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This article lists anniversary events related to rail transport that occurred on May 20.

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1850 – The Darvel Branch built by the Glasgow and South Western Railway in Scotland is extended from Galston to Newmilns.^[1]
1887 – Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway consolidates eight of its subsidiary railroads in California into the California Central Railway.^[2]
1892 – The last broad gauge train runs on the Great Western Railway mainline out of London's Paddington station.

1926 – The United States Railway Labor Act becomes law.
1963 – The Rutland Railroad, in New York and Vermont, ceases operations; the right-of-way is officially abandoned after ICC approval earlier in the year.
1970 – The Southern Pacific Railroad (SP) relinquishes its interest in 44-mile (72 km) Tijuana and Tecate Railway Company to Mexico's national railway, Ferrocarril Sonora Baja California, S.A. de C.V.
1984 – The Metrorail opens in Miami, Florida. There is free service from Dadeland South to Overtown/Arena to entice residents to ride.

1897 – John Ramsbottom, superintendent of the Manchester and Birmingham Railway, dies (b. 1814).
1902 – H. H. Hunnewell, director for Illinois Central Railroad 1862-1871, president of Kansas City, Fort Scott and Gulf Railroad, president of Kansas City, Lawrence and Southern Railroad, dies (b. 1810).
1913 – Henry Morrison Flagler, visionary and builder of the Florida East Coast Railway, dies (b. 1830).
1915 – Charles Francis Adams Jr., president of the Union Pacific Railroad 1884–1890, dies (b. 1835).

^ Wham, Alasdair (1997). The Lost Railway Lines of Ayrshire : Ayrshire Railway Walks. Wigtown: G.C. Book Publishers. p. 47. ISBN 1-8723-5027-5. OCLC 38356283.
^ Serpico, Philip C. (1988). Santa Fé Route to the Pacific. Palmdale, California: Omni Publications. pp. 23–24. ISBN 0-88418-000-X.