The Pennsylvania Railroad's first I1s 2-10-0 "Decapod" locomotive is completed and first A5s 0-4-0 and B6sb switching locomotives enter service. Joel Coffin purchases Lima Locomotive Corporation; the company is renamed Lima Locomotive Works. The first all-steel fish car is built for use on American railroads. Underground Electric Railways Company of London, operator of the London Underground, adopts Johnston (typeface) as part of its corporate identity. In the USA all-railroad mileage peaks at 254,251 miles (409,177 km) with the most of lines located in the east part of country. Births April births April 15 - Benjamin Biaggini, president of the Southern Pacific Company (U.S.) 1964–1976 (died 2005). September births September 10 - Michael Cobb, British railway historian (died 2010). Deaths March deaths March 18 - Karl Gölsdorf, Austrian steam locomotive designer (born 1861). April deaths April 19 - Ephraim Shay, American inventor of the Shay locomotive (born 1839). May deaths May 12 - Fred T. Perris, Chief Engineer of the California Southern Railroad (born 1836). May 29 - James J. Hill, American financier who gained control of the Great Northern Railway and the Northern Pacific Railway (born 1838). References