Taiwan opens from Keelung to Taipei. November events November 30 John D. Spreckels incorporates the San Diego Electric Railway Company. Brooks Locomotive Works completes its 2,000th new steam locomotive. December events December 4 – Great East Thompson Train Wreck: Four trains collide in East Thompson, Connecticut. It is one of the most extensive rail disasters in American history, yet only three people are killed. Unknown date events Geared steam locomotive designs in the United States: Charles L. Heisler builds a working prototype of what is to become the Heisler locomotive and Rush S. Battles patents the basic design of the Climax locomotive. Canadian Pacific Railway launches its trans-Pacific shipping route between Vancouver, British Columbia and Hong Kong. The Busk Tunnel Railway Company completes construction of Colorado Midland's Busk–Ivanhoe Tunnel, which will soon replace the Hagerman Tunnel in Colorado. Opening of 76 cm narrow gauge railway in Bosnia and Herzegovina linking Sarajevo with the Adriatic over the Ivan Pass using the Abt rack system. The first section of mainline railroad in Puerto Rico begins operation between San Juan and Manatí. Accidents Births Deaths March deaths March 14 – James Grant, first president of the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad, 1851–1854 (b. 1812). August deaths August 27 – Samuel C. Pomeroy, president of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway 1863–1868 (b. 1816). November deaths November 6 – J. Gregory Smith, president of Northern Pacific Railway 1866–1872, dies (b. 1818). Unknown date deaths Moncure Robinson, builder of the Chesterfield Railroad, Philadelphia and Reading Railroad and president of the Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad (b. 1802). References Rivanna Chapter National Railway Historical Society (2005), This Month in Railroad History: September. Retrieved September 13, 2005.