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{{Trains portal/DYK image|Tal-Y-Llyn Dolgoch Abergwynolwn 1951.jpg|Talyllyn Railway locomotive "Dolgoch" in 1951}}
- 1860 – The Staten Island Railway is extended to Annadale.
{{cite web |last1=Leigh |first1=Irvin |last2=Matus |first2=Paul |title=Staten Island Rapid Transit: The Essential History |url=http://thethirdrail.net/0201/sirt1.html |website=thethirdrail.net |publisher=The Third Rail Online |accessdate=27 June 2015 |date=January 2002}} - 1951 – Talyllyn Railway (pictured) in Wales is reopened by the Talyllyn Railway Preservation Society, which is generally recognized to be the first such voluntary body to operate a railway.
- 1994 – W. Graham Claytor Jr., president of Southern Railway 1967–1977, president of Amtrak 1982–1993, dies (b. 1912).
- 1999 – The first section of the London Underground Jubilee Line Extension opens between Stratford and North Greenwich in east London.
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