Events January events January 1 – The New York Central Railroad drops its membership in the Railway Express Agency, citing large losses. January 3 – Washington, D.C., ends suburban and overhead trolley car operations. January 5 – Closure of Swansea and Mumbles Railway in Swansea (by now operated by electric trams). January 20 – The Cartier Railway opens Canada's northernmost railway to date between Port Cartier and Gagnon, Quebec. January 21 – The Settle rail crash in England kills 5 people. February events February 22 – Canadian Pacific Railway operates its last steam locomotive powered train in regular service as freight train number 76, led by 4-6-2 number 1262, arrives in Montreal. March events March 18 – Western Region of British Railways 2-10-0 standard class 9F 92220 Evening Star is named at Swindon Works to commemorate its completion as the last steam locomotive built for B.R. March 20 – The Pioneer Zephyr trainset makes its final revenue run on a trip from Lincoln, Nebraska, to Kansas City, Missouri. It then continues through Galesburg, Illinois, to Chicago, Illinois, in preparation for its final disposition. March 27 – The last regularly scheduled steam-powered passenger train on a major U.S. railroad runs from Durand to Detroit, Michigan, on the Grand Trunk Western Railway. Grand Trunk Western runs this train in two sections, due to the many people who want to see and ride history. Grand Truck Western Class 4-8-4 Class U3b #6319 pulls the first section, and #6322 the second. April events April 25 – Canadian National Railway operates its last steam locomotive in regular service, 4-8-2 #6043, on train No. 76 from The Pas to Winnipeg. May events May 22 – The St. Louis–San Francisco Railway (the "Frisco") combines the Firefly with the Sunnyland. May 26 – The Pioneer Zephyr trainset is donated to Chicago's Museum of Science and Industry. June events June 18 – The Middleton Railway, at Leeds in England, becomes the first standard gauge line in Great Britain to be operated by volunteers as a preserved railway, initial services being worked by a diesel locomotive. August events August 1 – München Hauptbahnhof station reconstruction completed. August 7 – The Bluebell Railway, in Sussex, England, begins regular operation as the first standard gauge steam-operated passenger preserved railway in the world. September events September – Grand Trunk Railway loses its New England railway post office and discontinues passenger service between Montreal