The Transcontinental Railroad linking up the East and West halves of the US was completed in Colorado.
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101 people die in the Eschede train disaster.
William B. Purvis patented the electric switch on railways that would shut off the electric supply after carriages pass the contact device.
Africa's worst ever train disaster kills 281.
Construction on the world's longest railway in Russia was completed.
The Portage Railroad Line in Pennsylvania built the first railroad tunnel in the US.
