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19th century

 * 1881 – The Canada Central Railway is merged into the Canadian Pacific Railway.
 * 1883 – The first commercial electric railway line begins operation in Chicago.

20th century

 * 1959 – The Chicago Aurora and Elgin Railroad, an interurban railway serving Chicago's western suburbs, ceases freight operations, thus bringing an end to all of the railroad's operations.

21st century

 * 2005 – Service is restored on the Alaska Railroad after the Moody Tunnel was closed for three days due to damage when a large forklift loaded on a southbound train struck one of the tunnel's timber supports, causing a partial collapse of the tunnel.
 * 2005 – FreightCar America's (formerly Johnstown America Corporation) first new railroad car built at the company's Roanoke, Virginia, plant is delivered to Norfolk Southern. The car delivered was a coal hopper car, which is typical of the majority of cars that will be built there; the Norfolk plant was once owned by Norfolk Southern.

Births

 * 1781 – George Stephenson, English steam locomotive builder (died 1848).