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September 17 – Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway (ATSF), having purchased the Santa Fe and Grand Canyon Railway and renamed it to the Grand Canyon Railway, begins to operate a passenger train service over its new subsidiary railroad between Williams, Arizona, and the south rim of the Grand Canyon as a destination for ATSF's customers.^[8]

October events

October 13 – The London and South Western Railway in England completes experimental installation at Grateley on its West of England main line of automatic semaphore signals controlled by track circuits and pneumatics, the first such scheme in the United Kingdom.^[9]^[10]^[11]

November events

November – Official start of traffic on Chinese Eastern Railway.
November 7 – Memphis, Helena and Louisiana Railroad, a predecessor of the St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern Railroad, is organized in Arkansas.^[12]
November 12 – The Pacific Electric Railway is incorporated in California.^[13]

December events

December 2 – The Chicago and Indiana Air Line Railway is incorporated.^[14]
December 3 – The 3.5-kilometre (2.2 mi) first part of the Trondheim Tramway in Trondheim, Norway is opened.^[15]
December 12 – Pennsylvania Railroad president Alexander Cassatt announces the railroad's plan to enter New York City – to tunnel under the Hudson River and to build a grand station on the West Side of Manhattan, a station that would become Pennsylvania Station.
December 21 – "Last spike" ceremony for the Uganda Railway (metre gauge), completed from Mombasa to Port Florence (Kisumu) on the shore of Lake Victoria.^[16]
December 24 – The New Zealand Government Railways become the first major railway to place a 4-6-2 steam locomotive into service, having ordered thirteen Q class from the Baldwin Locomotive Works of Philadelphia.^[17]^[18]

Unknown date events

E. H. Harriman succeeds Charles Melville Hayes as president of the Southern Pacific Company, parent company of the Southern Pacific Railroad.
Jacob S. Rogers, still the primary shareholder, closes Rogers Locomotive Company, but then reopens the company as Rogers Locomotive Works after the ALCO merger.
American Car and Foundry (ACF) acquires Jackson and Sharp Company and Common Sense Bolster Company.
George Frederick Baer becomes president of Reading Company.
The Lake Shore Electric Railway is formed through the merger of the Lorain and Cleveland Railway, Sandusky and Interurban Railway and Toledo, Fremont and Norwalk Railway.

Births

December births

December 11 – Donald Gordon, president of Canadian National Railway 1950–1966, is born (died 1969).

Deaths

January deaths

January 6 – Philip Armour, founder of Armour and Company meatpackers and subsidiary Armour Refrigerator Line refrigerator car operators (born 1832).

February deaths

February 9 – Fred Harvey (entrepreneur) who founded the Harvey House chain of restaurants and hotels to serve passengers of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway (born 1835).
February 18 – Egide Walschaerts, Belgian inventor of a steam locomotive valve gear (born 1820).^[19]

April deaths

April 13 – Edward Watkin, Chairman of several English railway companies, most notably the South Eastern Railway and the Great Central Railway (born 1819).

Unknown date deaths

Jacob S. Rogers, son of Thomas Rogers and second president of Rogers Locomotive and Machine Works.

