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

1846 – The British Parliament enacts an Act for regulating the Gauge of Railways mandating standard gauges of 4 ft 8+1⁄2 in for Great Britain, and 5 ft 3 in for Ireland.^[1]
1869 – The Windsor and Annapolis Railway in Nova Scotia officially opens between Annapolis and Grand Pre.
1883 – Construction on the Canadian Pacific Railway reaches Calgary, Alberta.
1890 – The Kansas City Suburban Belt Railroad, a predecessor of Kansas City Southern Railway, begins operations between Kansas City and Argentine.

1935 – In a meeting aboard a chartered train on the Washington, Baltimore and Annapolis Electric Railway, officials of the Lancaster Railway and Locomotive Historical Society of Pennsylvania and the Interstate Trolley Club of Trenton, New Jersey, frame the basis of the National Railway Historical Society as a merger of the two organizations.
1990 – Gråkallbanen, part of the Trondheim Tramway in Trondheim, Norway, is reopened after the city council permanently closed the tramway in 1988.^[2]

^ "An Act for regulating the Gauge of Railways" (PDF). Railways Archive.
^ Aspenberg, Nils Carl (1995). På meterspor i Nidaros. Oslo: Baneforlaget. p. 30.

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 === 19th century ===
 * '''[[1846 in rail transport|1846]]''' &ndash; The British Parliament enacts [[Regulating the Gauge of Railways Act 1846|an Act for regulating the Gauge of Railways]] mandating [[standard gauge]]s of {{Track gauge|uksg|lk=on|disp=1}} for [[Great Britain]], and {{track gauge|5ft3in|lk=on|disp=1}} for [[Ireland]].<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.railwaysarchive.co.uk/documents/HMG_Act_Reg1846.pdf| title=An Act for regulating the Gauge of Railways| website=Railways Archive}}</ref>
-* '''[[1869 in rail transport|1869]]''' &ndash; The [[Windsor and Annapolis Railway]] in [[Nova Scotia]] officially opens between [[Annapolis (federal electoral district)|Annapolis]] and [[Grand Pre, Nova Scotia|Grand Pre]].
+* '''[[1869 in rail transport|1869]]''' &ndash; The [[Windsor and Annapolis Railway]] in [[Nova Scotia]] officially opens between [[Annapolis (electoral district)|Annapolis]] and [[Grand Pre, Nova Scotia|Grand Pre]].
 * '''[[1883 in rail transport|1883]]''' &ndash; Construction on the [[Canadian Pacific Railway]] reaches [[Calgary]], [[Alberta]].
 * '''[[1890 in rail transport|1890]]''' &ndash; The [[Kansas City Suburban Belt Railroad]], a predecessor of [[Kansas City Southern Railway]], begins operations between [[Kansas City, Kansas|Kansas City]] and [[Argentine, Kansas|Argentine]].