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This article lists anniversary events related to rail transport that occurred on December 19.
Events
[edit]19th century
[edit]- 1827 – The South Carolina Canal and Rail Road is chartered.
20th century
[edit]- 1908 – Korekimi Nakamura begins his term as the second president of South Manchuria Railway.
- 1913 – Ryutaro Nomura succeeds Korekimi Nakamura as president of South Manchuria Railway.
- 1941 – Baltimore and Ohio Railroad's Columbian passenger train route is extended from Jersey City-Washington to Jersey City-Chicago.
21st century
[edit]Births
[edit]- 1806 – Benjamin Henry Latrobe, II, designer of Baltimore and Ohio Railroad's Thomas Viaduct, is born (d. 1878).