Events January January Unable to keep his promises to shareholders, Robert Ralph Young suspends dividends on New York Central stock, a factor in his subsequent suicide on January 25. Last steam locomotive operated by Nederlandse Spoorwegen. January 1 – The Chicago & North Western Railway acquires the Litchfield and Madison Railway. February February 4 – Canada's Kellog Commission releases a report on the use of firemen as part of diesel locomotive crews. February – The Alaska Railroad sells six ex-USATC S160 Class 2-8-0 locomotives to the standard gauge Ferrocarril de Langreo in northern Spain, where they are used on a new diversion built to avoid a cable railway. This will be the third Transatlantic crossing for #3410. March March 4 – The Los Angeles Metropolitan Transit Authority begins operating the remnant passenger services of the Pacific Electric and Los Angeles Railway. March 13 – Queensland BB18¼ class locomotive No. 1089, completed by Walkers, Maryborough, Queensland, is the last main-line steam locomotive built in Australia. April April 20 – The Key System discontinues streetcar service. April 26 Last day of regularly scheduled passenger service on the Maine Central Railroad Mountain Division. Last run of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad's Royal Blue. May May 24 – The Pacific Electric Bellflower Line, then being operated by the Los Angeles Metropolitan Transit Authority, ceases passenger operations, relegating the West Santa Ana Branch to a freight line. June June 22 – The Chicago Transit Authority Congress Branch opens for service in the median of the Eisenhower Expressway, pioneering the first use of rail rapid transit and a multi-lane automobile expressway in the same grade-separated right-of-way. It replaced the 1895-built Garfield Park 'L' route and alignment from Des Plaines Avenue, Forest Park to the Loop. June 25 – The Pennsylvania Railroad discontinues the Afternoon Steeler passenger train between Pittsburgh and Cleveland. July July – General Motors Electro-Motive Division introduces the EMD SD24. July 7 – The Hudson & Manhattan Railroad reintroduces women-only cars on the railroad's commuter trains in New York City. July 17 – The Railway Enthusiasts Society is formed to promote rail transportation and preservation in New Zealand July 25 – Pacific Great Eastern Railway completes construction of the line to Fort St. John, British Columbia. August August 9 – The Moccasin, the longest running named passenger train in Canada thus far, is discontinued. September September – On the Drachenfels Railway, Königswinter, Germany, a