John River. June 27 – Official opening of the Central London Railway, core of the Central line of the London Underground, the third deep-level electrified "tube" railway in the city. July events July 1 Completion of a dual-gauge connection unifies Normandy's narrow-gauge Chemins de fer du Calvados. Great Indian Peninsula Railway property purchased by Government of India. The Boston and Albany Railroad becomes a subsidiary of the New York Central. July 19 – The first section of the Paris Métro opens. July 29 – Construction is completed on the narrow-gauge White Pass and Yukon Route between Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada, and Skagway, Alaska, United States. July 30 – The Central London Railway opens to the public between Shepherd's Bush and Bank. August events August 6 – An Act is passed to authorize the absorption of the Aberlady, Gullane and North Berwick Railway in Scotland by the North British Railway via a stock transfer. August 14 – Charles Melville Hays succeeds Collis P. Huntington as president of the Southern Pacific Railroad after Huntington's death. August 15 – Regular service begins between Skagway, Alaska, and Whitehorse, Yukon, on the White Pass and Yukon Route. September events September 22 – Harry C. Grant and Joshua Lionel Cowen file incorporation papers in New York creating toy train manufacturer Lionel. December events December 18 – The Upper Ferntree Gully – Gembrook narrow-gauge railway in Victoria, Australia, opens for traffic. It is now preserved, operating as the Puffing Billy Railway. December 20 – Great Northern Railway (U.S.) opens first Cascade Tunnel (). December 31 – Southern Pacific completes construction of the Coast Line from Los Angeles to the San Francisco Bay Area, eliminating the need to operate through the San Joaquin Valley. The line is presently (2007) owned by Union Pacific, and is the operation line of Amtrak's (formerly Southern Pacific's) Coast Starlight. Unknown date events The Pittsburgh, Shenango and Lake Erie Railroad is renamed Bessemer and Lake Erie Railroad. Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway gains control of Colorado Midland and begins operating it as a subsidiary railroad. Accidents Births January births January 3 – C. L. Dellums, cofounder of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters (died 1989) January 15 – Rogers E. M. Whitaker ("E. M. Frimbo"), writer on rail travel (died 1981) Deaths March deaths March 29 – Cyrus K. Holliday, co-founder of Topeka, Kansas, and first president of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa