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By month

January

• January 1 – The Boston and Lowell Railroad, in New England, leases the lines that form the Passumpsic Division.
• January 6 – The narrow gauge Mason and Oceana Railroad opens between Buttersville and Crystal Valley, Michigan.

March

• March 7 – The Kansas City, Fort Smith and Southern Railway, a predecessor of the Kansas City Southern Railway, is incorporated in Missouri.

November

• November 3 – Locaalspoorwegmaatschappij Hollands Noorderkwartier, the predecessor of Steamtrain Hoorn Medemblik, opens.

Unknown date

• Tasmanian Government Railways extends the Derwent Valley Line, predecessor of the Derwent Valley Railway, 29 kilometers to Plenty.
• The Chattanooga and Lookout Mountain Railway is chartered in Tennessee.
• Fleischmann is founded in Nuremburg.