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==Events==
===January events===
* January 2 – [[Chicago & North Western Railway]] begins ''[[Twin Cities 400|400]]'' passenger train service between Chicago, Illinois, and [[Saint Paul, Minnesota]]; it was so named because the 400&nbsp;mile trip was intended to take 400&nbsp;minutes, though that pace wasn't quite reached until a few months later. Still, it was believed to be the fastest train in the world over a distance greater than {{convert|177|mi}}.<ref name="400-story">{{Scribbins-400-2008}}</ref>
* January 28 – To mark completion of the electric line from [[Washington DC]] to [[New York City]], the [[Pennsylvania Railroad]] runs a special train hauled by [[Pennsylvania Railroad 4800]], the electric locomotive making a round trip from Washington to [[Philadelphia]] setting a speed record on the return run of 1 hour 50&nbsp;minutes.<ref>{{cite book|last=Bezilla|first=Michael|title=Electric Traction on the Pennsylvania Railroad, 1895–1968|year=1980|publisher=[[Pennsylvania State University]]|location=University Park|page=154|isbn=978-0-271-00241-5}}</ref><ref name=WDCNRHS>{{cite web|url=http://www.dcnrhs.org/dc_rail_history.htm |title=Washington, D.C. Railroad History: Railroad History Timeline |author=Washington D.C. Chapter of the National Railway Historical Society |access-date=January 28, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070627200958/http://www.dcnrhs.org/dc_rail_history.htm |archive-date=June 27, 2007 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name=Rivanna>{{cite web| url=http://nrhs.avenue.org/histjan.htm| title=This Month in Railroad History: January| author=Rivanna Chapter, National Railway Historical Society| date=January 15, 2006| access-date=January 28, 2010| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110722144342/http://nrhs.avenue.org/histjan.htm| archive-date=July 22, 2011| url-status=dead| df=mdy-all}}</ref> The line, with the GG1 locomotives, begins regular revenue service on February 10.
* January 31 – [[Union Pacific]]'s [[M-10000]] enters service as the ''[[City of Salina]]'' between [[Salina, Kansas]], and [[Kansas City]]. The 116&nbsp;seat train carries an average 280&nbsp;passengers per round trip.

===February events===
* February – [[Electro-Motive Diesel|Electro-Motive Corporation]] produces the new company's first [[Winton Motor Carriage Company|Winton]]-engined [[diesel locomotive]]s.

===March events===
* March 20 &ndash; [[Kotoku Line]], [[Takamatsu Station (Kagawa)|Takamatsu]] to [[Tokushima Station|Tokushima]] route officially completed with regular operation service to start in [[Shikoku Island]], [[Japan]].<ref>[[:ja:高徳線#歴史]] (Japanese language) Retrieved 2017-01-10.</ref>
* March 23 – The North Manchuria Railway, the former [[Chinese Eastern Railway]] within the Japanese puppet state of [[Manchukuo]], is sold by the [[Soviet Union]] to the [[Manchukuo Government]];<ref>{{cite encyclopedia|title=Chinese Eastern Railway railway, China|url=https://www.britannica.com/topic/Chinese-Eastern-Railway|encyclopedia=[[Encyclopædia Britannica]]|access-date=2016-12-11}}</ref> it is then merged into the [[Manchukuo National Railway]] and converted from [[5 ft and 1520 mm gauge railways|Russian]] to [[standard gauge]] on August 31 between 05:00 and 08:00 hours.<ref>{{cite journal|title=Manchukuo Gauge Conversion|journal=[[Railway Gazette International|Railway Gazette]]|volume=63|year=1935|page=340}}</ref>
* March 24 – [[Pennsylvania Station (Newark)|Pennsylvania Station]] in [[Newark, New Jersey]], opens.
* March 27 – [[Electro-Motive Diesel|Electro-Motive Corporation]] breaks ground in [[McCook, Illinois]], for their new locomotive factory.
* March 30 – The first section of the [[Itō Line]], connecting [[Atami Station|Atami]] and [[Ajiro Station|Ajiro]] in [[Japan]], is opened.
* March 31 – The [[Glasgow Subway]] in Scotland is converted from a cable car system to a third-rail electric system (inner circle; outer circle completed December 5).<ref>{{cite book|author=Wright, John|author2=Maclean, Ian|title=Circles Under the Clyde – a history of the Glasgow Underground|year=1997|publisher=Capital Transport|location=Harrow Weald|isbn=978-1-85414-190-3}}</ref>

