- August 10
- 1821 – Jay Cooke (pictured), American financier who built the Northern Pacific Railway, is born (d. 1905).
- 1903 – 84 people die in the Paris Metro train fire after a short circuit develops in a train's control system and sparks a fire.
- 1972 – The Illinois Central Railroad and the Gulf, Mobile and Ohio Railroad merge to form the Illinois Central Gulf Railroad.
- 2003 – M>Train (Melbourne, Australia) returns its fleet of Siemens trains to service.
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