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19th century

 * 1880 – Ministerial approval is given for construction of what would become Gare d'Oyonnax in France.
 * 1885 – The first through train from Chicago via Santa Fe lines arrives in San Diego.

20th century

 * 1941 – The Prospector multiple unit passenger trainset debuts on the Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad in operating between Denver, Colorado, and Salt Lake City, Utah.
 * 1979 – The first stage of Brisbane Suburban electrification between Ferny Grove and Darra is commissioned by the Queensland Premier Joh Bjelke-Petersen. It is the first section of electrification in Australia to use 25,000 volts 50 Hz overhead power supply.

21st century

 * 2012 – The first revenue-earning use of an E5 Series Shinkansen takes place as a special Joetsu Shinkansen 30th Anniversary (上越新幹線開業30周年号」) service from Niigata to Tokyo.

Births

 * 1857 – William Benson Storey, president of Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway 1920-1933, is born (d. 1940).

Deaths

 * 1920 – T. Jefferson Coolidge, president of Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway 1880-1881, dies (b. 1831).
 * 1927 – Charles Sanger Mellen, president of Northern Pacific Railway 1897-1903, New Haven Railroad 1903-1913 and Maine Central Railroad 1910-1914, dies (b. 1852).