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19th century

 * 1857 – Norwegian railway director Carl Abraham Pihl is demanded by a Royal Decree to instruct a terrain investigation of the area along the river Drammenselva from Drammen to Randsfjorden.
 * 1863 – The Parliament of Norway passes the construction of what would become the Randsfjorden Line with 65 against 44 votes.
 * 1878 – The government of France enacts a law to create a public loan (redeemable revenue 3% in 75 years) to finance the completion of the French rail network.
 * 1881 – The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad connects to El Paso, Texas.
 * 1884 – The Pine Bluff and Swan Lake Railway, in Arkansas (later to become part of the Cotton Belt Railroad), is incorporated.

20th century

 * 1905 – The Pennsylvania Railroad inaugurates the fastest freight train schedule in the world, operating between Chicago, Illinois, and New York City in 18 hours.
 * 1917 – The 104th Street and 111th Street stations on New York City Subway's BMT Jamaica Line open.

Births

 * 1944 – Michael R. Haverty, president of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway 1989-1995 and president of the Kansas City Southern Railway 1995-present, is born.