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20th century

 * 1905 – New York Central and Hudson River Railway officially takes control of Ottawa and New York Railway.
 * 1930 – Trains begin using the new elevated tracks and platform at Toronto Union Station.

21st century

 * 2003 – The driver of a southbound passenger train in Australia suffers a heart attack and dies, leading to the deaths of 6 passengers in the Waterfall train disaster.
 * 2005 – Regular Metrolink passenger service is restored through Glendale, California, the scene of the previous week's Glendale train crash.

Births

 * 1866 – William W. Atterbury, president of Pennsylvania Railroad 1925-1935, is born (d. 1935).