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19th century

 * 1863 – Construction begins on the Randsfjorden Line in Norway.

20th century

 * 1938 – The IRT Sixth Avenue Line in New York City, the second elevated railway in Manhattan, is permanently closed.
 * 1978 – Union Pacific Railroad and Chicago and North Western Railway jointly announce an agreement to build into Wyoming's Powder River Basin to access the numerous coal mines in the area.
 * 1996 – Passenger service resumes through the Channel Tunnel, after a fire damaged the tunnel on November 18.

21st century

 * 2004 – The second phase of the Hiawatha Line opens, connecting Minneapolis, Minnesota, to MSP Airport and the Mall of America in Bloomington.

Births

 * 1859 – Percy R. Todd, vice president of New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad, president of Bangor and Aroostook Railroad.