July 7 –
Deutsche Reichsbahn accepts delivery of an experimental "V-8"
steam locomotive from
Henschel & Son's works. Nominally a 2-8-2, the locomotive has four sets of two cylinders in a 90 degree "V" shape on the ends of each drive axle, alternating from side to side. Captured by the Allies, it will be tested in the U.S. before being scrapped in 1952.
July 11 –
Spain's national railway,
RENFE, is formed.[7]
The Hollywood, a lounge car built for use on the City of Los Angeles becomes the first
passenger car whose interior is built entirely out of synthetic materials. The car's interior features the newly invented materials of
Formica and
naugahyde.
^Comisión Oficial para la Conmemoración del Primer Centenario del Ferrocarril en España (1948). Cien años de ferrocarril en España, 1. Madrid: Comisión.
^Jones, Robert C. (1993). Two Feet to the Lakes. Pacific Fast Mail. p. 194.
ISBN0-915713-26-8.