rack railway train derails, killing 17. September 15 – A Central Railroad of New Jersey commuter train plunges off the Newark Bay Bridge while raised for water traffic, killing 48. October October – After building only 59 examples of the type, Fairbanks-Morse and Canadian Locomotive Company discontinue construction of the H-24-66 model Train Master diesel locomotive. October 1 – Northern Ireland's Ulster Transport Authority and the Republic of Ireland's Córas Iompair Éireann take over from the Great Northern Railway Board in running the remaining cross-border route (Dublin–Belfast) of the Irish railway system. The GNR assets are split between the two state companies. November November 1 – The Strasburg Rail Road is purchased by a non-profit group. December December 31 – The Harcourt Street railway line between Dublin and Bray, Ireland, closes. Unknown date South African Railways takes delivery of its last steam locomotives for the gauge, GMAM class Garratts. Last Garratt steam locomotive to be built in Manchester by Beyer, Peacock & Company is delivered as South African Railways NGG16 class no. 143 ( gauge). SNCF electrifies its Paris–Lille line in France. Ernest S. Marsh succeeds Fred Gurley as president of the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway. Accidents Deaths January deaths January 25 – Robert Ralph Young, financier and controlling stockholder of the New York Central commits suicide after suspending company dividends (born 1897) References (April 3, 2005), Significant dates in Canadian railway history. Retrieved July 22, 2005 and August 9, 2005.