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This article lists anniversary events related to rail transport that occurred on December 8.

Events

19th century

• 1896 – Railway workers across Germany unite in the nation's railway trade union, Verband der Eisenbahner, headquartered in Hamburg.

20th century

• 1908 – Groundbreaking ceremonies are held in Germany for the U4 line of Berlin's U-Bahn.
• 1946 – General Motors Electro-Motive Division introduces the EMD NW5.

21st century

• 2005 – QJ 6988 pulls the world's last regularly scheduled steam locomotive powered freight train on a mainline railroad when it pulls a train between Daban and Chabuga, China.
• 2013 – Utah Transit Authority's S Line begins regular operations.

Births

• 1839 – Alexander J. Cassatt, president of the Pennsylvania Railroad 1899–1906, is born (d. 1906).

Deaths

• 1885 – William Henry Vanderbilt, son of Cornelius Vanderbilt and president of the New York Central system, dies (b. 1821).