Events January events January 1 – The Bristol and Exeter Railway, in England, is amalgamated into the Great Western Railway. February events February 1 – The South Devon Railway, in England, is amalgamated into the Great Western Railway. February 5 – The Wiesentalbahn, which eventually became part of the Grand Duchy of Baden State Railway, opens between Schopfheim and Zell im Wiesental. March events March 1 – The Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad reaches Pueblo, Colorado. April events April 1 Great Northern Railway (Ireland) formed by a merger of the Irish North Western Railway, Northern Railway of Ireland and the Ulster Railway. [[Orenste in & Koppel]] established in Berlin as mechanical engineers, coming to specialize in railway equipment. May events May 1 – The Midland Railway's Settle & Carlisle line in England is opened to passenger traffic. June events June 4 – The Transcontinental Express arrives in San Francisco 83 hours after departing New York City. June 20 – Passenger train service begins on the Cornwall Minerals Railway between Fowey and Newquay. July events July 3 – The first railroad in China, the partially completed Woosung Road, begins operation, connecting north Shanghai with Jiangwan. The -gauge line has been built by American and British interests. August events August 3 – The Woosung Road runs over and kills a Chinese soldier on the tracks. The British Consular Court will find the driver David Banks innocent of manslaughter, but the ensuing public outcry pressures both sides towards a Chinese purchase of the line. September events September 1 – The official groundbreaking ceremony for the Miami Valley Railway is held in Cincinnati, Ohio. September 5 – The first through train from San Francisco, California, arrives in Los Angeles, California, after traveling over the Southern Pacific's newly completed Tehachapi Loop. October events October 16 – The Miami Valley Narrow Gauge Railway officially changes its name to Miami Valley Railway. October 24 – The British minister Thomas Wade and the Chinese viceroy Shen Pao-chen sign "The Articles of Purchasing the Woosung Railway", which commits the Chinese to providing the railway's owners Tls. 285,000 in three installments over the course of the next year, after which they would acquire complete ownership and management of the line. November events November 26 – The Ihrhove–Nieuweschans railway opens. December events December 1 – The Woosung Road opens for traffic along the complete line between north Shanghai and Wusong.