===April events===
* April 1 – The ''[[Flying Yankee]]'' trainset enters service on the [[Boston & Maine]] and [[Maine Central]] railroads between [[Portland, Maine]], Boston, Massachusetts, and [[Bangor, Maine]].
* April 21 – The [[Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad]]'s ''[[Twin Zephyrs]]'' enter revenue service between Chicago, Illinois, and the [[Minneapolis-Saint Paul|Twin Cities]].
[[File:Metro sokolniki columns.jpg|thumb|right|200px|[[Sokolniki (Sokolnicheskaya line)|Sokolniki station]], [[Moscow Metro]]]]

=== May events ===
* May 15 – The first line of the [[Moscow Metro]] is opened to the public at 7&nbsp;am.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://sachak.chat.ru/istoria.html |title=History of Moscow Metro |access-date=19 February 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090115043700/http://sachak.chat.ru/istoria.html |archive-date=January 15, 2009 |url-status=live }}</ref> The line is 11&nbsp;km long, and includes 13 stations. It connects [[Sokolniki (Sokolnicheskaya line)|Sokolniki]] to [[Park Kultury (Sokolnicheskaya line)|Park Kultury]] with a branch from [[Okhotny Ryad (Moscow Metro)|Okhotny Ryad]] to [[Smolenskaya (Filyovskaya line)|Smolenskaya]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.metro.ru/map/1935/metro.ru-1935map-big1.jpg |title=Map |website=www.metro.ru |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090325143605/http://www.metro.ru/map/1935/metro.ru-1935map-big1.jpg |archive-date=March 25, 2009}}</ref>
* May 29 – The [[Milwaukee Road]] inaugurates ''[[Hiawatha (Milwaukee Road trains)|Hiawatha]]'' [[passenger train]] service between Chicago, Illinois, and [[St Paul, Minnesota]].

===June events===
* June 5 – The [[New Haven Railroad]] introduces its double-ended ''[[Comet (train)|Comet]]'' [[passenger train]] between Boston, Massachusetts, and [[Providence, Rhode Island]].
* June 6 – [[Union Pacific]]’s [[M-10001]] enters Chicago, Illinois to Rose City service as the “Streamlined City of Portland”. The 2,272-mile route was covered in 39.75 hours, 18 hours faster than the previous best time.
* June 22 – [[Kerr's Miniature Railway]] opens at [[Arbroath]]. It will be the oldest public [[Ridable miniature railway|miniature railway]] in Scotland when closed in 2020.<ref>{{cite book|last=Little|first=Lawson|title=Kerr's Miniature Railway: Scotland's oldest small-scale line|publisher=Narrow Gauge Railway Society|year=2000|isbn=978-0-9507169-9-2}}</ref>
* June 29 – The last scheduled train runs on the [[Maine]] [[narrow gauge]] [[Sandy River and Rangeley Lakes Railroad]].<ref>{{cite book| title=The Maine Scenic Route |author=Crittenden, H. Temple |publisher=[[McClain Printing Company]]|year=1966 |page=189}}</ref>

===July events===
* July 1 – The [[New York Central]] Lines (subsidiary companies) are renamed the New York Central System.
* July 24 – First permanent [[children's railway]] is opened in [[Tbilisi]], [[Soviet Union|USSR]].
* July 29 – Two [[American Car & Foundry]] built, [[Otto Kuhler]] styled "Rebels" are put in service on the [[Gulf, Mobile and Northern Railroad]], ending steam powered passenger service on that road.

=== August events ===
* August 18 – In a meeting aboard a chartered train on the [[Washington, Baltimore and Annapolis Electric Railway]], officials of the [[Lancaster Railway and Locomotive Historical Society]] of [[Pennsylvania]] and the [[Interstate Trolley Club]] of [[Trenton, New Jersey]], frame the basis of the [[National Railway Historical Society]] as a merger of the two constituent organizations.<ref>{{cite web|author=National Railway Historical Society|year=2003|url=http://www.nrhs.com/about.htm|title=About the NRHS|access-date=August 16, 2005|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051111104426/http://www.nrhs.com/about.htm|archive-date=November 11, 2005|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}}</ref>
* August 22 – [[Diesel locomotive]]s begin to replace [[steam locomotive]]s on [[Baltimore and Ohio Railroad]]'s long-distance [[passenger train]]s.
* August 28 – The [[United States Congress]] passes the [[Public Utility Holding Company Act]]. Heralded as a consumer protection milestone, it also separates transit companies from the deep pockets of their parent electric utilities. This becomes one of the nails in the coffin of [[streetcar]] and [[interurban railroad]]s in the United States.
* August 29 – [[Railroad Retirement Board]] established in United States to administer pension benefits for railroad employees.
* August 30 – The [[Santa Fe Railroad]] takes delivery of its first mainline [[diesel locomotive]]s.

