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19th century

 * 1866 – The Atlantic and Pacific Railroad in the United States is chartered by a special act of Congress.

20th century

 * 1903 – Construction begins on the Berlin–Baghdad railway with the 200 km segment between Konya and in the Ottoman Empire (present day Turkey).
 * 1955 – Canadian National Railway opens the branch between Hillsport and Manitouwadge, Ontario.
 * 1957 – The Musquodoboit Railway ends steam locomotive operations with a round trip between Dartmouth and Upper Upper Musquodoboit, Nova Scotia, behind CN number 3409.
 * 1996 – Ron Burns becomes president of Union Pacific Railroad.

Births

 * 1810 – H. H. Hunnewell, director for Illinois Central Railroad 1862-1871, president of Kansas City, Fort Scott and Gulf Railroad, president of Kansas City, Lawrence and Southern Railroad, is born (died 1902).

Deaths

 * 1903 – Frederick J. Kimball, American civil engineer who was instrumental in the formation of Norfolk and Western Railway, dies (b. 1844).