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This article lists anniversary events related to rail transport that occurred on August 15.

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1870 – Construction on the Kansas Pacific Railroad, building westward from Kansas, reaches Denver, Colorado.
1900 – Regular service begins between Skagway, Alaska, and Whitehorse, Yukon, on the White Pass and Yukon Route.

1904 – The Grand Trunk Railway and Canadian Atlantic Railway sign an agreement that will place the Canadian Atlantic under Grand Trunk's control.
1934 – Shimotsuke-Hanaoka Station on what has become the JR East Karasuyama Line in Takanezawa, Tochigi, Japan, is opened.^[1]
1940 – Deutsche Reichsbahn-Gesellschaft's prices now apply to Alsace–Lorraine, annexed by Germany.
1984 – The first empty revenue Chicago and North Western Railway coal train enters the Powder River Basin to pick up a trainload of coal; the first consignment is destined for Arkansas Power and Light.^[2]

^ 日本国有鉄道停車場一覧 [JNR Station Directory]. Japan: Japanese National Railways. 1985. p. 112. ISBN 4-533-00503-9.
^ Feurer, Keith (Summer 2004). "Look who came out on top". North Western Lines (Chicago and North Western Railway Historical Society). 32 (1): 16–39. ISSN 0279-5000.