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19th century

 * 1897 – The Rio Grande Junction Railway sells the Colorado Midland out of bankruptcy to private investors.

20th century

 * 1952 – Service is discontinued on the Chicago "L" Humboldt Park branch.
 * 1958 – Nickel Plate 765 is retired to Lawton Park in Fort Wayne, Indiana.
 * 1976 – An international train collides with a local train near Schiedam, the Netherlands, killing 24 and injuring 11.

Births

 * 1886 – Henry G. Ivatt, Chief Mechanical Engineer of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway, is born (d. 1976).

Deaths

 * 2011 – Richard Steinheimer, American railroad photographer, dies (b. 1929).