Halfa completed throughout to Khartoum by British military engineers on 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in) gauge. Unknown date events Maine Central Railroad Calais Branch is completed connecting Washington County, Maine to the United States rail network. William Cornelius Van Horne retires as president of Canadian Pacific Railway; he is succeeded by Thomas George Shaughnessy. Alexander J. Cassatt becomes president of the Pennsylvania Railroad. American Car and Foundry is formed from the merger of 13 smaller rolling stock manufacturers across the United States. Southern Car and Foundry, later to become part of American Car and Foundry, is founded in Memphis, Tennessee. Niagara, St. Catharines and Toronto Railway is formed in Ontario, Canada, by reorganization of the St. Catharines and Niagara Central Railway. Establishment in London, England, of The Railway Club, the oldest society in the world for railway enthusiasts. William Truesdale becomes President of the Lackawanna Railroad, and initiates a bold plan to upgrade the road's facilities. Births January births January 15 – Robert Stetson Macfarlane, president of Northern Pacific Railway 1951–1966, is born. Unknown date births John W. Barriger III, president of the Monon Railroad 1946–1953, Pittsburgh and Lake Erie Railroad 1954–1964, Missouri–Kansas–Texas Railroad 1965–1970 and the Boston and Maine Railroad 1973–1974 (died 1976). Deaths September deaths September 12 – Cornelius Vanderbilt II, president of the New York Central system (born 1843). References White, John H., Jr. (Spring 1986), America's most noteworthy railroaders, Railroad History, Railway and Locomotive Historical Society, 154, p. 9–15.