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19th century

 * 1839 – Bristol and Exeter Railway adopts for its track gauge.
 * 1872 – George Westinghouse receives a patent for the Westinghouse air brake.

20th century

 * 1956 – The last steam locomotive purchased new by Southern Pacific Railroad, cab forward class AC-12 4-8-8-2 number 4294, is retired from revenue service.

21st century

 * 2009 – The Thai–Lao Friendship Bridge is officially opened to rail traffic.
 * 2011 – E5 Series Shinkansen trainsets are first introduced on the new Hayabusa services between Tokyo and Shin-Aomori, Japan, initially operating at a maximum speed of 300 km/h.

Deaths

 * 1948 – H. P. M. Beames, Chief Mechanical Engineer of the London and North Western Railway 1920-1922, dies (b. 1875).