2,400 hp sets to three three-car, 3,600 hp sets. The General Pershing Zephyr debuts on the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad between Kansas City and St. Louis, Missouri. New Zealand Railways introduce J class 4-8-2 steam locomotives built by North British Locomotive Works in Glasgow, Scotland. American Car and Foundry's Berwick, Pennsylvania, plant switches to construction of military tanks. Births August births August 2 – John W. Snow, chairman and chief executive officer of CSX Transportation, then United States Secretary of the Treasury. December births December 28 – Philip Anschutz, Colorado financier who orchestrates the purchase of the Southern Pacific Railroad by the Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad. Unknown date births Paul Tellier, president of Canadian National Railway 1992-2002, is born. Deaths March deaths March 8 – Samuel T. Bledsoe, president of Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway 1933–1939 (born 1868). Unknown date deaths Carl R. Gray, president of Union Pacific Railroad 1920–1937 (born 1867) Accidents References Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad (December 29, 1939), Pioneer Zephyr Millionth Mile commemorative postal cover. Erie Railroad presidents. Retrieved March 15, 2005. Kansas City Southern Historical Society, The Kansas City Southern Lines. Retrieved August 15, 2005. Rivanna Chapter, National Railway Historical Society (2005), This Month in Railroad History: July. Retrieved July 12, 2005.