259 lives are lost. September 27 – The London & North Eastern Railway's first A4 Class streamlined 4-6-2 steam locomotive A4 2509 Silver Link attains on a demonstration run out of London King's Cross. September 29 – The last train operates on the Lynton & Barnstaple Railway in England. September 30 – The London & North Eastern Railway begins to run the Silver Jubilee train between London King's Cross and Newcastle, Britain's first streamliner, using Nigel Gresley's A4 Class locomotives. October October 6 – Market Street Railway Company (MSRy) starts operation on the first trackless trolley system in California, taking over from the 33 Ashbury streetcar. December events December 30 – The Southern Pacific Coast Line is diverted around downtown San Jose, California, consolidating passenger operations at the new Cahill Depot. Unknown date events The Milwaukee Road enters bankruptcy. The Goodyear-Zeppelin Company completes construction on the Comet streamlined passenger trainset for the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad. The National Model Railroad Association is founded in the United States. Accidents Births February births February 21 – Jean Pelletier, Chairman of Via Rail 2001–2004. Deaths September deaths September 20 – William W. Atterbury, president of the Pennsylvania Railroad 1925–1935 (born 1866). December deaths December – Mantis James Van Sweringen, American financier who, with his brother Oris, controlled the Nickel Plate Road and other eastern United States railroads (born 1881). References Rivanna Chapter, National Railway Historical Society, (2005), This Month in Railroad History – August. Retrieved August 22, 2005. Rivanna Chapter, National Railway Historical Society (2005), This Month in Railroad History: May. Retrieved May 27, 2005.