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19th century

 * 1830 – The Camden and Amboy Railroad, the first railroad to be built in New Jersey, is chartered.
 * 1851 – The Cincinnati, Wilmington and Zanesville Railroad is incorporated in Ohio.
 * 1865 – The assets of Dayton, Xenia and Belpre Railroad in Ohio are sold in bankruptcy proceedings and split between the Little Miami Railroad and Columbus and Xenia Railroad.

20th century

 * 1908 – Great Western Railway's sole 4-6-2 steam locomotive, number 111 The Great Bear, makes its first run, becoming the first 4-6-2 locomotive to be operated in Great Britain.
 * 1934 – United Traction Company in Albany, New York, abandons the Albany-Troy and Albany-Cohoes streetcar lines, replacing the service with buses.
 * 1958 – Canada's Kellog Commission releases a report on the use of firemen as part of diesel locomotive crews.
 * 1961 – Lehigh Valley Railroad discontinues its Black Diamond passenger train service.

Births

 * 1882 – L. B. Billinton, Locomotive Engineer for London, Brighton and South Coast Railway 1912-1923, is born (d. 1954).

Deaths

 * 1909 – Thomas Lowry, president of Minneapolis Street Railway 1877-1892, president of Twin City Rapid Transit, president of Soo Line Railroad 1889-1890 and 1892-1909, dies (b. 1843).