Events January events January 2 – Chicago & North Western Railway begins 400 passenger train service between Chicago, Illinois, and Saint Paul, Minnesota; it was so named because the 400 mile trip was intended to take 400 minutes, though that pace wasn't quite reached until a few months later. Still, it was believed to be the fastest train in the world over a distance greater than . January 28 – To mark completion of the electric line from Washington DC to New York City, the Pennsylvania Railroad runs a special train hauled by Pennsylvania Railroad 4800, the electric locomotive making a round trip from Washington to Philadelphia setting a speed record on the return run of 1 hour 50 minutes. The line, with the GG1 locomotives, begins regular revenue service on February 10. January 31 – Union Pacific's M-10000 enters service as the City of Salina between Salina, Kansas, and Kansas City. The 116 seat train carries an average 280 passengers per round trip. February events February – Electro-Motive Corporation produces the new company's first Winton-engined diesel locomotives. March events March 20 – Kotoku Line, Takamatsu to Tokushima route officially completed with regular operation service to start in Shikoku Island, Japan. March 23 – The North Manchuria Railway, the former Chinese Eastern Railway within the Japanese puppet state of Manchukuo, is sold by the Soviet Union to the Manchukuo Government; it is then merged into the Manchukuo National Railway and converted from Russian to standard gauge on August 31 between 05:00 and 08:00 hours. March 24 – Pennsylvania Station in Newark, New Jersey, opens. March 27 – Electro-Motive Corporation breaks ground in McCook, Illinois, for their new locomotive factory. March 30 – The first section of the Itō Line, connecting Atami and Ajiro in Japan, is opened. March 31 – The Glasgow Subway in Scotland is converted from a cable car system to a third-rail electric system (inner circle; outer circle completed December 5). April events April 1 – The Flying Yankee trainset enters service on the Boston & Maine and Maine Central railroads between Portland, Maine, Boston, Massachusetts, and Bangor, Maine. April 21 – The Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad's Twin Zephyrs enter revenue service between Chicago, Illinois, and the Twin Cities. May events May 15 – The first line of the Moscow Metro is opened to the public at 7 am. The line is 11 km long, and