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20th century

 * 1942 – The French engineer Léon Bronchart refuses to drive a train of prisoners. He's the only engineer known in France to hold such a protest during World War II.
 * 1956 – The last surface streetcars operate in Brooklyn, New York.
 * 1957 – Canadian National Railway receives authorization to operate the former New York Central Railroad (NYC) lines in Ottawa, Ontario, to reach industries that were originally served by NYC.
 * 1965 – Canadian National Railway inaugurates Rapido passenger train service between Montreal and Toronto.
 * 1976 – Canadian Pacific Railway and Canadian National Railway issue the first joint VIA Rail timetable.
 * 1978 – The last passenger train departs from St. Louis Union Terminal.
 * 1982 – VIA Rail operates the last revenue run of the TurboTrain in Canada.
 * 1987 – Montana Rail Link begins operations on 907 mi of former Burlington Northern Railroad (originally Northern Pacific Railroad) tracks.

21st century

 * 2001 – A broken rail on the SNCF in France derails a TGV train travelling at 130 km/h (80.8 mph), but only six minor injuries result.
 * 2002 – BC Rail operates the last run of the Cariboo Prospector passenger train between Prince George and North Vancouver, British Columbia.

Deaths

 * 1906 – James D. Yeomans, commissioner for the Interstate Commerce Commission 1894-1905, dies (b. 1845).