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This article lists anniversary events related to rail transport that occurred on February 18.

Events

1831 – The West Chester Railroad is chartered in Pennsylvania.
1848 – The Cleveland, Painesville and Ashtabula Railroad, a predecessor of the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway, is chartered in Ohio.^[1]
1852 – Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton Railway opens Fearnall Heath railway station in England.^[2]
1857 – The Galena and Illinois River Railroad, a predecessor of the Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad, is incorporated in Illinois.^[1]
1868 – The Los Angeles and San Pedro Railroad is incorporated in California.
1880 – Adna Anderson succeeds William Milnor Roberts as Engineer-in-Chief of Northern Pacific Railway.
1886 – The Kansas City, Memphis and Birmingham Railroad is incorporated in Mississippi.^[3]

1947 – Pennsylvania Railroad's Red Arrow passenger train derails at Gallatin, Pennsylvania; 24 people are killed in the accident.^[4]

2003 – An arsonist in a suicide attempt causes the Daegu subway fire when he sets fire to a train stopped at the Jungangno station (pictured) of the Daegu Metropolitan Subway in Daegu, South Korea; 198 people die and 147 others are injured.
2004 – Nishapur train disaster: A train carrying a convoy of petrol, fertiliser, and sulfur derails and explodes in Iran, killing 320 people.

1858 – Wilhelm Schmidt, German pioneer of superheated steam for use in locomotives (d. 1924).

^ ^a ^b Morris, J. C., ed. (December 31, 1902). Ohio Railway Report: Annual Report of the Commissioner of Railroads and Telegraphs; Part II. History of the Railroads of Ohio. Retrieved February 18, 2010.
^ Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Yeovil: Patrick Stephens Ltd. pp. 95–96. ISBN 1-85260-508-1. R508.
^ "Corporate History: Kansas City, Fort Scott & Memphis Railroad Company". Truman Area Community Network, Inc. June 2, 2008. Retrieved February 18, 2010.
^ Rivanna Chapter, National Railway Historical Society (2008). "This Month in Railroad History: February". Retrieved February 18, 2010.