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20th century

 * 1935 – Union Pacific Railroad's refurbished M-10001 is dedicated as the City of Portland passenger train.
 * 1935 – The New Haven Railroad introduces its double-ended Comet passenger train between Boston, Massachusetts, and Providence, Rhode Island.

Births

 * 1829 – George Stephen, first president of Canadian Pacific Railway Limited 1881-1888, is born (d. 1921).

Deaths

 * 1955 – C. P. Couch, president of Kansas City Southern Railway 1939-1941, dies (b. 1890).
 * 2006 – Edward L. Moyers, president of MidSouth Rail and Illinois Central Railroad, chairman and CEO of Southern Pacific Railroad, "Railroader of the Year" for 1995, dies (b. 1928).