===September events===
* September – The [[1935 Labor Day hurricane]] destroys much of the [[Florida East Coast Railway]]'s [[Key West]] extension; an evacuation train from the island is on the bridges linking the keys with the Florida mainland at the time the storm hits and 259 lives are lost.
* September 27 – The [[London & North Eastern Railway]]'s first [[LNER Class A4|A4 Class]] streamlined [[4-6-2]] steam locomotive [[LNER Class A4 2509 Silver Link|A4 2509 ''Silver Link'']] attains {{convert|112.5|mph|0|abbr=on|lk=on}} on a demonstration run out of [[London King's Cross railway station|London King's Cross]].<ref>{{cite book|authorlink=Oswald Nock|first=O. S.|last=Nock|title=Speed Records on Britain's Railways: a chronicle of the steam era|location=London|publisher=Pan|series=The David & Charles series|year=1972|orig-date=1971|isbn=0-330-23365-3|pages=149–50}}</ref>
* September 29 – The last train operates on the [[Lynton & Barnstaple Railway]] in England.<ref>{{cite news|title=Passengers Last Trip|newspaper=[[Western Morning News]]|date=30 September 1935|page=8}}</ref>
* September 30 – The [[London & North Eastern Railway]] begins to run the ''[[Silver Jubilee (train)|Silver Jubilee]]'' train between London King's Cross and [[Newcastle railway station|Newcastle]], Britain's first [[streamliner]], using [[Nigel Gresley]]'s A4 Class locomotives.<ref>{{cite news|title=67 m.p.h.!|newspaper=[[Sunderland Echo|Sunderland Daily Echo & Shipping Gazette]]|date=30 September 1935|page=1}}</ref>

===October===
* October 6 – [[Market Street Railway Company]] (MSRy) starts operation on the first [[trackless trolley]] system in [[California]], taking over from the [[33 Ashbury/18th Street|33 Ashbury]] [[streetcar]].<ref name=Callwell99>{{Muni Chronology}}</ref>{{rp|40;44}}
* October 30 – The [[Midōsuji Line|Midosuji Line]] in [[Osaka]], Japan, is opened between [[Shinsaibashi Station|Shinsaibashi]] and [[Namba Station|Namba]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=28 October 1935 |title=官報. 1935年10月28日 |trans-title=Official Bulletin. 28 October 1935 |url=https://dl.ndl.go.jp/info:ndljp/pid/2959126/4 |access-date=1 December 2021 |language=ja}}</ref>

===December events===
* December 30 &ndash; The [[Southern Pacific Transportation Company|Southern Pacific]] [[Coast Line (SP)|Coast Line]] is diverted around downtown [[San Jose, California]], consolidating passenger operations at the new [[San Jose Diridon station|Cahill Depot]].<ref name=McGovern>{{cite book |last1=McGovern |first1=Janet |title=Caltrain and the Peninsula Commute Service |date=2012 |publisher=[[Arcadia Publishing]]|isbn=9780738576220 }}</ref>{{rp|26}}

===Unknown date events===
* The [[Milwaukee Road]] enters bankruptcy.
* The [[Goodyear Aerospace|Goodyear-Zeppelin Company]] completes construction on the ''[[Comet (train)|Comet]]'' [[streamliner|streamlined]] passenger trainset for the [[New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad]].
* The [[National Model Railroad Association]] is founded in the United States.

==Accidents==
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==Births==

=== February births ===
* February 21 – [[Jean Pelletier]], Chairman of [[Via Rail]] 2001–2004.

==Deaths==

=== September deaths ===
* September 20 – [[William W. Atterbury]], president of the [[Pennsylvania Railroad]] 1925–1935 (born 1866).<ref name="IN Politicians in Railroading">The Political Graveyard (March 10, 2005), ''[http://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/railroad.html Politicians in Railroading in Indiana] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060618000610/http://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/railroad.html |date=June 18, 2006 }}''. Retrieved December 30, 2005.</ref><ref>{{cite web|author=Atterbury-Bakalar Air Museum|year=2000|url=http://www.atterburybakalarairmuseum.org/general_atterbury.htm|title=General Atterbury|access-date=February 21, 2005|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050309005258/http://www.atterburybakalarairmuseum.org/general_atterbury.htm|archive-date=March 9, 2005|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}}</ref>

===December deaths===
* December – [[Mantis James Van Sweringen]], American financier who, with his brother [[Oris Paxton Van Sweringen|Oris]], controlled the [[Nickel Plate Road]] and other eastern United States railroads (born 1881).

==References==
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* Rivanna Chapter, National Railway Historical Society, (2005), ''[http://avenue.org/nrhs/histaug.htm This Month in Railroad History – August]''. Retrieved August 22, 2005.
* Rivanna Chapter, National Railway Historical Society (2005), ''[http://avenue.org/nrhs/histmay.htm This Month in Railroad History: May]''. Retrieved May 27, 2005.
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