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19th century

 * 1828 – The 67 km Andrézieux-Roanne line is authorized in France.
 * 1867 – J. Nason and J. F. Wilson, both of Boston, Massachusetts, are awarded the first U.S. patent covering level crossing gates.
 * 1894 – Pontiac Pacific Junction Railway opens the segment between Fort-Coulonge and Waltham, Quebec, a line segment that was completed in February 1888.

20th century

 * 1913 – Jule Murat Hannaford succeeds Howard Elliott as president of Northern Pacific Railway.
 * 1946 – The last T1 class steam locomotive built by Baldwin Locomotive Works for Pennsylvania Railroad enters service.
 * 1956 – Pacific Great Eastern Railway, in British Columbia, holds official opening ceremonies to celebrate the beginning of service over its line (which occurred on June 11, 1956).
 * 1957 – Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway operates its last regularly-scheduled steam locomotive-powered train.
 * 1993 – The Green Bay and Western Railroad and the Fox River Valley Railroad are merged into a new Wisconsin Central subsidiary, the Fox Valley and Western Railroad.
 * 1997 – Union Pacific Railroad (UP) and the United States Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) form a team composed of UP managers, union employees and FRA representatives to review safety policies and procedures across the UP system.

Deaths

 * 1891 – Samuel C. Pomeroy, president of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway 1863-1868, dies (b. 1816).
 * 1983 – Harry A. deButts, president of Southern Railway 1951-1962, dies.