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This article lists anniversary events related to rail transport that occurred on May 13.

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Events

19th century

1850 – The Mecklenburgische Eisenbahngesellschaft opens the Rostock-Bützow-Bad Kleinen and Güstrow-Bützow railway lines in northern Germany.
1896 – The Pretoria-Pietersburg Railway, a predecessor of the Central South African Railways, is incorporated in London.

20th century

1903 – The Fremont, Elkhorn and Missouri Valley Railroad (later to become part of Chicago and North Western Railway) begins passenger train service to Casper, Wyoming.

21st century

2002 – The Shramjivi Express, traveling from New Delhi to Patna, India, strikes a sabotaged section of rail and derails at Jaunpur, Uttar Pradesh, killing 12 people. See: Jaunpur train crash.
2005 – Former CEO of BNSF Railway, Robert Krebs, and former United States Federal Railroad Administration Administrator, Jolene Molitoris, both join the Board of Directors for Railpower Technologies.

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