unit has direct mechanical transmission with a weight of 95 tonnes, power of 883 kW and a theoretical maximum speed of 100 km/h but will not prove to be a commercial success. Berne gauge European standard loading gauge agreed at an international railway conference held and consequent convention signed in Bern, Switzerland. Portland Company completes the last freight car commercially manufactured for Maine narrow gauge railroads. Oliver Bury moves from the General Manager position at the Great Northern Railway in England to a directorship. Births March births March 14 – W. Graham Claytor, Jr., president of Amtrak 1982-1993 (died 1994). Deaths June deaths June 16 – Eli H. Janney, inventor of the knuckle coupler (born 1831). July deaths July 29 – William D. Washburn, first president of Soo Line Railroad 1883-1889, dies (b. 1931). References (January 16, 2005), Biographies of chairmen, managers & other senior officers. Retrieved February 10, 2005. Norfolk Southern Railway. Retrieved February 22, 2005. (April 3, 2005), Significant dates in Canadian railway history. Retrieved August 6, 2005.