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19th century

 * 1873 – The New York, Boston and Montreal Railway is organized as a renaming of the New York, Boston and Northern Railway.

20th century

 * 1910 – Canadian Pacific Railway's westbound Soo Express passenger train derails as it crosses the bridge over the Spanish River in Northern Ontario, Canada, killing 44 people. See Spanish River derailment.
 * 1946 – The Hull Electric Railway in Ottawa is fined C$50 for violating a local law against moving freight on the city streets between midnight and 5:00 AM when it was delivering loads to oil companies along Laurier Avenue.
 * 1963 – The Chicago North Shore and Milwaukee Railroad ceases all operation.

21st century

 * 2003 – The first segment of High Speed 1 is completed.

Births

 * 1814 – Wendel Bollman, designer of the Bollman Truss Railroad Bridge (d. 1884).
 * 1820 – Egide Walschaerts, inventor of the Walschaerts valve gear (d 1901).