References

^ Beck, Wayne. Cotton Belt News (1957). "The History of the St. Louis Southwestern Railway". Archived from the original on October 19, 2009. Retrieved August 6, 2005. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
^ Keat, Peter J. (2001). Goodbye to Victoria, the Last Queen Empress – the story of Queen Victoria's funeral train. Usk: Oakwood Press. ISBN 978-0-85361-569-9.
^ The Wuppertal Suspension Railway. Lübeck: Schöning. p. 27. ISBN 978-3-89917-448-9.
^ Thomas, John (1965). The West Highland Railway. Dawlish: David & Charles. ISBN 978-0-946537-22-8.
^ "Erie Railroad presidents". Retrieved March 15, 2005.
^ "Significant dates in Ottawa/Hull street and light railway history". December 3, 2004. Retrieved July 22, 2005.
^ "History of the Geelong–Queenscliff Railway". Retrieved August 4, 2005.
^ Bianchi, Curt (1995). "By steam to the Grand Canyon". Trains: 38–45. {{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help)
^ Pryer, G. A. (1977). A pictorial record of Southern Signals. Oxford: Oxford Publishing Co. ISBN 978-0-902888-81-4.
^ Kichenside, Geoffrey (1998). Two centuries of Railway Signalling. Sparkford: Oxford Publishing Co. ISBN 978-0-86093-541-4. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help)
^ Left, Sarah (January 15, 2002). "Key dates in Britain's railway history". The Guardian Unlimited.
^ Missouri Pacific Historical Society (2005). "St. Louis Iron Mountain & Southern (SLIMS)". Retrieved November 7, 2005.
^ Walker, Jim (2006). Images of Rail: Pacific Electric Red Cars. Arcadia Publishing. p. 7. ISBN 978-0-7385-4688-9.
^ "South Shore Railroad history". Chicago Post-Tribune. June 29, 2008. Retrieved June 30, 2008. ^{[dead link‍]}
^ Aspenberg, Nils Carl (1995). På meterspor i Nidaros. Oslo: Baneforlaget. p. 6.
^ Miller, Charles (1971). The Lunatic Express. New York: Macdonald. ISBN 978-0-02-584940-2.
^ Balkwill, Richard (1993). The Guinness Book of Railway Facts and Feats (6th ed.). Enfield: Guinness Publishing. ISBN 978-0-85112-707-1. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help)
^ "Q Class 4–6-2 Register". TrainWeb. Retrieved June 6, 2010.
^ Marshall, John (2003). Biographical Dictionary of Railway Engineers (2nd ed.). Oxford: Railway and Canal Historical Society. ISBN 978-0-901461-22-3.

[1] Beck, Wayne. Cotton Belt News (1957). "The History of the St. Louis Southwestern Railway". Archived from the original on October 19, 2009. Retrieved August 6, 2005. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

[2] Keat, Peter J. (2001). Goodbye to Victoria, the Last Queen Empress – the story of Queen Victoria's funeral train. Usk: Oakwood Press. ISBN 978-0-85361-569-9.

[3] The Wuppertal Suspension Railway. Lübeck: Schöning. p. 27. ISBN 978-3-89917-448-9.

[4] Thomas, John (1965). The West Highland Railway. Dawlish: David & Charles. ISBN 978-0-946537-22-8.

[5] "Erie Railroad presidents". Retrieved March 15, 2005.

[6] "Significant dates in Ottawa/Hull street and light railway history". December 3, 2004. Retrieved July 22, 2005.

[7] "History of the Geelong–Queenscliff Railway". Retrieved August 4, 2005.

[8] Bianchi, Curt (1995). "By steam to the Grand Canyon". Trains: 38–45. {{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help)

[9] Pryer, G. A. (1977). A pictorial record of Southern Signals. Oxford: Oxford Publishing Co. ISBN 978-0-902888-81-4.

[10] Kichenside, Geoffrey (1998). Two centuries of Railway Signalling. Sparkford: Oxford Publishing Co. ISBN 978-0-86093-541-4. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help)

[11] Left, Sarah (January 15, 2002). "Key dates in Britain's railway history". The Guardian Unlimited.

[12] Missouri Pacific Historical Society (2005). "St. Louis Iron Mountain & Southern (SLIMS)". Retrieved November 7, 2005.

[13] Walker, Jim (2006). Images of Rail: Pacific Electric Red Cars. Arcadia Publishing. p. 7. ISBN 978-0-7385-4688-9.

[14] "South Shore Railroad history". Chicago Post-Tribune. June 29, 2008. Retrieved June 30, 2008. ^{[dead link‍]}

[15] Aspenberg, Nils Carl (1995). På meterspor i Nidaros. Oslo: Baneforlaget. p. 6.

