train service between Kansas City, Missouri, and New Orleans, Louisiana. September 13 – The Gulf, Mobile and Ohio Railroad is formed by the merger of the Gulf, Mobile and Northern and Mobile and Ohio Railroads. October events October 1 – The Pennsylvania Turnpike opens, constructed using tunnels and grades originally built for the never-completed South Pennsylvania Railroad. November events November 4 – Norton Fitzwarren, England: a train driver on the Great Western Railway misreads the signals on a four track line, and drives his train off the end of the track. November 11 The Østfold Line in Norway takes electric traction into use between Sarpsborg and Halden. Syracuse Transit Corporation closes the Elm Street line in Syracuse, New York. November 22 – The Newark City Subway in New Jersey opens an extension from Heller Parkway to Grove Street. December December 15 – The IND Sixth Avenue Line of the New York City Subway is completed and opened throughout. December 17 – The Florida East Coast Railway introduces the Dixie Flagler passenger train between Chicago, Illinois and Miami, Florida, replacing the Henry M. Flagler. Deaths September deaths September 23 – Hale Holden, president of Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad 1914–1918 and 1920–1929, chairman of the board of directors for Southern Pacific Railroad 1932–1939, dies (b. 1869). October deaths October 24 – William Benson Storey, president of Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway 1920–1933 (born 1857). November deaths November 9 – Charles Langbridge Morgan, chief engineer for London, Brighton and South Coast Railway, dies (b. 1855). Unknown date deaths Leonor F. Loree, president of Baltimore and Ohio Railroad 1901–1903, Delaware and Hudson Railway 1907–1938 and Kansas City Southern Railway 1918-1920 (born 1858). Accidents References