Events February events February 8 – Service begins on Canadian Pacific Railway's Maniwaki line between Hull, Québec, and Maniwaki, Québec. March events March 8 – The Southern Pacific Railroad opens the Lucin Cutoff across the Great Salt Lake, bypassing Promontory, UT for the railroad's mainline. March 12 – Surface electric trains begin running from Liverpool to Southport on the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway in the north of England. March 20 – The Southern Pacific Railroad completes the Coast Line between Los Angeles and Santa Barbara, CA. May events May 9 – Great Western Railway locomotive number 3440, City of Truro, becomes the first steam locomotive in Europe to travel at a generally recognised speed of over 100 mph (160 km/h) when it hauls an Ocean Mails special from Plymouth to London Paddington. May 18 – New Haven Railroad reorganizes its subsidiary streetcar lines as the Consolidated Railway. May 25 – New Haven Railroad acquires control of Worcester and Southbridge Street Railway. July events July 1 – The Great Western Railway of England introduces the express train between London Paddington and Penzance in Cornwall which becomes known as the Cornish Riviera Express. July 10 – Albula Railway in Switzerland opens throughout for passengers from Thusis to St. Moritz. July 21 – The Trans-Siberian railway is completed. July 30 – New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad acquires control of New London Street Railway. July 31 – The Stubaitalbahn, a metre gauge interurban at Innsbruck in Austria becomes the first to operate commercially on single-phase electric power when it is electrified at 2500 V 42 Hz. August events August 7 – Eden train wreck in Colorado: a bridge is washed away by a flash flood as a train crosses, resulting in at least 88 deaths. August 15 – The Grand Trunk Railway and Canadian Atlantic Railway sign an agreement that will place the Canadian Atlantic under Grand Trunk's control. August 25 – The New Long Railroad Bridge across the Potomac River in Washington, D.C., opens. September events September 12 – Indianapolis Traction Terminal opens, the largest interurban terminal in the world. September 24 – New Market train wreck in Tennessee: two trains collide head-on at speed, resulting in at least 56 deaths. September 29 – New Haven Railroad completes the property acquisition of New London Street Railway. October events October 25 – The first section of the Baghdad Railway opens. October 27