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19th century

 * 1853 – The Toledo, Norwalk and Cleveland Railroad in Ohio, a predecessor of the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway, opens.
 * 1880 – Following the Crédit Mobilier of America scandal, Union Pacific Railroad is reorganized as Union Pacific Railway.

20th century

 * 1902
 * The "consolidated railroad station" in Lenox, Massachusetts is destroyed by fire; investigation shows the cause to be the overheated basement furnace.
 * The Thompson Tramway, a predecessor of the Connecticut Company, is renamed Worcester and Connecticut Eastern Railway.
 * 1912 – The Utah Railway is incorporated to haul coal from the company's mines to Provo, Utah.

21st century

 * 2005 – Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway introduces a new corporate logo that replaces the railroad's verbose name with BNSF Railway.