[16] Miller, Charles (1971). The Lunatic Express. New York: Macdonald. ISBN 978-0-02-584940-2.

[17] Balkwill, Richard (1993). The Guinness Book of Railway Facts and Feats (6th ed.). Enfield: Guinness Publishing. ISBN 978-0-85112-707-1. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help)

[18] "Q Class 4–6-2 Register". TrainWeb. Retrieved June 6, 2010.

[19] Marshall, John (2003). Biographical Dictionary of Railway Engineers (2nd ed.). Oxford: Railway and Canal Historical Society. ISBN 978-0-901461-22-3.

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 ==Events==
 ===January events===
-* January 3 — The [[St. Louis Southwestern Railway]] purchases the [[Stuttgart and Arkansas River Railroad]] in [[Arkansas]].<ref>{{cite web|author=Beck, Wayne. ''Cotton Belt News''|year=1957|url=http://www.geocities.com/TheTropics/8199/c_belt.html|title=The History of the St. Louis Southwestern Railway|accessdate=2005-08-06|archiveurl=http://www.webcitation.org/query?id=1255996770733656|archivedate=2009-10-19|deadurl=yes}}</ref>
+* January 3 – The [[St. Louis Southwestern Railway]] purchases the [[Stuttgart and Arkansas River Railroad]] in [[Arkansas]].<ref>{{cite web|author=Beck, Wayne. ''Cotton Belt News''|year=1957|url=http://www.geocities.com/TheTropics/8199/c_belt.html|title=The History of the St. Louis Southwestern Railway|accessdate=August 6, 2005|archiveurl=http://www.webcitation.org/query?id=1255996770733656|archivedate=October 19, 2009|deadurl=yes}}</ref>
 ===February events===
-* February — The [[Canadian Locomotive Company]] is formed from the assets of the bankrupt [[Canadian Locomotive and Engine Company]].
+* February – The [[Canadian Locomotive Company]] is formed from the assets of the bankrupt [[Canadian Locomotive and Engine Company]].
-* February 2 — The body of [[Queen Victoria]] is conveyed by the [[London and South Western Railway|London & South Western]], [[London, Brighton and South Coast Railway|London, Brighton & South Coast]] and [[Great Western Railway]]s from [[Gosport]] via [[London]] to [[Windsor, Berkshire|Windsor]], [[England]] for her [[funeral]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Keat|first=Peter J.|title=Goodbye to Victoria, the Last Queen Empress — the story of Queen Victoria's funeral train|year=2001|publisher=Oakwood Press|location=Usk|isbn=978-0-85361-569-9}}</ref>
+* February 2 – The body of [[Queen Victoria]] is conveyed by the [[London and South Western Railway|London & South Western]], [[London, Brighton and South Coast Railway|London, Brighton & South Coast]] and [[Great Western Railway]]s from [[Gosport]] via London to [[Windsor, Berkshire|Windsor]], England for her funeral.<ref>{{cite book|last=Keat|first=Peter J.|title=Goodbye to Victoria, the Last Queen Empress – the story of Queen Victoria's funeral train|year=2001|publisher=Oakwood Press|location=Usk|isbn=978-0-85361-569-9}}</ref>
 [[File:Glenfinnan Viaduct.jpg|thumb|right|[[Glenfinnan Viaduct]] on the [[Mallaig Extension Railway]]]]
 ===March events===
-* March 1 — First section of [[Wuppertal Schwebebahn]] [[suspension railway]] opens to the public.<ref>{{cite book|title=The Wuppertal Suspension Railway|location=Lübeck|publisher=Schöning|isbn=978-3-89917-448-9|page=27}}</ref>
+* March 1 – First section of [[Wuppertal Schwebebahn]] [[suspension railway]] opens to the public.<ref>{{cite book|title=The Wuppertal Suspension Railway|location=Lübeck|publisher=Schöning|isbn=978-3-89917-448-9|page=27}}</ref>
 ===April events===
-* April 1 — The [[West Highland Railway]]'s [[Mallaig Extension Railway]], operated by the [[North British Railway]], is opened throughout to [[Mallaig]] on the west coast of [[Scotland]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Thomas|first=John|authorlink=John Thomas (author)|title=The West Highland Railway|year=1965|publisher=David & Charles|location=Dawlish|isbn=978-0-946537-22-8}}</ref>
