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19th century

 * 1893 – The John Bull, the world's oldest surviving operable steam locomotive, leaves the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago, Illinois, under its own power, headed toward Washington, D.C., for its return to the Smithsonian Institution.

20th century

 * 1905 – New Haven Railroad completes the property acquisition of Willimantic Traction Company.
 * 1971 – The first Auto Train operates under the control of the Auto-Train Corporation.
 * 1999 – Manchester Metrolink, in Manchester, England, is extended to Broadway.

Births

 * 1860 – Howard Elliott, president of Northern Pacific Railway 1903-1913 and New Haven Railroad beginning in 1913, is born.

Deaths

 * 1885 – Robert Gerwig, German civil engineer, designer of Schwarzwald Railway and the Hell Valley Railway, dies (b. 1820).
 * 1989 – C.L. Dellums, cofounder of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters, dies (b. 1900).