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19th century

 * 1876 – The Miami Valley Narrow Gauge Railway officially changes its name to Miami Valley Railway.
 * 1882 – The Nickel Plate Road runs its first trains over the entire system between Buffalo, New York, and Chicago, Illinois.

20th century

 * 1963 – The Nickel Plate Road together with the Wabash Railroad and several smaller carriers are merged with the profitable Norfolk and Western Railway (N&W).

Births

 * 1803 – Robert Stephenson, English steam locomotive builder, is born (d. 1859).

Deaths

 * 1938 – Henry Fowler, Chief Mechanical Engineer of the Midland Railway 1909-1923 and the London, Midland and Scottish Railway 1925-1931, dies (b. 1870).