+* April 1 – The [[West Highland Railway]]'s [[Mallaig Extension Railway]], operated by the [[North British Railway]], is opened throughout to [[Mallaig]] on the west coast of [[Scotland]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Thomas|first=John|authorlink=John Thomas (author)|title=The West Highland Railway|year=1965|publisher=David & Charles|location=Dawlish|isbn=978-0-946537-22-8}}</ref>
 ===May events===
-* May — [[Frederick D. Underwood]] succeeds [[Eben B. Thomas]] as president of the [[Erie Railroad]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://erierr.railfan.net/eriepres.html|title=Erie Railroad presidents|accessdate=2005-03-15}}</ref>
+* May – [[Frederick D. Underwood]] succeeds [[Eben B. Thomas]] as president of the [[Erie Railroad]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://erierr.railfan.net/eriepres.html|title=Erie Railroad presidents|accessdate=March 15, 2005}}</ref>
 ===April events===
-* April 1 — [[Atlantic Coast Line Railroad]] acquires the [[Wilmington and Weldon Railroad]] in [[North Carolina]].
+* April 1 – [[Atlantic Coast Line Railroad]] acquires the [[Wilmington and Weldon Railroad]] in [[North Carolina]].
-* April 11 — The [[Ōu Main Line|Ōu South Line]] in [[Japan]] opens between [[Yonezawa, Yamagata|Yonezawa]] and [[Yamagata, Yamagata|Yamagata]].
+* April 11 – The [[Ōu Main Line|Ōu South Line]] in Japan opens between [[Yonezawa, Yamagata|Yonezawa]] and [[Yamagata, Yamagata|Yamagata]].
 ===June events===
-* June 14 — The [[Atlantic City Railroad]] (predecessor of the [[Pennsylvania-Reading Seashore Lines]]) is incorporated from the merger of the [[Camden County Railroad]], [[Ocean City Railroad]] and [[Seacoast Railroad]].
+* June 14 – The [[Atlantic City Railroad]] (predecessor of the [[Pennsylvania-Reading Seashore Lines]]) is incorporated from the merger of the [[Camden County Railroad]], [[Ocean City Railroad]] and [[Seacoast Railroad]].
-* June 24 — The [[American Locomotive Company]] (ALCO) is formed through the merger of eight smaller [[United States|American]] [[steam locomotive]] manufacturers.
+* June 24 – The [[American Locomotive Company]] (ALCO) is formed through the merger of eight smaller American [[steam locomotive]] manufacturers.
 ===July events===
-* July 25 — The [[Hull Electric Railway]] officially begins regular service over the [[Interprovincial Bridge]] between [[Ottawa]] and [[Aylmer]].<ref>{{cite web|date=December 3, 2004|url=http://www.railways.incanada.net/candate/street.htm|title=Significant dates in Ottawa/Hull street and light railway history|accessdate=2005-07-22}}</ref>
+* July 25 – The [[Hull Electric Railway]] officially begins regular service over the [[Interprovincial Bridge]] between [[Ottawa]] and [[Aylmer]].<ref>{{cite web|date=December 3, 2004|url=http://www.railways.incanada.net/candate/street.htm|title=Significant dates in Ottawa/Hull street and light railway history|accessdate=July 22, 2005}}</ref>
 ===August events===
-* August 5 — [[Queenscliff Junction]], in [[Victoria, Australia]], is closed.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bpr.org.au/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=14&Itemid=64|title=History of the Geelong–Queenscliff Railway|accessdate=2005-08-04}}</ref>
+* August 5 – [[Queenscliff Junction]], in [[Victoria, Australia]], is closed.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bpr.org.au/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=14&Itemid=64|title=History of the Geelong–Queenscliff Railway|accessdate=August 4, 2005}}</ref>
