chemical works at Whitehaven, Cumbria, the last commercially operated standard gauge cable railway in the United Kingdom. November events November 11 – Preserved steam locomotive British Railways Standard class 8 71000 Duke of Gloucester is officially recommissioned to service on the Great Central Railway following a 13-year restoration from part-dismantled condition. November 15 – Australia's well known steam locomotive 3801 is recommissioned at the Hunter Valley Training Company in New South Wales. November 21 – The Florida Central Railroad begins operations in Florida, United States. November 27 – Oslo Central Station in Oslo, Norway is taken into use. December events December 30 – The Trans-Gabon Railway is completed. Accidents Deaths July deaths July 14 – Raymond Loewy, industrial designer who worked for the Pennsylvania Railroad designing the shape of equipment such as the GG1 (born 1893). References Rivanna Chapter, National Railway Historical Society (2005), This Month in Railroad History: July. Retrieved July 22, 2005.