page_title: 1904 in rail transport
section_title: May events
hierarchical_section_title: 1904 in rail transport / Events / May events
caption_attribution_description: GWR 3440 City of Truro
context_section_description: May 9 – Great Western Railway locomotive number 3440, City of Truro, becomes the first steam locomotive in Europe to travel at a generally recognised speed of over 100 mph (160 km/h) when it hauls an Ocean Mails special from Plymouth to London Paddington.
  May 18 – New Haven Railroad reorganizes its subsidiary streetcar lines as the Consolidated Railway.
  May 25 – New Haven Railroad acquires control of Worcester and Southbridge Street Railway.
caption: City of Truro
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