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19th century

 * 1831 – The Allegheny Portage Railroad in Pennsylvania begins construction on the Staple Bend Tunnel, the first railroad tunnel in the United States.
 * 1862 – Andrew's Raiders steal The General and drive it north toward Chattanooga, Tennessee, with Western and Atlantic Railroad conductor William Fuller chasing it in the Great Locomotive Chase.

20th century

 * 1905 – The Hanshin Main Line connecting Osaka and Kobe, Japan, opens and becomes one of the oldest interurban lines in the country.
 * 1919 – Ryutaro Nomura succeeds Simbei Kunisawa for a second term as president of South Manchuria Railway.
 * 1970 – Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad discontinues its Black Hawk passenger train service between Chicago and Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota.
 * 1995 – The Chicago and North Western Railway is merged into the Union Pacific Railroad.
 * 1996 – Connex is awarded a concession to operate on Great Britain's south central network.
 * 1999 – A suspended monorail train on the Schwebebahn Wuppertal system falls from the track, a distance of 8 m; five passengers are killed and 46 others are wounded in the accident.