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19th century

 * 1887 – Cotton Belt Railroad predecessor Paragould and Buffalo Island Railway, in Arkansas, is incorporated.
 * 1887 – The New York and Northern Railway (a predecessor name for the New York and Putnam Railroad) emerges from reorganization after foreclosure the previous July.
 * 1897 – The Chicago 'L' begins using the downtown loop.

20th century

 * 1933 – London, Midland and Scottish Railway 4-6-0 Royal Scot number 6152 (of the LMS Royal Scot Class locomotives) departs the Century of Progress Exhibition in Chicago, bound for Vancouver, British Columbia.
 * 1962 – Colorado and Southern Railway 2-8-0 number 641 pulls the last steam locomotive-operated regular daily service revenue train on a standard gauge railroad in the United States when it pulls a train from Leadville to Climax, Colorado.
 * 1987 – Soo Line Railroad sells 2002 mi of track to the newly formed Wisconsin Central.

21st century

 * 2002 – The prototype AVE Class 102 train (later used by track authority ADIF as test train Class 330) reaches speeds of 362 km/h during test runs.
 * 2014 – The Shiraz Metro in Iran is officially opened with the first 10.5 km section that includes eight stations connecting Ehsan to Namazi.