January 30 –
Canadian National (CN) absorbs the
Grand Trunk Railway and spins off the portion of the Grand Trunk within the United States to form the
Grand Trunk Western Railroad (GTW); CN operates GTW as a subsidiary railroad. National ownership encourages freight rates favoring use of Canadian seaports in the
Maritimes, and causes declining freight volumes over the
New England line to Grand Trunk seaport facilities in
Portland, Maine.[2]
July 6 –
Ongarue railway disaster: In New Zealand, about 6:00 am, the southbound
Auckland to
Wellington express rounds a sharp bend and ploughs into a landslip which had fallen across the railway line near Ongarue, just north of
Taumarunui. 17 passengers die and 28 others are injured.[6]
July 11 – The
Ofoten Line in Norway takes electric traction into use.[7]
August 4 – The
Otira Tunnel (8.5 km) on the
Midland Line in New Zealand opens, worked by electric traction; construction had started in 1907 and at opening it is the longest in the
British Empire (and remains the longest in
South Island).[10]
^Wright, John; Maclean, Ian (1997). Circles Under the Clyde: a history of the Glasgow Underground. Harrow Weald: Capital Transport.
ISBN978-1-85414-190-3.