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19th century

 * 1880 – The Miami Valley Narrow Gauge Railway in Ohio is sold under foreclosure; it will soon be reorganized as the Cincinnati Northern Railway.
 * 1892 – Norfolk and Western Railway incorporates and leases the Columbus, Connecting and Terminal Railway in order to operate N&W trains into Columbus, Ohio.

20th century

 * 1908 – The Chicago "L" Stock Yards branch serving the Union Stock Yards is opened.
 * 1921 – Canadian National Railway closes the Henderson Avenue station in Ottawa, a station originally built by Canadian Northern Railway, in favor of Ottawa Union Station.
 * 1956 – The Detroit Street Railway in Michigan officially abandons the Woodward Line, the last streetcar line in Detroit; a large portion of the equipment is subsequently sold for operation in Mexico City.
 * 1960 – About 70 ft of New York Central Railroad track following the Niagara Escarpment on the southern shore of Lake Ontario, New York, is destroyed by a rockslide.
 * 1961 – The last Pacific Electric Railway line, connecting downtown Los Angeles to Long Beach, California, is closed.
 * 1963 – The Kintetsu Kambe Line extension to Hiratachō Station in Japan opens, Ise-Kambe Station, the former terminus of the line, is officially renamed Suzukashi Station and the line is officially renamed as the Kintetsu Suzuka Line.
 * 1968 – The last run of the Golden State passenger train on the Rock Island and Southern Pacific railroads departs Los Angeles.
 * 1997 – CSX and Norfolk Southern finalize an agreement on the breakup of Conrail and division of assets between the two railroads.

21st century

 * 2006 – Officials in Ottawa announce the selection of Siemens AG as the contractor to build the city's new light rail line.