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This article lists anniversary events related to rail transport that occurred on December 10.

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1851 – Pennsylvania Railroad opens sections of its line from Lockport, Pennsylvania, to Beatty (west of Latrobe) and from Pittsburgh to Brinton.

1908 – The Grand Trunk Pacific Railway's 2,775 ft (846 m) long Battle River bridge, standing 195 ft (60 m) above the river, is completed.^[1]
1929 – Ottawa Electric Railway discontinues streetcar service between Carling Avenue and the Experimental Farm.^[2]
1998 – The Surface Transportation Board gives preliminary approval to Dakota, Minnesota and Eastern Railroad's application to build into the Powder River Basin, pending completion of an Environmental Impact Statement.

2005 – JR East upgrades Shiosai services to use 9-car 255 series EMUs and made the services entirely non-smoking.^[3]

1795 – Matthias W. Baldwin, American steam locomotive manufacturer and founder of Baldwin Locomotive Works, is born (died 1866).
1915 – William N. Deramus III, president of Chicago Great Western Railway 1949–1957, Missouri–Kansas–Texas Railroad 1957–1961, Kansas City Southern Railway 1961–1973, is born (died 1989).

1923 – Thomas George Shaughnessy, president of Canadian Pacific Railway Limited 1899–1918, dies (born 1853).

^ McGuire, Don (2004). "The railway history of Wainwright: The GTPR arrives in Wainwright". Retrieved December 8, 2005.
^ "Significant dates in Ottawa/Hull street and light railway history". Colin Churcher's Railway Pages. December 3, 2004. Retrieved December 8, 2005.
^ JR電車編成表 2012冬 [JR EMU Formations - Winter 2012]. Japan: JRR. October 2011. pp. 50–51. ISBN 978-4-330-25611-5.