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19th century

 * 1836 – The Bristol and Exeter Railway receives parliamentary authorization.
 * 1881 – Tracks of the Southern Pacific Railroad, building eastward from Los Angeles, California, reach El Paso, Texas.

20th century

 * 1937 – The New York, Ontario and Western Railway files for bankruptcy.
 * 1974
 * Amtrak introduces its Expo '74 passenger train service connecting Seattle and Spokane for Expo '74.
 * Amtrak renames the Texas Chief service it inherited from Santa Fe Railway to become the Lone Star due to objections from Santa Fe over Amtrak's quality of service.

21st century

 * 2005 – A fully loaded passenger train collides with a stopped freight train in Lampung, Indonesia; initial reports indicate at least seven fatalities and hundreds more injured.
 * 2005 – Bombardier is awarded a contract to build a new automated people mover system for Beijing Capital International Airport in China. On completion, the system will be Bombardier's first system in China.

Deaths

 * 1909 – Henry H. Rogers, American financier who helped finance and build the Virginian Railway (b. 1840).