 ===September events===
 [[File:First run of Grand Canyon Railway.jpg|thumb|Passengers and crew gather for a group photo on the first run of the [[Grand Canyon Railway]].]]
-* September 17 — [[Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway]] (ATSF), having purchased the [[Santa Fe and Grand Canyon Railway]] and renamed it to the [[Grand Canyon Railway]], begins to operate a [[passenger train]] service over its new subsidiary railroad between [[Williams, Arizona]], and the south rim of the [[Grand Canyon]] as a destination for ATSF's customers.<ref>{{cite journal|last=Bianchi|first=Curt|month=May|year=1995|title=By steam to the Grand Canyon|journal=[[Trains (magazine)|Trains]]|pages=38–45}}</ref>
+* September 17 – [[Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway]] (ATSF), having purchased the [[Santa Fe and Grand Canyon Railway]] and renamed it to the [[Grand Canyon Railway]], begins to operate a [[passenger train]] service over its new subsidiary railroad between [[Williams, Arizona]], and the south rim of the [[Grand Canyon]] as a destination for ATSF's customers.<ref>{{cite journal|last=Bianchi|first=Curt|month=May|year=1995|title=By steam to the Grand Canyon|journal=[[Trains (magazine)|Trains]]|pages=38–45}}</ref>
 ===October events===
-* October 13 — The [[London and South Western Railway]] in [[England]] completes experimental installation at [[Grateley]] on its West of England main line of automatic [[railway signal|semaphore signals]] controlled by [[track circuit]]s and [[pneumatics]], the first such scheme in the [[United Kingdom]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Pryer|first=G. A.|title=A pictorial record of Southern Signals|year=1977|publisher=Oxford Publishing Co|location=Oxford|isbn=978-0-902888-81-4}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Kichenside|first=Geoffrey|coauthors=Williams, Alan|title=Two centuries of Railway Signalling|year=1998|publisher=Oxford Publishing Co|location=Sparkford|isbn=978-0-86093-541-4}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Left|first=Sarah|title=Key dates in Britain's railway history|work=The Guardian Unlimited|date=15 January 2002|url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/transport/Story/0,2763,633951,00.html}}</ref>
+* October 13 – The [[London and South Western Railway]] in England completes experimental installation at [[Grateley]] on its West of England main line of automatic [[railway signal|semaphore signals]] controlled by [[track circuit]]s and [[pneumatics]], the first such scheme in the United Kingdom.<ref>{{cite book|last=Pryer|first=G. A.|title=A pictorial record of Southern Signals|year=1977|publisher=Oxford Publishing Co|location=Oxford|isbn=978-0-902888-81-4}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Kichenside|first=Geoffrey|coauthors=Williams, Alan|title=Two centuries of Railway Signalling|year=1998|publisher=Oxford Publishing Co|location=Sparkford|isbn=978-0-86093-541-4}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Left|first=Sarah|title=Key dates in Britain's railway history|work=The Guardian Unlimited|date=January 15, 2002|url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/transport/Story/0,2763,633951,00.html}}</ref>
 ===November events===
-* November — Official start of traffic on [[Chinese Eastern Railway]].
+* November – Official start of traffic on [[Chinese Eastern Railway]].
-* November 7 — [[Memphis, Helena and Louisiana Railroad]], a predecessor of the [[St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern Railroad]], is organized in [[Arkansas]].<ref>{{cite web|author=Missouri Pacific Historical Society|year=2005|url=http://mopac.org/history_stlims.asp|title=St. Louis Iron Mountain & Southern (SLIMS)|accessdate=2005-11-07}}</ref>
