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19th century

 * 1832 – The United States Post Office Department enters into its first contracts with stage carriers to carry mail by rail between Philadelphia and Chester, Pennsylvania.
 * 1891 – John D. Spreckels incorporates the San Diego Electric Railway Company.
 * 1891 – Brooks Locomotive Works completes its 2,000th new steam locomotive.

20th century

 * 1917 – Utah Railroad assumes operations from Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad over its lines in Utah.
 * 1928 – Passenger interurban service between Jackson and Kalamazoo, Michigan, is discontinued.
 * 1955 – The Manistee and North Eastern Railroad in Michigan merges into Chesapeake and Ohio Railway.
 * 1959 – Cotton Belt Railroad discontinues passenger train service.
 * 1968 – Clinchfield Railroad locomotive number 1, a 4-4-0 steam locomotive, is restored to operation.
 * 1994 – Alaska Railroad, which lacks a direct rail connection with the rest of the North American rail network, brings a 700-foot (213 m) long railgrinder to Alaska by ship at a cost of $1.2 million to service the company's tracks.
 * 1995 – Union Pacific Railroad files its application to the Interstate Commerce Commission to acquire Southern Pacific Railroad.