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This article lists anniversary events related to rail transport that occurred on May 16.

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Events

19th century

1898 – Passenger service is inaugurated on the Lynton and Barnstaple Railway in England.

21st century

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

1832 – Philip Armour, founder of Armour and Company meatpackers and subsidiary Armour Refrigerator Line refrigerator car operators, is born (d. 1901).

Deaths

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

Association of American Railroads (reprinted by Norfolk Southern Railway) (2006-05-16). "Railroads Set Another Employee Safety Record in 2005". Retrieved 2006-05-24.

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