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19th century

 * 1868 – Hønefoss Station in Norway opens.

20th century

 * 1934 – The Association of American Railroads (AAR) is created from the merger of five industry organizations.

Births

 * 1842 – Robert Gillespie Reid, builder of many Canadian railway bridges as well as the Newfoundland Railway, is born (d. 1908).

Deaths

 * 1859 – Robert Stephenson, English steam locomotive builder, dies (b. 1803).
 * 1898 – John Murray Forbes, president of Michigan Central Railroad 1846-1855; president of Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad, dies (b. 1813).
 * 1945 – Charles Fairburn, Chief Mechanical Engineer of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway 1944-1945, dies (b. 1887).