+* November 7 – [[Memphis, Helena and Louisiana Railroad]], a predecessor of the [[St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern Railroad]], is organized in [[Arkansas]].<ref>{{cite web|author=Missouri Pacific Historical Society|year=2005|url=http://mopac.org/history_stlims.asp|title=St. Louis Iron Mountain & Southern (SLIMS)|accessdate=November 7, 2005}}</ref>
-* November 12 — The [[Pacific Electric Railway]] is incorporated in [[California]].<ref>{{cite book|title=Images of Rail: Pacific Electric Red Cars|last=Walker|first=Jim|year=2006|publisher=Arcadia Publishing|page=7|isbn=978-0-7385-4688-9}}</ref>
+* November 12 – The [[Pacific Electric Railway]] is incorporated in California.<ref>{{cite book|title=Images of Rail: Pacific Electric Red Cars|last=Walker|first=Jim|year=2006|publisher=Arcadia Publishing|page=7|isbn=978-0-7385-4688-9}}</ref>
 ===December events===
-* December 2 — The [[Chicago and Indiana Air Line Railway]] is incorporated.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.post-trib.com/news/1026442,SSHISTORY629.article|title=South Shore Railroad history|date=2008-06-29|work=Chicago Post-Tribune|accessdate=2008-06-30}} {{Dead link|date=September 2010|bot=H3llBot}}</ref>
+* December 2 – The [[Chicago and Indiana Air Line Railway]] is incorporated.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.post-trib.com/news/1026442,SSHISTORY629.article|title=South Shore Railroad history|date=June 29, 2008|work=Chicago Post-Tribune|accessdate=June 30, 2008}} {{Dead link|date=September 2010|bot=H3llBot}}</ref>
-* December 3 — The {{convert|3.5|km|sing=on}} first part of the [[Trondheim Tramway]] in [[Trondheim]], [[Norway]] is opened.<ref>{{cite book|last=Aspenberg|first=Nils Carl|title=På meterspor i Nidaros|year=1995|publisher=Baneforlaget|location=Oslo|page=6}}</ref>
+* December 3 – The {{convert|3.5|km|sing=on}} first part of the [[Trondheim Tramway]] in [[Trondheim]], Norway is opened.<ref>{{cite book|last=Aspenberg|first=Nils Carl|title=På meterspor i Nidaros|year=1995|publisher=Baneforlaget|location=Oslo|page=6}}</ref>
-* December 12 — [[Pennsylvania Railroad]] president [[Alexander Cassatt]] announces the railroad's plan to enter [[New York City]] — to tunnel under the [[Hudson River]] and to build a grand station on the West Side of [[Manhattan]], a station that would become [[Pennsylvania Station (New York)|Pennsylvania Station]].
+* December 12 – [[Pennsylvania Railroad]] president [[Alexander Cassatt]] announces the railroad's plan to enter New York City – to tunnel under the [[Hudson River]] and to build a grand station on the West Side of [[Manhattan]], a station that would become [[Pennsylvania Station (New York)|Pennsylvania Station]].
-* December 21 — "Last spike" ceremony for the [[Uganda Railway]] ([[Narrow gauge railway|metre gauge]]), completed from [[Mombasa]] to Port Florence ([[Kisumu]]) on the shore of [[Lake Victoria]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Miller|first=Charles|authorlink=Charles Miller (author)|title=The Lunatic Express|year=1971|publisher=Macdonald|location=New York|isbn=978-0-02-584940-2}}</ref>
+* December 21 – "Last spike" ceremony for the [[Uganda Railway]] ([[Narrow gauge railway|metre gauge]]), completed from [[Mombasa]] to Port Florence ([[Kisumu]]) on the shore of [[Lake Victoria]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Miller|first=Charles|authorlink=Charles Miller (author)|title=The Lunatic Express|year=1971|publisher=Macdonald|location=New York|isbn=978-0-02-584940-2}}</ref>
