October 26 – Two cars of a commuter train operated by Oita Traffic Company are involved in a mudslide during a massive rainstorm at
Ōita, eastern
Kyūshū, Japan, 31 killed, 36 injured. Most of the passengers are senior high school students.
The first eight
DC poweredVL10 (i.e. Vladimir Lenin class) freight locomotives built at
Tbilisi.
The introduction in Sweden of the first
SJ T43 locomotives opens the way for the phasing out of steam power on Swedish railways.
The world's last
Mallet locomotive is built in Japan, BB84 for the Indonesian State Railway Corporation's
750 mm (2 ft 5+1⁄2 in) gauge
Atjeh Tramway on
Sumatra.[7]