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19th century

 * 1881 – The New York, Chicago and St. Louis Railway Company (later known as the Nickel Plate Road) purchases the Buffalo, Cleveland and Chicago Railway

20th century

 * 1916 – Oris Paxton Van Sweringen and his younger brother Mantis James Van Sweringen purchase a 75% controlling interest in the Nickel Plate Road from William Kissam Vanderbilt for $8.5 million.

21st century

 * 2002 – Line 2 of the Bilbao metro opens connecting from Urbinaga to Line 1 at San Inazio.
 * 2005 – The transport ministry of Bulgaria issues the first freight transport license in that country to a private company, the Bulgarian Railroad Company, to operate on the nation's rail network.

Births

 * 1771 – Richard Trevithick, English inventor and steam locomotive builder is born (d. 1833).

Deaths

 * 1918 – Thomas Fremantle, director for London, Brighton and South Coast Railway beginning in 1868 and chairman of same 1896-1908, dies (b. 1830).