February 2 - Frank J. Sprague built an electric light rail system in Richmond, VA, for the Richmond Union Passenger Railway. This was to be the first large-scale electric trolley (tram) line in the world.[1]
August 12 – Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway subsidiary companies complete construction of the final link in what has come to be known as the Surf Line connecting Los Angeles and San Diego.[7]
August 18 – In the City of Frankfurt am Main, Germany (at the time:German Reich), Frankfurt Central Station (today's name is Frankfurt (Main) Hauptbahnhof) is opened and is - at this time - the world's largest railway station in terms of tracks, ground area covered and passenger capacity. It replaces the three former regional stations, that were located closer to the old city limits, and were then demolished and gave way to a new city quarter named Station Quarter.[8]
September events
September 10 – The Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway (later to become known as the Milwaukee Road) operates the first passenger train with electric lights (rather than gas lights) in the United States west of Chicago, Illinois, on a train between Chicago and the Twin Cities.[9]
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↑ Knowles, Valerie (2004). From Telegrapher to Titan: the life of William C. Van Horne. Toronto: Dundurn. ISBN1-55002-488-4.
↑ Duke, Donald; Kistler, Stan (1963). Santa Fe ...Steel Rails Through California. San Marino, California: Golden West Books. p.43. ISBN0-87095-009-6.{{cite book}}: ISBN / Date incompatibility (help)
↑ Santa Fe Railroad (1945). Along Your Way. Chicago, Illinois: Rand McNally.
↑ Durrant, A. E. (1974). The Mallet Locomotive. Newton Abbot: David & Charles. ISBN0-7153-5904-5.
↑ "Thomas Crampton". steamindex.com. September 25, 2004. Retrieved February 9, 2005.
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