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20th century

 * 1955 – The Müllheim-Badenweiler Railway in Germany ends operations.
 * 1978 – The Narita Airport Station of the Keisei Electric Railway in Japan opens.

Births

 * 1836 – Francis William Webb, Chief Mechanical Engineer of the London and North Western Railway, is born (d. 1906).
 * 1910 – Robert W. Richardson, American railroad historian, is born (d. 2007).

Deaths

 * 1881 – Thomas Alexander Scott, president of Union Pacific Railroad 1871-1872, dies (b. 1823).