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19th century

 * 1831 – The John Bull, the oldest surviving operable steam locomotive in the world, arrives in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, from Liverpool.
 * 1861 – The Staten Island Railway is placed into receivership with William Henry Vanderbilt as receiver.
 * 1867 – The Boston and Albany Railroad is formed through the merger of four smaller railroads in New England.

20th century

 * 1995 – The F Market heritage streetcar line in San Francisco opens using restored PCC streetcars.

Deaths

 * 1884 – Wilhelm Engerth, Austrian architect and engineer who designed the first practical mountain locomotive, dies (b. 1814).
 * 1905 – William Dean, Chief Mechanical Engineer of Great Western Railway 1877-1902, dies (b. 1840).
 * 1939 – Charles Donnelly, president of Northern Pacific Railway 1920-1939, dies (b. 1869).