Portal:Trains/Anniversaries/January 19/More

19th century

 * 1887 – Michigan Central Railroad opens a new station in Dexter, Michigan.
 * 1897 – After a month of repairs following its first day of operation, the Glasgow Subway reopens for regular service.

20th century

 * 1923 – Canadian National Railway gains control of Grand Trunk Railway.
 * 1947 – The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad inaugurates the Cincinnatian passenger train between Baltimore, Maryland, and Cincinnati, Ohio.
 * 1970 – Passenger service on what will become the RER A line in Paris is inaugurated between La Défense and Charles de Gaulle - Étoile stations.
 * 1990 – Canadian National Railway spins off track between Moncton, New Brunswick, and Mont-Joli, Quebec to the New Brunswick East Coast Railway and the Matapedia Railway.
 * 1996 – Union Pacific Railroad announces its intention to sell the Colony Line in South Dakota and Wyoming to the Dakota, Minnesota and Eastern Railroad.

21st century

 * 2006 – Canadian National Railway re-acquires the Central Western Railway, Lakeland and Waterways Railway and Mackenzie Northern Railway from RailAmerica.

Births

 * 1949 – David Laney, chairman of the board of directors for Amtrak 2003–2007, is born.