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20th century

 * 1925 – Groundbreaking ceremonies for construction of the Independent Subway System's Eighth Avenue Line are held at 123rd Street and St. Nicholas Avenue.
 * 1985 – Shin-Misato Station, on what is now JR East's Musashino Line in Misato, Saitama, Japan, is opened.

21st century

 * 2005 – Paul Côté becomes president and CEO of VIA Rail Canada.
 * 2005 – Canadian Pacific Railway purchases 35 new Green Goat (pictured) hybrid locomotives, becoming the first railroad to order this type of locomotive.

Births

 * 1912 – W. Graham Claytor Jr., president of Southern Railway 1967-1977 and Amtrak 1982–1993, is born (d. 1994).
 * 1928 – Richard Marsh, Baron Marsh, chairman of British Rail 1971–1976, is born (d. 2011).

Deaths

 * 1891 – James Grant, first president of the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad 1851–1854, dies (b. 1812).