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19th century

 * 1851 – The Chicago and Rock Island Railroad, the earliest predecessor of the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad, is incorporated.

20th century

 * 1912 – Official opening ceremonies are held for the Usambara Railway in German East Africa.
 * 1957 – Southern Pacific 4-6-2 number 2472 (now preserved; pictured) is retired from revenue service.
 * 1995 – Robert Krebs announces that Santa Fe Railroad stockholders overwhelmingly approve the merger of the Santa Fe with the Burlington Northern Railroad.

Births

 * 1840 – Samuel W. Fordyce, president of St. Louis, Arkansas and Texas Railway 1886–1889, St. Louis Southwestern Railway 1890–1898, and Kansas City Southern Railway 1900, is born (d. 1919).