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19th century

 * 1860 – The Bavarian State Railway opens connecting Rosenheim, Prien and Traunstein.
 * 1867 – The Windsor and Annapolis Railway is incorporated in Nova Scotia.
 * 1886 – The Memphis and Southeastern Railroad is incorporated in Tennessee.

20th century

 * 1913 – Tracklaying begins on the Graysonia, Nashville and Ashdown Railroad (a predecessor of Kansas City Southern Railway) between Murfreesboro and Shawmut, Arkansas.
 * 1957 – The Flying Yankee trainset is retired from revenue service on the Boston & Maine and Maine Central railroads.