the observance date is changed from July 8 to the first Sunday of August. August 6 – Sweden's Inland Line (Inlandsbanan) is completed and opened throughout over . October events October 1 – After 11 years, the Pullman Company recognizes the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters. November events November 10 – Senzan Line, Sendai to Yamagata, including Senzan Tunnel route officially completed in Japan. November 29 – Maine Central Railroad ends ferry service to Bar Harbor. December events December 5 – The last run on the Mount Lowe Railway in Southern California carries a group known as "The Railroad Boosters" who seek to preserve the railway for future riders as a heritage railway. December 10 – Castlecary rail crash: An express on the London and North Eastern Railway's Edinburgh to Glasgow line in Scotland collides into the rear of a local train standing at Castlecary in the snow, due primarily to a signalman's error; 35 are killed (including 7 train crew). December 22 – The Pacific Railway Equipment Company's prototype pendulum car, an early example of a tilting train, begins testing on the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway. Unknown date events The Lake Shore Electric Railway (Ohio) ceases freight operation and the Indiana Railroad abandons operations. The Boston, Revere Beach and Lynn Railroad, in Massachusetts, files for bankruptcy. Raymond Loewy establishes a business relationship with the Pennsylvania Railroad; one of his first projects is to redesign the Broadway Limited passenger train. Pullman-Standard introduces roomette sleeping cars. Union Pacific Railroad changes the consist on the City of Los Angeles passenger train to use one of only two EMC E2 locomotives built. Fairfax Harrison is succeeded by Ernest E. Norris as president of the Southern Railway (U.S.) Accidents Births Deaths January deaths January 6 – Robert Urie, Scottish steam locomotive engineer (born 1854) January 10 – Sir Eric Geddes, first Minister of Transport (U.K.) 1919–1921 (born 1875) References (May 2005), Corrections and Clarifications, Trains Magazine, p. 10. Norfolk Southern Railway. Retrieved February 22, 2005.