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• 1847 – The Railway Clearing House in England recommends that Greenwich Mean Time be adopted as the standard time for all railways in the United Kingdom.{{cite web| url=http://webexhibits.org/daylightsaving/d.html| title=Daylight Saving Time - Standard time began with the railroads| accessdate=September 22, 2005}}
• 1873 – Western Counties Railway holds official groundbreaking ceremonies at Lovitt's Wharf, Yarmouth County, Nova Scotia, Canada.{{cite web| author=Smith, Ivan| work=Railways of Canada Archives| date=1998| url=http://www.trainweb.org/canadianrailways/articles/SignificantDatesInNSRailwayHistoryPart2.html| title=Significant Dates in Nova Scotia's Railway History (1850- 1899)| accessdate=September 22, 2005}}
• 1883 – Grand Trunk Railway fully acquires the Midland Railway of Canada.{{cite web| url=http://www.railways.incanada.net/candate/candate.htm| title=Significant dates in Canadian railway history| work=Colin Churcher's Railway Pages| date=November 28, 2006| accessdate=January 3, 2007}}

• 1902 – Ottawa, Northern and Western Railway acquires the Pontiac and Pacific Junction Railway.{{cite web| work=Colin Churcher's Railway Pages| date=September 7, 2005| url=http://www.railways.incanada.net/candate/ottawa.htm| title=Significant dates in Ottawa railway history| accessdate=September 22, 2005}}
• 1904 – New Haven Railroad acquires control of Worcester and Blackstone Valley Street Railway.{{cite book| author=Government Printing Office| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RHYpAAAAYAAJ| title=New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad Co.: Evidence Taken Before the Interstate Commerce Commission| volume=II| year=1914| via=Google Books| pages=2366-2374, 2394-2397}}
• 1928 – Canadian Premier John Bracken drives the last spike on Canadian National Railway's line between Flin Flon and Cranberry Portage, Manitoba.{{cite web| work=Colin Churcher's Railway Pages| date=August 16, 2005| url=http://www.railways.incanada.net/candate/candate.htm| title=Significant dates in Canadian railway history| accessdate=September 22, 2005}}
• 1994 – New York City's Metropolitan Transportation Authority begins construction on the 63^rd Street Connector which connects the 63^rd Street Tunnel to the Queens Boulevard Line.{{cite web| author=New York City Metropolitan Transportation Authority| url=http://www.mta.nyc.ny.us/nyct/facts/ffhist.htm| title=New York City Transit – History and Chronology| accessdate=September 22, 2005}}
• 1995 – Burlington Northern Railroad and Santa Fe Railroad merge to form Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway.{{cite journal| title=BNSF's history sets precedents for 21st century| journal=Railway| volume=5| issue=6|date=November–December 1999| publisher=BNSF Railway| pages=3 }}

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