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19th century

 * 1859 – Grand Trunk Railway completes construction of the rail line from Toronto to Sarnia, Ontario, and begins a train ferry connection across the St. Clair River at Fort Gratiot.
 * 1877 – The Quebec, Montreal, Ottawa and Occidental Railway opens, traversing a route from Montreal through Lachute to Hull.
 * 1897 – The first train is operated on the Randsburg Railway between Kramer and Johannesburg, California.

20th century

 * 1942 – A troop train with 13 coaches rear-ends Canadian Pacific Railway train number 550 at Almonte, Ontario; 36 people die and 155 more are injured in the most severe rail accident in the Ottawa area.

21st century

 * 2002 – The first X'Trapolis train enters service with Connex in Melbourne, Australia.

Births

 * 1883 – Cyrus S. Eaton, president of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway in the 1950s, is born (d. 1979).
 * 1913 – Ian David Sinclair, president of Canadian Pacific Railway 1969–1981, is born (d. 2006).