September 28 – The Chicago and Alton Railroad places "the handsomest train in the world" into Chicago – St. Louis service. The red painted, million dollar train competes with Illinois Central Railroad's green and black Daylight Special and Wabash's blue Blue Banner Special.
October
October 23 – Two trolley cars of the Hull Electric Railway in Ottawacollide head-on due to a misunderstanding in operations around track maintenance work.[7]