- November 1
- 1856 – The Imperial Austrian State Railways inaugurates passenger service over the line between Oraviţa, Transylvania (present day Romania), and Baziaş, on the Danube.
- 1918 – The Malbone Street Wreck occurs on the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company (BRT) in New York City when an inexperienced motorman (pressed into service due to a strike by the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers) drives one of the system's trains (pictured) into a curve too quickly and derails the train.
- 1929 – The London, Brighton and South Coast Railway celebrates the 21st "birthday" of the Southern Belle passenger train with ceremonies at each end of the train's route between London and Brighton.
- 2004 – Amtrak discontinues the Palmetto south of Savannah, Georgia, replacing rail service to several towns in western Central Florida with Thruway Motorcoach bus service. The Pennsylvanian west of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, is also discontinued, with the rest merged into the Keystone Service and Three Rivers lines.
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