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This article lists anniversary events related to rail transport that occurred on May 16.
Events edit
19th century edit
- 1898 – Passenger service is inaugurated on the Lynton and Barnstaple Railway in England.
20th century edit
21st century edit
- 2001 – The 43.5 kilometers (27.0 mi) stretch of railway between Murska Sobota, Slovenia, and Zalalövő, Hungary, is opened, in part following the route originally opened in 1907 and dismantled in 1968.
- 2006 – Norfolk Southern Railway is awarded the Gold E. H. Harriman Award for employee safety for the 17th consecutive year, a record that has not been equaled.[1]
Births edit
- 1832 – Philip Armour, founder of Armour and Company meatpackers and subsidiary Armour Refrigerator Line refrigerator car operators, is born (d. 1901).
Deaths edit
- 1923 – George Jay Gould I, eldest son of Jay Gould, president of the Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad and the Western Pacific Railroad, dies (b. 1864).
- 1979 – A. Philip Randolph, who organized the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters in 1925, dies (b. 1889).
References edit
- ^ Association of American Railroads (reprinted by Norfolk Southern Railway) (2006-05-16). "Railroads Set Another Employee Safety Record in 2005". Retrieved 2006-05-24.