canadian Pacific Railway. February 18 – Pennsylvania Railroad's Red Arrow passenger train derails at Gallatin, Pennsylvania; 24 people are killed in the accident. February 25 – Hachikō Line derailment: The worst-ever train accident in Japan kills 184 people. February 28 – The Illinois Central Railroad withdraws the Illinois Central 121 streamlined trainset from the Green Diamond Chicago-St. Louis service. March events March 4 – Ms. Friedel Klussman launches a drive to preserve the San Francisco cable car system. April events April 7 – Ellis D. Atwood completes the original Edaville Railroad on his cranberry plantation at South Carver, Massachusetts, United States. This narrow gauge line, using equipment from Maine, is generally regarded as the world’s first tourist railroad. April 27 – After a complete overhaul, the Illinois Central 121 trainset re-enters active service, this time between Jackson, Mississippi, and New Orleans, Louisiana, as the Miss-Lou passenger train. May events May – Baldwin Locomotive Works completes the last two steam locomotives built for the narrow gauge White Pass and Yukon Route. May 5 – Sixteen people die in the Camp Mountain train disaster when a crowded picnic train derails on a sharp left-hand curve between Ferny Grove and Camp Mountain stations on the now-closed Dayboro line, approximately 20 km(12.4 miles) northwest of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. May 18 – Seaboard Air Line Railroad inaugurates the Silver Comet passenger train between New York City and Birmingham, Alabama. May 26 – General Motors Electro-Motive Division and Pullman-Standard's streamlined Train of Tomorrow enters demonstration passenger service in North America. May 31 – The Gulf, Mobile and Ohio Railroad acquires the Chicago and Alton Railroad. June events June 6 – The Pere Marquette Railroad is merged into the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway. June 16 – The last passenger service is operated on the Nickey line. June 29 – The Milwaukee Road inaugurates the Olympian Hiawatha passenger train between Chicago, Illinois and Tacoma, Washington. Simultaneously, the railroad revives the Columbian, operating on the same route. July events July 1 – The Maine Central Railroad begins operation of EMD