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19th century

 * 1836 – Louisa Railroad incorporated in Virginia.
 * 1868 – Manningham station opens on the Midland Railway north of Bradford, West Yorkshire, England.
 * 1869 – Henry Keyes succeeds Henry C. Lord as president of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway.
 * 1871 – William J. Palmer announces that the Denver & Rio Grande Railroad will be built using gauge tracks.
 * 1881 – The first train operates between Norwood, Ohio, and Lebanon, Ohio, on the Cincinnati Northern Railway.
 * 1885 – The Southern Pacific Railroad and Central Pacific Railroad are combined under a single holding company, the Southern Pacific Company.

20th century

 * 1929 – Central Railroad of New Jersey debuts the Blue Comet passenger train before its launch in regular service in New Jersey.
 * 1950 – Rockville Centre, New York, United States: a head-on collision between two Long Island Rail Road commuter trains kills 32 and injures 158.
 * 1961 – Application for a merger between the Great Northern, Northern Pacific and Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroads made to the ICC.

21st century

 * 2009 – The international connection between Perpignan, Roussillon, France, and Figueres, Catalonia, Spain, through the Perthus Tunnel on the Perpignan–Barcelona high-speed rail line is officially opened.