-* December 24 — The [[New Zealand Railways Department|New Zealand Government Railways]] become the first major railway to place a [[4-6-2]] [[steam locomotive]] into service, having ordered thirteen [[NZR Q class (1901)|Q class]] from the [[Baldwin Locomotive Works]] of [[Philadelphia]].<ref>{{cite book|first=Richard|last=Balkwill|coauthors=Marshall, John|title=The Guinness Book of Railway Facts and Feats|edition=6th|location=Enfield|publisher=Guinness Publishing|year=1993|isbn=978-0-85112-707-1}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Q Class 4–6-2 Register|work=TrainWeb|url=http://www.trainweb.org/nzsteam/q462_reg.htm|accessdate=2010-06-06}}</ref>
+* December 24 – The [[New Zealand Railways Department|New Zealand Government Railways]] become the first major railway to place a [[4-6-2]] [[steam locomotive]] into service, having ordered thirteen [[NZR Q class (1901)|Q class]] from the [[Baldwin Locomotive Works]] of [[Philadelphia]].<ref>{{cite book|first=Richard|last=Balkwill|coauthors=Marshall, John|title=The Guinness Book of Railway Facts and Feats|edition=6th|location=Enfield|publisher=Guinness Publishing|year=1993|isbn=978-0-85112-707-1}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Q Class 4–6-2 Register|work=TrainWeb|url=http://www.trainweb.org/nzsteam/q462_reg.htm|accessdate=June 6, 2010}}</ref>
 ===Unknown date events===
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 ==Births==
 === December births ===
-* December 11 — [[Donald Gordon (Canadian businessman)|Donald Gordon]], president of [[Canadian National Railway]] 1950–1966, is born (died 1969).
+* December 11 – [[Donald Gordon (Canadian businessman)|Donald Gordon]], president of [[Canadian National Railway]] 1950–1966, is born (died 1969).
 ==Deaths==
 === January deaths ===
-* January 6 — [[Philip Armour]], founder of [[Armour and Company]] meatpackers and subsidiary [[Armour Refrigerator Line]] [[refrigerator car]] operators (born 1832).
+* January 6 – [[Philip Armour]], founder of [[Armour and Company]] meatpackers and subsidiary [[Armour Refrigerator Line]] [[refrigerator car]] operators (born 1832).
 === February deaths ===
-* February 9 — [[Fred Harvey (entrepreneur)]] who founded the [[Harvey House]] chain of restaurants and hotels to serve passengers of the [[Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway]] (born 1835).
+* February 9 – [[Fred Harvey (entrepreneur)]] who founded the [[Harvey House]] chain of restaurants and hotels to serve passengers of the [[Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway]] (born 1835).
-* February 18 — [[Egide Walschaerts]], [[Belgium|Belgian]] inventor of a [[steam locomotive]] [[Walschaerts valve gear|valve gear]] (born 1820).<ref>{{cite book|first=John|last=Marshall|authorlink=John Marshall (railway historian)|title=Biographical Dictionary of Railway Engineers|edition=2nd|location=Oxford|publisher=[[Railway and Canal Historical Society]]|year=2003|isbn=978-0-901461-22-3}}</ref>
+* February 18 – [[Egide Walschaerts]], [[Belgium|Belgian]] inventor of a [[steam locomotive]] [[Walschaerts valve gear|valve gear]] (born 1820).<ref>{{cite book|first=John|last=Marshall|authorlink=John Marshall (railway historian)|title=Biographical Dictionary of Railway Engineers|edition=2nd|location=Oxford|publisher=[[Railway and Canal Historical Society]]|year=2003|isbn=978-0-901461-22-3}}</ref>
 === April deaths ===
-* April 13 — [[Edward Watkin]], Chairman of several English railway companies, most notably the [[South Eastern Railway (UK)|South Eastern Railway]] and the [[Great Central Railway]] (born 1819).
+* April 13 – [[Edward Watkin]], Chairman of several English railway companies, most notably the [[South Eastern Railway (UK)|South Eastern Railway]] and the [[Great Central Railway]] (born 1819).
 ===Unknown date deaths===
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