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19th century

 * 1869 – November 6, 1869, is the official completion date of the Pacific Railroad, as decided by the Supreme Court of the United States in 1879.
 * 1885 – Phase 3 of the Novara–Varallo railway in Italy opens connecting Grignasco to Borgosesia.

20th century

 * 1917 – John Marsch, who was involved in the construction of the Wisconsin and Michigan Railway, purchases the railway from receivership for $405,000.
 * 1960 – Canadian Pacific Railway officially operates its last steam locomotive when 4-4-0 number 29 pulls a special train to commemorate the event from Montreal to St. Lin.
 * 1984 – The last passenger train departs from Philadelphia's Reading Terminal.
 * 1996 – Ron Burns resigns from the presidency of Union Pacific Railroad.

21st century

 * 2004 – Ufton Nervet rail crash - the 17:35 First Great Western departure from London Paddington to Plymouth hit a stationary car with the driver inside at an automatic level crossing, located close to the rural Berkshire village of Ufton Nervet.

Deaths

 * 1891 – J. Gregory Smith, president of Northern Pacific Railway 1866–1872, dies (b. 1818).