September 12 - Opening of the Victoria Falls Bridge across the Zambezi River as part of the projected Cape-Cairo railway. October events October 15 - Rail line completed in the Sudan from Atbara to the Red Sea at Suakin; also, the Syria Ottoman Railway's Jezreel Valley railway completing a through rail link between Haifa and Damascus. October 29 (October 16 Old Style) - Circum-Baikal Railway brought into permanent operation in the Russian Empire, completing through rail communication on the Trans-Siberian Railway. October 31 - Bombay, Baroda & Central India Railway property purchased by Government of India. November events November 3 - The Englewood branch of the old South Side Elevated system of the Chicago 'L' opens between 59th Street junction and State Street. Unknown date events Construction begins on the Tidewater Railway in Virginia. Indian Railways Board set up. ALCO purchases rival steam locomotive manufacturer Rogers Locomotive & Machine Works. American Car & Foundry acquires Indianapolis Car and Foundry and Indianapolis Car Company. Births January births January 17 - Louis Armand, French railway engineer, manager and resistance fighter (died 1971). January 21 - Oswald Nock, English railway author and signalling engineer (died 1994). Deaths February deaths February 8 - Jay Cooke, American financier who built the Northern Pacific Railway (born 1821). September deaths September 4 - William Dean, Chief Mechanical Engineer of Great Western Railway of England 1877-1902 (born 1840). December deaths December 14 - Herman Haupt, American railroad civil engineer (born 1817). December 29 - Charles Tyson Yerkes, American financier of rapid transit systems in Chicago and London (born 1837). References Bibliography 1942 Quiz Book on Railroads and Railroading. Retrieved July 7, 2005. 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 - June. Retrieved June 10, 2005 Citations