Locomotive Works plant in Paterson, New Jersey; ALCO continues producing new locomotives at its other plants. First examples of Class 140 C steam locomotives delivered to Chemins de Fer de l'État in France; 340 will eventually be built. The world’s first rail vehicle with diesel-electric transmission, and the first diesel of any type in regular revenue main line service, a railcar built by Atlas-Deva/Asea, enters service on the Södermanland Mellersta Railway in Sweden. It will remain in use until 1939. The Butte, Anaconda and Pacific Railway, a copper ore-hauling short line in Montana, electrifies using a 2,400 Volts DC system engineered by General Electric, the first primarily freight railroad in North America to electrify. Hejaz Railway Station opened in Damascus. First on-train cinema set up, on the Trans-Siberian Railway. William Finley is succeeded by Fairfax Harrison as president of the Southern Railway. Mary Averell Harriman, wife of the late Edward H. Harriman, creates the E. H. Harriman Award to recognize outstanding achievements in railway safety. Births April births April 21 - Richard Beeching, chairman of the British Railways Board 1961–1965 (died 1985). December births December 27 - Ian David Sinclair, president of Canadian Pacific Railway 1969-1981, is born (died 2006). Deaths March deaths March 31 - J. P. Morgan, American financier who helped to finance United States Steel Corporation (born 1837). April deaths April 22 - John Saxby, English railway signalling engineer (born 1821). May deaths May 20 - Henry Morrison Flagler, visionary and builder of the Florida East Coast Railway (born 1830). September deaths September 25 - Herbert William Garratt, English steam locomotive builder and inventor of the Garratt locomotive type (born 1864). References Norfolk Southern Railway. Retrieved February 22, 2005. (July 28, 2005), Significant dates in Ottawa railway history. Retrieved August 16, 2005.