March 27 – The last regularly scheduled steam-poweredpassenger train on a major U.S. railroad runs from Durand to Detroit, Michigan, on the Grand Trunk Western Railway. Grand Trunk Western runs this train in two sections, due to the many people who want to see and ride history. Grand Truck Western Class 4-8-4 Class U3b #6319 pulls the first section, and #6322 the second.[4]
September 1 – Disgruntled railroad workers effectively halt operations of the Pennsylvania Railroad in the United States, marking the first shutdown in the company's history (the event lasts two days).
October 25 – Barges collide with one of the columns of the Severn Railway Bridge (England) in heavy fog, causing two of its twenty-two spans to collapse. The steel and cast iron bridge is never repaired.
December 27 – The Romanian Railways officially start the electrification of the Predeal to Brașov line, by mounting the first catenary pole in Predeal station.