a narrow gauge railway in England. September 18 – Canadian Pacific Railway 4-4-4 number 3003 pulls a newly designed lightweight passenger train at 112.5 mph (181 km/h) near Saint-Télesphore, Quebec, Canada. October events October – Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad inaugurates the Sam Houston Zephyr passenger train. October 23 – One of the new ten-car Denver Zephyr trainsets makes a special run nonstop from Chicago to Denver, breaking the 1934 speed record of the Pioneer Zephyr between the two cities. November events November 8 – Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad inaugurates the Denver Zephyr passenger train. December events December 9 – The Østfold Line in Norway takes electric traction into use between Oslo East Station and Ljan. December 18 – The Twin Cities Zephyr, an articulated trainset, is placed into service between Chicago, Illinois, and Minneapolis-St. Paul. December 20 – Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad inaugurates the Ozark State Zephyr passenger train. Unknown date events Illinois Central's Illinois Central 121 trainset is built by Pullman-Standard . Bruce Church, T. R. Merrill, Gene Harden and Ken Nutting form the Growers Ice Company to ship bulk carloads of lettuce by rail from Salinas, California Southern Railway (Great Britain) signs exclusive 10-year contract with English Electric for the supply of traction equipment for its electric multiple units. This will be twice renewed and 5,500 EE507 traction motors will be supplied under it. Accidents Births January 12 – William McAlpine, British businessman and railway enthusiast (died 2018). Deaths June deaths June 8 – Alfred de Glehn, English-born French designer of steam locomotives (born 1848). November deaths November 9 – Henry Clay Hall, American commissioner for Interstate Commerce Commission beginning in 1914, chairman of same 1917-1928 (born 1860). November 22 – Oris Paxton Van Sweringen, American financier who, with his brother Mantis, controlled the Nickel Plate Road and other eastern United States railroads (born 1879). References